Hamish Johnston

2 days ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features George Efstathiou and Richard Bond, who share the 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy, “for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Quantum science is enjoying a renaissance as nascent quantum computers emerge from the lab and quantum sensors are being used for practical applications. As the technologies we use become more quantum in nature, it follows that everyone should have a basic understanding of quantum physics.

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast I look at what’s new in the world of physics with the help of my colleagues Margaret Harris and Matin Durrani. We begin on Mars, where NASA’s Perseverance Rover has made the first observation of an aurora from the surface of the Red Planet.

2 weeks ago | iop.org | Hamish Johnston

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3 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage The UK-based company Delta.g has bagged the 2025 qBIG prize, which is awarded by the Institute of Physics (IOP). Initiated in 2023, qBIG celebrates and promotes the innovation and commercialization of quantum technologies in the UK and Ireland. Based in Birmingham, Delta.g makes quantum sensors that measure the local gravity gradient. This is done using atom interferometry, whereby laser pulses are fired at a cloud of...