Tara Shears
@tarashears.bsky.social
Particle Physicist, own views.
These look brilliant. If you have a great idea for AI that could transform research in our research frontiers @liverpooluni.bsky.social - this is for you!
One week left! 📣 Apply for our five-year AI Research Fellowships. We’re seeking early career researchers with bold ideas for AI-driven discovery. Fellows receive protected research time, tailored support, and a path to a permanent post.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
These look brilliant. If you have a great idea for AI that could transform research in our research frontiers @liverpooluni.bsky.social - this is for you!
Are you in Edinburgh? This will be a super talk - don't miss it!
Excited to be speaking to IOP Scotland @ the Royal Society of Edinburgh later today, about the mysteries our fundamental research at CERN is attempting to solve.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Are you in Edinburgh? This will be a super talk - don't miss it!
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Students, apply for a CERN summer studentship. Greatest experience ever!
Deadline 26 January 2026. careers.cern/programmes/s...
(It's not just for physicists. Check it out.)
Deadline 26 January 2026. careers.cern/programmes/s...
(It's not just for physicists. Check it out.)
Summer Studentship
Programme overview Join the CERN Summer Student Programme and dive into cutting-edge research. You’ll work on advanced scientific and technical projects, contributing directly to CERN’s…
careers.cern
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Students, apply for a CERN summer studentship. Greatest experience ever!
Deadline 26 January 2026. careers.cern/programmes/s...
(It's not just for physicists. Check it out.)
Deadline 26 January 2026. careers.cern/programmes/s...
(It's not just for physicists. Check it out.)
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More info on UKRI allocations published today (more, but not full - Council-by-Council to be published in Dec).
Also note that footnote 5 confirms that the 25/26 figure isn’t comparable with 26/27 - sigh
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Also note that footnote 5 confirms that the 25/26 figure isn’t comparable with 26/27 - sigh
www.gov.uk/government/p...
DSIT Research and Development (R&D) plans to 2029/2030
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
More info on UKRI allocations published today (more, but not full - Council-by-Council to be published in Dec).
Also note that footnote 5 confirms that the 25/26 figure isn’t comparable with 26/27 - sigh
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Also note that footnote 5 confirms that the 25/26 figure isn’t comparable with 26/27 - sigh
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Do you have great ideas for innovative uses of AI in research? Interested in a 5 year @liverpooluni.bsky.social fellowship to enable you to make it happen? Look no further ⬇️
@liverpooluni.bsky.social's prestigious five-year Fellowships, launched in 2023, are now inviting applications from early career researchers with innovative AI-focused research ideas that address one of the University’s five research frontiers.
Closes: 1 Dec 25
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/24/u...
Closes: 1 Dec 25
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/24/u...
University of Liverpool Research Fellowships open for applications for 2025-2026 - University of Liverpool News
University of Liverpool Research Fellowships open for applications for 2025-2026
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October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Do you have great ideas for innovative uses of AI in research? Interested in a 5 year @liverpooluni.bsky.social fellowship to enable you to make it happen? Look no further ⬇️
Fabulous!!!
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Fabulous!!!
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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.
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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.
800 papers!! @cern.bsky.social's LHC experiments are a total physics factory. There is so much to find out.
This is the 800th LHCb paper. 🎉
First evidence of CP violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays arxiv.org/abs/2509.16103 - The difference in the CP asymmetries between Λ⁰b→J/ψpπ⁻ and Λ⁰b→J/ψKπ⁻ decays is measured to be ΔACP=(4.0±1.2±0.2)%.
September 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
800 papers!! @cern.bsky.social's LHC experiments are a total physics factory. There is so much to find out.
This ⬇️ is such an important report. Thanks @instituteofphysics.bsky.social. Physics skills underpin our future. And physics departments, like the whole university sector in the UK, are under pressure and at risk. We can't risk our future by letting this continue.
UK physics is strong and productive, but a perfect storm of funding pressures is putting university physics departments at risk - and with them, our future in science, technology and innovation.
Our new report, Physics Matters: Funding the Foundations of Growth, reveals a stark warning. (1/2)
Our new report, Physics Matters: Funding the Foundations of Growth, reveals a stark warning. (1/2)
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This ⬇️ is such an important report. Thanks @instituteofphysics.bsky.social. Physics skills underpin our future. And physics departments, like the whole university sector in the UK, are under pressure and at risk. We can't risk our future by letting this continue.
Looking forward to chatting about all things space and IOP @instituteofphysics.bsky.social ! Come and say hello!
We're wrapping up our VP visits for 2025! Professor Robert Lamb and Professor Tara Shears @tarashears.bsky.social are in Sheffield for the UK Space Weather and Space Environment Meeting III. They’ll present two of our key reports, Shaping UK Space Science Strategy and Space Tech for Growth (1/2)
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Looking forward to chatting about all things space and IOP @instituteofphysics.bsky.social ! Come and say hello!
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The most important news from today's reshuffle:
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The most important news from today's reshuffle:
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The four UK higher education funding bodies confirm the pause in the criteria setting and publication of final guidance for REF 2029 for a short period, as announced by the UK Science Minister Lord Vallance today at the Universities UK conference. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
Pause to REF 2029 criteria setting and publication of final guidance – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The four UK higher education funding bodies confirm the pause in the criteria setting and publication of final guidance for REF 2029 for a short period, as announced by the UK Science Minister Lord Vallance today at the Universities UK conference. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
This is such an important report. Physics skills underpin breakthroughs and industries that make our economy grow. School is where we nurture those skills first. How can we do better than 700,000 students annually lacking access to a specialist physics teacher? Recommendations ⬇️
Despite the heroic efforts of teachers across England, over 700,000 students are navigating some of their most critical years in education without access to specialist physics teaching.
🔗 Read our new report: iop.org/3RS
#RetainRecruitRetrain
(1/2)
🔗 Read our new report: iop.org/3RS
#RetainRecruitRetrain
(1/2)
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is such an important report. Physics skills underpin breakthroughs and industries that make our economy grow. School is where we nurture those skills first. How can we do better than 700,000 students annually lacking access to a specialist physics teacher? Recommendations ⬇️
Net Zero. How can physics help us get there? New, important @instituteofphysics.bsky.social report on near term technologies: nuclear, photovoltaic, battery, HTS, and what needs to be done to make this happen ⬇️.
The transition to Net Zero is the defining challenge of our time. Our new report identifies a raft of physics-driven measures necessary for the UK to ensure energy security, reach Net Zero and deliver economic growth.
📰 News story: www.iop.org/about/news/u...
🔗 iop.org/GreenEconomy
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📰 News story: www.iop.org/about/news/u...
🔗 iop.org/GreenEconomy
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September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Net Zero. How can physics help us get there? New, important @instituteofphysics.bsky.social report on near term technologies: nuclear, photovoltaic, battery, HTS, and what needs to be done to make this happen ⬇️.
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This November, the Royal Institution will host two incredible days of talks and discussions with some of the world’s leading minds - featuring Nobel laureate Professor Anton Zeilinger, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Artur Ekert, Helen Margolis, and more.
👉 Save your place: iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/
👉 Save your place: iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/
August 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This November, the Royal Institution will host two incredible days of talks and discussions with some of the world’s leading minds - featuring Nobel laureate Professor Anton Zeilinger, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Artur Ekert, Helen Margolis, and more.
👉 Save your place: iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/
👉 Save your place: iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/
Excellent news, well done and very well deserved Jaime!
Huge congratulations to Dr Jaime Norman (@livuniphysics.bsky.social) who has been awarded a prestigious STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to investigate quark-gluon plasma.
Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/04/p...
@cern.bsky.social @ukri.org
Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/04/p...
@cern.bsky.social @ukri.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excellent news, well done and very well deserved Jaime!
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Yesterday at Day 2 of the UK Space Conference, Professor Michele Dougherty, President-Elect of the IOP, unveiled the IOP’s latest report Space Tech for Growth.
The new report makes a powerful case for why investing in physics and space science is key to shaping our future.
The new report makes a powerful case for why investing in physics and space science is key to shaping our future.
July 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yesterday at Day 2 of the UK Space Conference, Professor Michele Dougherty, President-Elect of the IOP, unveiled the IOP’s latest report Space Tech for Growth.
The new report makes a powerful case for why investing in physics and space science is key to shaping our future.
The new report makes a powerful case for why investing in physics and space science is key to shaping our future.
Excellent @wjbarter.bsky.social ! Read all about why this result is an important check of our understanding of matter in the universe ⬇️
Pleased to have written an article on one of the latest exciting results from LHCb - how we have discovered new differences between matter and antimatter in the decays of baryons.
theconversation.com/new-discover...
theconversation.com/new-discover...
New discovery at Cern could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter
The finding could also open the door to the discovery of new particles.
theconversation.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Excellent @wjbarter.bsky.social ! Read all about why this result is an important check of our understanding of matter in the universe ⬇️
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This week the #EPSHEP conference is happening in Marseille. I’ve been travelling so much that I’m travelled out 🙀but very conveniently there is a webcast! webcast.in2p3.fr/live/eps-hep...
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Non particle physicists tread carefully, these are expert level talks so very jargonny
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EPS-HEP 2025
Welcome to EPS-HEP 2025! We are thrilled to host the 2025 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics i
webcast.in2p3.fr
July 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This week the #EPSHEP conference is happening in Marseille. I’ve been travelling so much that I’m travelled out 🙀but very conveniently there is a webcast! webcast.in2p3.fr/live/eps-hep...
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Non particle physicists tread carefully, these are expert level talks so very jargonny
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Non particle physicists tread carefully, these are expert level talks so very jargonny
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i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out
July 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out
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📣 The deadline has been extended!
If you know someone doing brilliant work in physics, nominate them (or yourself) for the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize.
📆 Nominations close 11 July
🔗 Find out more: www.iop.org/about/awards...
If you know someone doing brilliant work in physics, nominate them (or yourself) for the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize.
📆 Nominations close 11 July
🔗 Find out more: www.iop.org/about/awards...
July 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📣 The deadline has been extended!
If you know someone doing brilliant work in physics, nominate them (or yourself) for the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize.
📆 Nominations close 11 July
🔗 Find out more: www.iop.org/about/awards...
If you know someone doing brilliant work in physics, nominate them (or yourself) for the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize.
📆 Nominations close 11 July
🔗 Find out more: www.iop.org/about/awards...
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We welcome the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's new report highlighting the urgent need for greater diversity in UK tech & physics.
Physics thrives on inclusion - we must act now to open opportunities for all and unlock innovation.
Full response here: www.iop.org/about/news/r...
Physics thrives on inclusion - we must act now to open opportunities for all and unlock innovation.
Full response here: www.iop.org/about/news/r...
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We welcome the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's new report highlighting the urgent need for greater diversity in UK tech & physics.
Physics thrives on inclusion - we must act now to open opportunities for all and unlock innovation.
Full response here: www.iop.org/about/news/r...
Physics thrives on inclusion - we must act now to open opportunities for all and unlock innovation.
Full response here: www.iop.org/about/news/r...
The Muon g-2 experiment are unveiling the latest experimental result right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=huLv...
Final Muon g-2 Measurement at Fermilab
YouTube video by Fermilab
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Muon g-2 experiment are unveiling the latest experimental result right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=huLv...
Oh fantastic! Now we can follow what the Large Hadron Collider status is, thank you @lhcstatus2.ovh
Beams dumped, end of fill 10676.
Stable beams lasted 15hrs 7min.
Delivered luminosity: ATLAS: 1.05 fb⁻¹, ALICE: 472.28 nb⁻¹, CMS: 1.06 fb⁻¹, LHCb: 113.21 pb⁻¹
Stable beams lasted 15hrs 7min.
Delivered luminosity: ATLAS: 1.05 fb⁻¹, ALICE: 472.28 nb⁻¹, CMS: 1.06 fb⁻¹, LHCb: 113.21 pb⁻¹
May 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Oh fantastic! Now we can follow what the Large Hadron Collider status is, thank you @lhcstatus2.ovh
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💣 The Muon g-2 theory initiative dropped their update. Bottom line: the g-2 anomaly is gone. arxiv.org/abs/2505.21476
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May 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
💣 The Muon g-2 theory initiative dropped their update. Bottom line: the g-2 anomaly is gone. arxiv.org/abs/2505.21476
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