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What a fantastic evening last night at House of Commons to celebrate our Business Award winners! It was a great opportunity for our winners to showcase their products & network. Thank you to Dave Robertson MP for sponsoring the event.
📰 Read more in @physicsworld.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aHBxuk
📰 Read more in @physicsworld.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aHBxuk
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What a fantastic evening last night at House of Commons to celebrate our Business Award winners! It was a great opportunity for our winners to showcase their products & network. Thank you to Dave Robertson MP for sponsoring the event.
📰 Read more in @physicsworld.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aHBxuk
📰 Read more in @physicsworld.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aHBxuk
Do you teach 16-19 physics? Join us on Tuesday evenings for an hour of free online CPD. Find out more: spark.iop.org/teaching-16-19
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#PhysicsTeaching #PhysicsTeachers #STEMEducation #CPDforTeachers #IOPPhysics
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Do you teach 16-19 physics? Join us on Tuesday evenings for an hour of free online CPD. Find out more: spark.iop.org/teaching-16-19
#PhysicsTeaching #PhysicsTeachers #STEMEducation #CPDforTeachers #IOPPhysics
#PhysicsTeaching #PhysicsTeachers #STEMEducation #CPDforTeachers #IOPPhysics
Congratulations to The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG who was awarded the President's Medal, as part of the #IOPAwards25. 👏
He was presented with the Medal at our Business Awards celebration at the House of Commons last night by former IOP President Sir Keith Burnett.
He was presented with the Medal at our Business Awards celebration at the House of Commons last night by former IOP President Sir Keith Burnett.
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Congratulations to The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG who was awarded the President's Medal, as part of the #IOPAwards25. 👏
He was presented with the Medal at our Business Awards celebration at the House of Commons last night by former IOP President Sir Keith Burnett.
He was presented with the Medal at our Business Awards celebration at the House of Commons last night by former IOP President Sir Keith Burnett.
Congratulations to iFAST Diagnostics for winning the Lee Lucas Award, as part of the IOP Business Awards, for the development of a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that identifies the optimal antibiotic treatment in under three hours. 🎉 #IOPAwards25
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations to iFAST Diagnostics for winning the Lee Lucas Award, as part of the IOP Business Awards, for the development of a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that identifies the optimal antibiotic treatment in under three hours. 🎉 #IOPAwards25
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 MirZyme Therapeutics for pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics to eliminate preeclampsia and transform maternal health.
🏆 MirZyme Therapeutics for pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics to eliminate preeclampsia and transform maternal health.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 MirZyme Therapeutics for pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics to eliminate preeclampsia and transform maternal health.
🏆 MirZyme Therapeutics for pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics to eliminate preeclampsia and transform maternal health.
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Celtic Terahertz Technology for the development and commercial establishment of metamaterial filter technology to meet the demanding requirements of future terrestrial and space-based terahertz industries.
🏆 Celtic Terahertz Technology for the development and commercial establishment of metamaterial filter technology to meet the demanding requirements of future terrestrial and space-based terahertz industries.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Celtic Terahertz Technology for the development and commercial establishment of metamaterial filter technology to meet the demanding requirements of future terrestrial and space-based terahertz industries.
🏆 Celtic Terahertz Technology for the development and commercial establishment of metamaterial filter technology to meet the demanding requirements of future terrestrial and space-based terahertz industries.
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Quantum Science for pioneering market-leading short-wave infrared quantum dot technology, enabling revolutionary imaging and sensing capabilities by making the invisible visible.
🏆 Quantum Science for pioneering market-leading short-wave infrared quantum dot technology, enabling revolutionary imaging and sensing capabilities by making the invisible visible.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Quantum Science for pioneering market-leading short-wave infrared quantum dot technology, enabling revolutionary imaging and sensing capabilities by making the invisible visible.
🏆 Quantum Science for pioneering market-leading short-wave infrared quantum dot technology, enabling revolutionary imaging and sensing capabilities by making the invisible visible.
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Nellie for developing a scalable, algae-based carbon removal technology that uses physics-driven thermochemical conversion to turn biomass into biochar, enabling negative emissions and boosting soil health in UK agriculture.
🏆 Nellie for developing a scalable, algae-based carbon removal technology that uses physics-driven thermochemical conversion to turn biomass into biochar, enabling negative emissions and boosting soil health in UK agriculture.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Nellie for developing a scalable, algae-based carbon removal technology that uses physics-driven thermochemical conversion to turn biomass into biochar, enabling negative emissions and boosting soil health in UK agriculture.
🏆 Nellie for developing a scalable, algae-based carbon removal technology that uses physics-driven thermochemical conversion to turn biomass into biochar, enabling negative emissions and boosting soil health in UK agriculture.
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Wayland Additive for the development & commercialisation of charge-neutralised electron beam metal additive manufacturing, overcoming process shortfalls of existing technology solutions & enabling a wider range of process materials & process parameters.
🏆 Wayland Additive for the development & commercialisation of charge-neutralised electron beam metal additive manufacturing, overcoming process shortfalls of existing technology solutions & enabling a wider range of process materials & process parameters.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Wayland Additive for the development & commercialisation of charge-neutralised electron beam metal additive manufacturing, overcoming process shortfalls of existing technology solutions & enabling a wider range of process materials & process parameters.
🏆 Wayland Additive for the development & commercialisation of charge-neutralised electron beam metal additive manufacturing, overcoming process shortfalls of existing technology solutions & enabling a wider range of process materials & process parameters.
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Astron Systems for the development of long-lifetime turbomachinery to enable multi-reuse small rocket engines and bring about fully reusable small launch vehicles.
🏆 Astron Systems for the development of long-lifetime turbomachinery to enable multi-reuse small rocket engines and bring about fully reusable small launch vehicles.
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Start-Up Award:
🏆 Astron Systems for the development of long-lifetime turbomachinery to enable multi-reuse small rocket engines and bring about fully reusable small launch vehicles.
🏆 Astron Systems for the development of long-lifetime turbomachinery to enable multi-reuse small rocket engines and bring about fully reusable small launch vehicles.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Lynkeos Technology for pioneering the commercial development of muography into a nuclear industry adopted technology for the condition monitoring and inspection of waste containers during long-term storage.
🏆 Lynkeos Technology for pioneering the commercial development of muography into a nuclear industry adopted technology for the condition monitoring and inspection of waste containers during long-term storage.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Lynkeos Technology for pioneering the commercial development of muography into a nuclear industry adopted technology for the condition monitoring and inspection of waste containers during long-term storage.
🏆 Lynkeos Technology for pioneering the commercial development of muography into a nuclear industry adopted technology for the condition monitoring and inspection of waste containers during long-term storage.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 @sunamp.bsky.social for the development of groundbreaking compact thermal storage using advanced finned tube heat exchanger technology, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency and energy storage in high flow rate hot water applications.
🏆 @sunamp.bsky.social for the development of groundbreaking compact thermal storage using advanced finned tube heat exchanger technology, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency and energy storage in high flow rate hot water applications.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 @sunamp.bsky.social for the development of groundbreaking compact thermal storage using advanced finned tube heat exchanger technology, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency and energy storage in high flow rate hot water applications.
🏆 @sunamp.bsky.social for the development of groundbreaking compact thermal storage using advanced finned tube heat exchanger technology, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency and energy storage in high flow rate hot water applications.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 FlexEnable @flexenable.bsky.social for the development and industrialisation of breakthrough organic transistor materials and a platform for curved displays and liquid crystal optics.
🏆 FlexEnable @flexenable.bsky.social for the development and industrialisation of breakthrough organic transistor materials and a platform for curved displays and liquid crystal optics.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 FlexEnable @flexenable.bsky.social for the development and industrialisation of breakthrough organic transistor materials and a platform for curved displays and liquid crystal optics.
🏆 FlexEnable @flexenable.bsky.social for the development and industrialisation of breakthrough organic transistor materials and a platform for curved displays and liquid crystal optics.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Oxford Instruments @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social for the development of a breakthrough analytical technique in scanning electron microscopes, enabling new capabilities and accelerating time to results by at least an order of magnitude.
🏆 Oxford Instruments @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social for the development of a breakthrough analytical technique in scanning electron microscopes, enabling new capabilities and accelerating time to results by at least an order of magnitude.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Oxford Instruments @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social for the development of a breakthrough analytical technique in scanning electron microscopes, enabling new capabilities and accelerating time to results by at least an order of magnitude.
🏆 Oxford Instruments @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social for the development of a breakthrough analytical technique in scanning electron microscopes, enabling new capabilities and accelerating time to results by at least an order of magnitude.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Thales UK for developing an innovative design of solid-state laser optimised for high performance laser rangefinders. The technology has helped the UK expand key capabilities in sensor systems for critical security projects.
🏆 Thales UK for developing an innovative design of solid-state laser optimised for high performance laser rangefinders. The technology has helped the UK expand key capabilities in sensor systems for critical security projects.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Thales UK for developing an innovative design of solid-state laser optimised for high performance laser rangefinders. The technology has helped the UK expand key capabilities in sensor systems for critical security projects.
🏆 Thales UK for developing an innovative design of solid-state laser optimised for high performance laser rangefinders. The technology has helped the UK expand key capabilities in sensor systems for critical security projects.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Ionoptika for the development of Q-One, a new generation of focused ion beam instrumentation, providing single atom through to high-dose nanoscale advanced materials engineering for photonic and quantum technologies.
🏆 Ionoptika for the development of Q-One, a new generation of focused ion beam instrumentation, providing single atom through to high-dose nanoscale advanced materials engineering for photonic and quantum technologies.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 Ionoptika for the development of Q-One, a new generation of focused ion beam instrumentation, providing single atom through to high-dose nanoscale advanced materials engineering for photonic and quantum technologies.
🏆 Ionoptika for the development of Q-One, a new generation of focused ion beam instrumentation, providing single atom through to high-dose nanoscale advanced materials engineering for photonic and quantum technologies.
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 @tokamakenergy.bsky.social for the development of compact, powerful, robust, quench-resilient, high-temperature superconducting magnets towards commercial fusion energy and novel propulsion systems, particle accelerators and scientific instruments.
🏆 @tokamakenergy.bsky.social for the development of compact, powerful, robust, quench-resilient, high-temperature superconducting magnets towards commercial fusion energy and novel propulsion systems, particle accelerators and scientific instruments.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awardee of the IOP Business Innovation Award:
🏆 @tokamakenergy.bsky.social for the development of compact, powerful, robust, quench-resilient, high-temperature superconducting magnets towards commercial fusion energy and novel propulsion systems, particle accelerators and scientific instruments.
🏆 @tokamakenergy.bsky.social for the development of compact, powerful, robust, quench-resilient, high-temperature superconducting magnets towards commercial fusion energy and novel propulsion systems, particle accelerators and scientific instruments.
We’re launching a new How to Code webinar series - three sessions to help you build solid coding skills for your studies and early-career physics roles.
🗓 Dec 12, 15, 19 (12pm-2pm GMT)
🔗 iop.eventsair.com/how-to-code
Join us to level up your skills and feel more confident writing real, usable code.
🗓 Dec 12, 15, 19 (12pm-2pm GMT)
🔗 iop.eventsair.com/how-to-code
Join us to level up your skills and feel more confident writing real, usable code.
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We’re launching a new How to Code webinar series - three sessions to help you build solid coding skills for your studies and early-career physics roles.
🗓 Dec 12, 15, 19 (12pm-2pm GMT)
🔗 iop.eventsair.com/how-to-code
Join us to level up your skills and feel more confident writing real, usable code.
🗓 Dec 12, 15, 19 (12pm-2pm GMT)
🔗 iop.eventsair.com/how-to-code
Join us to level up your skills and feel more confident writing real, usable code.
Have questions about the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund? Sign up to our interactive Q&A session with panel members - learn more about the fund's mission, and gain insight and guidance on the application process. More importantly, get your questions answered!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oRNGRI
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oRNGRI
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Have questions about the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund? Sign up to our interactive Q&A session with panel members - learn more about the fund's mission, and gain insight and guidance on the application process. More importantly, get your questions answered!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oRNGRI
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oRNGRI
Yesterday, we hosted the Science Council’s annual Celebration of Science event at our London HQ. IOP CEO @tomgrinyer.bsky.social opened the evening with a welcome address, and awardees of the Recognition Awards, which honours the diverse talent across the UK science workforce, were celebrated.
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yesterday, we hosted the Science Council’s annual Celebration of Science event at our London HQ. IOP CEO @tomgrinyer.bsky.social opened the evening with a welcome address, and awardees of the Recognition Awards, which honours the diverse talent across the UK science workforce, were celebrated.
Last week, the IOP Women in Physics Group held a Bell Burnell Prize & Networking Event at W5 Belfast. We were inspired by Kathy Lok Yiu Wu, this year’s Jocelyn Bell Burnell Prize winner. Great conversations followed on careers in physics and the research world today 🌟
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Last week, the IOP Women in Physics Group held a Bell Burnell Prize & Networking Event at W5 Belfast. We were inspired by Kathy Lok Yiu Wu, this year’s Jocelyn Bell Burnell Prize winner. Great conversations followed on careers in physics and the research world today 🌟
We were delighted to welcome @emilythornberry.bsky.social MP to our London HQ today! Emily met with our CEO @tomgrinyer.bsky.social & colleagues to talk about physics education & #QuantumYear2025. She also helped us kick off the festive season by officially switching on our Xmas tree lights ✨🎄
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We were delighted to welcome @emilythornberry.bsky.social MP to our London HQ today! Emily met with our CEO @tomgrinyer.bsky.social & colleagues to talk about physics education & #QuantumYear2025. She also helped us kick off the festive season by officially switching on our Xmas tree lights ✨🎄
Ready to advance your future in physics? Apply for the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund!
This Fund helps graduates from under-represented groups pursue a physics doctorate, whether full or part-time. 🎓
📆 Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Learn more: iop.org/BellBurnellFund
This Fund helps graduates from under-represented groups pursue a physics doctorate, whether full or part-time. 🎓
📆 Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Learn more: iop.org/BellBurnellFund
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ready to advance your future in physics? Apply for the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund!
This Fund helps graduates from under-represented groups pursue a physics doctorate, whether full or part-time. 🎓
📆 Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Learn more: iop.org/BellBurnellFund
This Fund helps graduates from under-represented groups pursue a physics doctorate, whether full or part-time. 🎓
📆 Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Learn more: iop.org/BellBurnellFund
Congrats to Prof Peter Norreys for winning the Fernand Holweck Medal & Prize for outstanding contributions to fundamental studies of high energy density plasmas using high-power and petawatt-class lasers, incl. fast ignition inertial fusion, particle beam acceleration, & ultra-bright X-ray sources 👏
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Congrats to Prof Peter Norreys for winning the Fernand Holweck Medal & Prize for outstanding contributions to fundamental studies of high energy density plasmas using high-power and petawatt-class lasers, incl. fast ignition inertial fusion, particle beam acceleration, & ultra-bright X-ray sources 👏
We welcome the Chancellor's announcement of funding in areas that drive growth & jobs, many of which will be physics-powered. The govt must commit to a strategic plan for physical sciences, & minimise impact on new overseas study levy on universities.
Read our full response: https://bit.ly/3XjGbXC
Read our full response: https://bit.ly/3XjGbXC
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We welcome the Chancellor's announcement of funding in areas that drive growth & jobs, many of which will be physics-powered. The govt must commit to a strategic plan for physical sciences, & minimise impact on new overseas study levy on universities.
Read our full response: https://bit.ly/3XjGbXC
Read our full response: https://bit.ly/3XjGbXC