Matin Durrani

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

With so much turmoil in the world at the moment, it’s always great to meet enthusiastic physicists celebrating all that their subject has to offer. That was certainly the case when I travelled with my colleague Tami Freeman to the 2025 Celebration of Physics at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) on 10 April. Oganized by the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World, the event was aimed at “physicists, creative thinkers, and anyone interested in science”.

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Matin Durrani reports from the ninth annual Careers in Quantum event, held on 4 April 2025 in Bristol, UK Andrew Martin, skills policy lead at the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), flashed up a slide. Speaking at the ninth Careers in Quantum event in Bristol last week, he listed the eight skills that the burgeoning quantum-technology sector wants. Five are various branches of engineering,...

2 months ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverageQuantum physics can be baffling but see how much you know in this quiz devised by Matin Durrani to mark the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) 1 Can you name the mascot for IYQ 2025? 2 In quantum cryptography, who eavesdrops on Alice and Bob? 3 Which artist made the Quantum Cloud sculpture in London?

2 months ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

Matin Durrani looks at the fall-out following Donald Trump’s re-election as US president As physicists, we like to think that physics and politics are – indeed, ought to be – unconnected. And a lot of the time, that’s true. Certainly, the value of the magnetic moment of the muon or the behaviour of superconductors in a fusion reactor (look out for our feature article next week) have nothing do with where anyone sits on the political spectrum. It’s subjects like climate change, evolution and...

2 months ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

Whether it’s the Olympics or the FIFA World Cup, all big global events need a cheeky, fun mascot. So welcome to Quinnie – the official mascot for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) 2025. Unveiled at the launch of the IYQ at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris on 4 February, Quinnie has been drawn by Jorge Cham, the creator of the long-running cartoon strip PHD Comics.