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The Institute of Physics is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, with an active role in promoting co-operation in physics around the world.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 8h
📢 We’re hiring a People and Policy Partner (Maternity Cover)!

Lead on HR policies and processes, support employee relations, and make a real impact at IOP.

📅 Applications close 29 October
🔗 https://bit.ly/4n4fO2c
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 10h
Congrats to Prof. Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen @sheffielduni.bsky.social for winning the Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal & Prize for outstanding contribution to solar theory over and innovative approaches and leadership for ground-based solar instrumentation with application to space weather. 👏
Image of Professor Robertus (Erdelyi) von Fay-Siebenburgen, winner of the Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Congrats to Prof Mark Dennis @unibirmingham.bsky.social for winning the John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal & Prize for world leading work in developing the understanding of structured light, & detailed collaboration with experimentalists.
https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2025-iop-award-winners
Image of Professor Mark Dennis, winner of the John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 10h
Congratulations to QuanTour @tu-dortmund.de for winning the Lise Meitner Medal & Prize for innovative public engagement across the UK and Europe through the QuanTour project, featuring a traveling quantum light source and offering live insights into the work of physicists. 👏 #IOPAwards25
Image of QuanTour, winner of the Lise Meitner Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 11h
Congrats to Prof. Samuel Stranks @cam.ac.uk for winning the Nevill Mott Medal & Prize for outstanding contributions to the understanding and development of emerging semiconductor materials. 👏

Read the full citation & explore the winners: https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2025-iop-award-winners
Image of Professor Samuel David Stranks, winner of the Nevill Mott Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 11h
Congratulations to Professor Jim Wild @sheffielduni.bsky.social for winning the Peter Mansfield Medal & Prize for distinguished contributions to the field of magnetic resonance imaging; specifically in lung imaging using hyperpolarised gas.👏 #IOPAwards25
Image of Professor Jim Wild, winner of the Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 12h
Congratulations to Professor Ard Louis @oxfordphysics.bsky.social for winning the Sam Edwards Medal & Prize for pioneering the development of novel mathematical and numerical models that have contributed to our understanding of soft matter and biological physics across length scales. 👏
Image of Professor Ard Louis, winner of the Sam Edwards Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 12h
Congratulations to Professor Ifor Samuel @uniofstandrews.bsky.social for winning the Thomas Young Medal & Prize for his internationally leading contributions to organic light-emitting diodes, organic lasers and their applications.👏 #IOPAwards25
Image of Professor Ifor Samuel, winner of the Thomas Young Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 13h
Congratulations to Professor Oleg Kolosov @lancasteruni.bsky.social for important contributions to the field of scanning probe microscopy that have helped to elucidate the physical properties of nanostructures. 👏 #IOPAwards25
Image of Professor Oleg Kolosov, winner of the David Tabor Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 13h
Congratulations to Professor Cristina Lazzeroni @unibirmingham.bsky.social for winning the James Chadwick Medal & Prize for outstanding contributions to quark flavour physics via ground-breaking measurements of kaon decays with exquisite precision, which have had a major impact on the field. 👏
Image of Professor Cristina Lazzeroni, winner of the James Chadwick Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
Applications are now open for the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund! 🌟 The Fund supports graduates - full or part-time - from groups currently under-represented in physics who are ready to take the next step toward a doctorate.

📅 Apply by 5pm, 19 January 2026.
🔗 iop.org/bellburnellfund
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
Have a look at this year's #IOPAwards25 winners here:
www.iop.org/about/awards...
2025 IOP Award winners
Introducing the winners of the 2025 Institute of Physics Awards.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
Congratulations to Professor Julia Yeomans @oxfordphysics.bsky.social for winning the Paul Dirac Medal & Prize for her contributions to understanding the collective behaviour of active particles, and her work highlighting the relevance of active physics to living matter 👏 #IOPAwards25
Image of Professor Julia Yeomans, winner of the Paul Dirac Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
👉 Explore the full list of #IOPAwards25 winners here: www.iop.org/about/awards...
2025 IOP Award winners
Introducing the winners of the 2025 Institute of Physics Awards.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
Congrats to Prof Peter Littlewood for winning the Richard Glazebrook Medal & Prize for leading international research institutions, incl. Argonne & the Cavendish Labs, & as founding Exec Chairman of The Faraday Institution, the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research 👏
Image of Professor Peter Littlewood, winners of the Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
👉 Discover the full list of #IOPAwards25 winners here: www.iop.org/about/awards...
2025 IOP Award winners
Introducing the winners of the 2025 Institute of Physics Awards.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 1d
Congratulations to @nustem.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social for winning the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize for pioneering innovative approaches to physics outreach and engagement - supporting young people’s physics and career identity across North East England and beyond. 👏
Image of NUSTEM, winners of the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 2d
Join us at this week’s Online Physics Forum!

IOP Wales will be unpacking Triple Science’s return and sharing highlights from the Brecon Conference. We’re also excited to welcome Rosie Pope from EDF Energy as a special guest speaker!

📅 16 Oct
🕖 7pm - 8pm
🔗 Register: https://spark.iop.org/events
Promotional image for IOP Wales' Online Physics Forum on October 16, featuring a colourful, detailed illustration of various scientific items like beakers, molecules, books, and instruments.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 2d
Physicists aren’t just in labs - they’re shaping the future of cybersecurity. Two GCHQ leaders share how their backgrounds in physics & engineering led to careers at the heart of the UK’s intelligence & national security efforts.

Read more @physicsworld.bsky.social:
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From 'rewarding and exciting' to 'challenging and overwhelming': what it means to have a career in intelligence and cyber security – Physics World
Curiosity, problem-solving and resilience are the key qualities for a career in intelligence
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
Our report ‘Securing Technical Talent for Your Business’ has:
✅Practical guidance on placements
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✅Tips on finding schools, agreeing placements, selecting students & supporting their development

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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
It’s National T-Levels Week! 🎉 T-Levels give 16–19 year olds in England a mix of classroom learning and real industry experience, preparing them for future careers in science and tech. For employers, T-Level placements are a great way to grow future talent and strengthen your skills pipeline.
Image from the Institute of Physics celebrating National T-Levels Week, featuring an instructor and a student discussing equipment in an industrial workshop.
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
This Award is presented annually for world-leading contributions to physics. It recognises ground-breaking physicists and is the most prestigious award of the IOP. (4/4)

#IOPAwards25
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
that annihilate them, connecting quantum geometry to self-righting falling cats and car parking in a tight space and getting insights into nature’s physics: tidal bores, tsunamis, rainbows, oriental magic mirrors, polarised light in the blue sky, strange shadows of floating insects". (3/4)
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
Sir Michael said the Award was an “unexpected recognition for six decades of obsessive scribbling". He said that this involved “creating physics by seeking ‘claritons’ (elementary particles of sudden understanding), and evading ‘anticlaritons’ (2/4)
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Institute of Physics @iop.org · 3d
Congratulations to Prof Sir Michael Berry for being awarded the Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture for ground-breaking work on the geometrical ‘Berry’ phase of quantum states in topological physics and seminal contributions to mathematical physics in quantum chaos, catastrophe theory & singular optics.
Image of Prof Sir Michael Berry, recipient of the Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture as part of the IOP Awards 2025.
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