🔔Pre-announcement: UKRI Proof of Concept funding.
This opportunity aims to support the development of UK research into market-ready solutions.
Full opportunity launches 4 March 2026.
Webinars to be held on (UK time):
-18 March, 2pm
-25 March, 10am
-14 April, 3pm
👉 www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
The race to make AI a commercial success means that a disaster that could destroy confidence in the technology as a whole says Professor Michael Wooldridge. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Call for Papers: Workshop on Quantum Computing and Quantum Information, Trieste, Italy, June 2026
Organized by Mika Hirvensalo (@utu.fi) and Zornitza Prodanoff and (U North Florida)
✨Kick off January by mastering peer review. Whether you're starting out or looking to refine your #PeerReview skills, explore our free online course - it's jam packed with comprehensive modules to help you! 📚 Check it out 👉 https://ow.ly/4kOm50XxqkE
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CMS at CERN has made the first measurements of the quantum properties of a family of three recently-discovered “all-charm” tetraquarks. ⚛️🧪 ow.ly/U90I50XTlXs
Nominations for all of our medals and awards are still open. Help us recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to science from across the globe by making your nominations by 20 February 2026: #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
A new generation of ultrafast laser light sources promises to answer fundamental questions in chemistry and materials science. Join our upcoming residential scientific meeting in Edinburgh to explore them in depth. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. https://bit.ly/3XhtqNj
IOP QQQ sends warm wishes to everyone and a Happy New Year!
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📢 Membership Renewal for 2026 is open!
✅ Login to the IOP website and navigate to Pay Subscription to review your renewal details.
📧 Check your inbox for an email sent this week with full details and instructions.
Thank you for being a valued member, we look forward to another great year together!
Image of microchips, with text Silicon Quantum Information Processing Workshop (SQIP 2025) on 19 September at Trinity Business School, Dublin, Ireland.
Want to learn more about silicon qubits? Join us at Silicon QIP 2025 on 19 Sept in Dublin, Ireland. This workshop & networking reception brings together researchers, engineers, & industry leaders advancing silicon-based quantum information processing. Register by 14 Sept: iop.eventsair.com/sqip2025
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Join us for a two-day event hosted by the Institute of Physics to mark the end of a year of quantum celebrations — and explore where the next century of quantum science will take us.
Whether you're a scientist, technologist, or just quantum-curious, don't miss this!
🔗 iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/
Can you explain a quantum concept in 3 min? Enter #QuantumOnTheClock. A video competition for UK & Irish students in their final 2 yrs pre-university.
🏆 £2k prizes | 🎥 Featured on IOP YouTube | 🎉 Celebrate IYQ 2025
🗓️ Open–4 Oct 2025 ➡️iop.org/quantum-clock
Image of an analogue clock with quantum equations in the background. Text reads Quantum on the Clock - competition for students in their final two years of school in the UK and Ireland. Deadline 4 October 2025.
Quantum on the Clock is officially open! Know a young person in their final two years of school in the UK or Ireland that has a passion for quantum science or tech? Encourage them to enter! They need to create a 3-minute video explaining any quantum concept creatively.
🔗 www.iop.org/physics-comm...
Bohmian theory looks very different from the more widely-held Copenhagen interpretation of #quantum mechanics. Experimentally, though, it predicts the same outcomes. Or does it? A new test appears to favour Copenhagen, but some physicists aren't convinced. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/new-experi...
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Our Policy Fellowships are a great opportunity to develop your career, inform key policy decisions, and strengthen collaboration between academia and policy.
Fellowships are 18 months long and open to researchers at UKRI-eligible organisations.
Apply by 15 July: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Looking to become a journal reviewer? Whether you're just starting out or looking to expand your impact, peer reviewing is a powerful step forward in your research career.🌟 Stay up-to-date with the latest research 🌟 Strengthen and advance your academic career. 👉 ow.ly/Gfbw50W1snh
“What mathematicians do to physicists is they wake us up.” —Gregory Falkovich, physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science
We are reviewing the current state of scientific publishing, and we want to hear from researchers on their perceptions of publishing in the current context and how it might develop in future. Complete our short survey now:
Nominations are open for the IOP Bates Prize, awarded in odd years to an early career researcher in fields related to quantum, atomic and molecular physics! Deadline 14th May. See here: www.iop.org/physics-comm... @qqq-iop.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social
Postdoc Job Alert! Come and work in my group at the cutting edge of interfacing atomic #quantum memories with single #photon emitters! Closing date: 17th June. See here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @qetlabs.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qqq-iop.bsky.social
Now that the initial wave of corporate hype has washed over us, finally some more critical reporting from major outlets is starting to trickle in. Here's a good one from @wsj.com 👇 🧵
