Features article Physicists wanted: the demand for physics skills in the UK workplace published on the Physics World website, and in the October 2023 edition of the print magazine.
August 2023
I was delighted to be officially presented with the 2022 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize for public engagement in physics by Tom Grinyer, Institute of Physics Group CEO, at the IOP’s London HQ on August 22nd.
My medal, which I am honoured to have, is ‘for work in communicating science to a wide variety of audiences and for positive representations of scientists from non-traditional backgrounds’.
You can read more about it here.
Article Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread published on Physics World website on July 24th.
Article Biodegradable ultrasound implant could improve brain tumour treatments published on Physics World website on July 7th.
The publication date for my latest book has now been announced. Communicating Science Clearly: A Self-Help Guide For Students and Researchers will be published by CRC Press on November 15th 2023. Read more about the book on the publisher’s website.
April 2023
Article
Laser processing in automotive manufacturing
published on the Laser Systems Europe website in April 2023.
February 2023
I was delighted to be asked to appear on 4th February’s episode of the podcast The Future of…With Owen Bennett-Jones on the New Books Network.
We discussed the science and geopolitics of fusion, as well as some of the historical fusion machines from the 1950s.
Owen and I also spoke about the recent fusion breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility in the United States, and its implications. This was the first time in a laboratory setting that more energy had come out of a fusion reaction than was put in.
You can hear the episode by following this link: newbooksnetwork.com/nuclear-fusion
January 2023
I was delighted to be asked to appear on January 18th’s episode of The Bunker ‘news and politics unlocked’ podcast.
As you can hear via the link below, the presenter Andrew Harrison and I discuss the recent fusion breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility in the United States.
We also talk about how close we might be to boiling the kettle for our tea via fusion power feeding into the electricity grid.
This link reveals all the different ways you can listen to the show: kite.link/BNKR1701FUSION
December 2022
My book review To infinity and beyond which discusses Antonio Padilla’s Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them appeared in the December 9th issue of The Times Literary Supplement and was also published online on December 8, 2022.
Autumn 2022
Guest Lecturer on a Science Writing and Communication Module for physics students at King’s College London, 2022.
November 2022
Article
Growth areas for femtosecond lasers in medical device manufacturing
published on the Laser Systems Europe website on November 22, 2022.