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Physics World February 2024

Physics World February 2024

Look and learn: inside the US reactor run by and for students

Reed College in Portland, Oregon, is the only institution in the US to have a nuclear reactor that's run and used by students. Robert P Crease travels to the west coast to find out how the facility works, why it was built and – most importantly – what the students gain from operating a live reactor. Also in this issue, don't miss interviews with Azadeh Keivani, an Iranian-born physicist who switched from astronomy to healthcare, and the wonderfully named Toby Cubitt, who develops algorithms to speed up quantum computers. Finally, Pruthvi Mehta gives her tips on surviving a PhD.

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Artist's illustration showing a magnifying glass suspended over a grey surface of a material. Brightly coloured particles - red, blue, purple and orange, representing different temperatures - are popping out of the material and passing through the magnifying glass research update

Quantum simulator visualizes large-scale entanglement in materials

The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada

The Las Vegas Sphere and its curious link with Isaac Newton

The luminous blue glow of the Reed College Reactor feature

Reed College: the only place in the US where students get to run a real nuclear reactor

Students in a library news

UK’s Turing Scheme student exchange programme found to be inadequate

optical components on an optical bench, bathed in orange light research update

Entangled molecules make a novel qubit platform

Abstract futuristic cyberspace with binary code, matrix background with digits interview

Toby Cubitt: why algorithms will speed up applications of quantum computers

Solar panels and wind turbines opinion

Calling all physicists: why you’re vital for the green economy

Keivani Azadeh interview

From cosmic rays to cardiology

Four women smiling and laughing opinion

Communicating the impact of quantum technologies

Abstract photo of tendril particles, depicting chaos review

Could the geometry of chaos be fundamental to the behaviour of the universe?

Students in a library news

UK’s Turing Scheme student exchange programme found to be inadequate

Fanned out array of magazines with the title All About Space opinion

Designing for diversity – what makes people pick up a science magazine?

Service is not available message on tv screen with glitch effect review

What would happen if communication systems broke down?

feature

How to survive a physics PhD

P5 podcast image

Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest

The LHC tunnel at CERN analysis

Influential US particle-physics panel calls for muon collider development

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