Matin Durrani

5 days ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

Tom Woodroof did a PhD in applied nuclear physics at the University of Liverpool, UK, before leaving academia to find ways to build a more equitable and sustainable economy.

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Matin Durrani

The 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy has been awarded to Richard Bond and George Efstathiou “for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background”. The prize citation continues, “Their predictions have been verified by an armada of ground-, balloon- and space-based instruments, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass–energy content of the universe”.

1 month 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”.

1 month 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,...

Feb 21, 2025 | 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?