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Our own Professor Andrew Jaffe joined Sean Carroll on the Mindscape podcast earlier this week to unpack his new book The Random Universe - and explained how randomness shaped the cosmos 🪐

🎧 Listen here: www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...

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I talk about The Random Universe (the book, and the Universe itself) on [Sean Carroll's Mindscape. We cover epistemology, probability, quantum mechanics, cosmology and more. Sean and I were cosmology grad students at the same time, and it was a pleasure and an honour to spend time with him online.
335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe – Sean Carroll
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November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A fab evening at Imperial! 🪐

We held a special event to celebrate Prof. Michele Dougherty and her historic appointment as Astronomer Royal - brilliant turnout and plenty of engaged faces!

Read more: 🔗https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271213/imperial-celebrates-professor-michele-doughertys-historic/
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚀Last chance to sign up to the Fusion and Plasma Physics Careers Day next week!

Join us either in person or online for an exciting day of talks, networking and career insights.

📅 Bookings close at 09:00 on Monday 10 November

👉 Register here: lnkd.in/ezb9zBSV
🚨Calling all Physics Students! 🚨

Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️

Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!

🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
🔗 lnkd.in/ezb9zBSV
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fellowship Opportunities at Imperial Physics

Stay informed on calls, guidance, and stories.

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We welcome applicants from all backgrounds — diversity drives discovery.

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November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A warm welcome back! ✨

MSc Applied Optics Class of 1975 returned to the Blackett Labs to mark 50 years since their time at Imperial - including a visit to Room 630, where they photographed as students📷

Discover how we can help bring your reunion to life⬇️
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October 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Don't miss FoNS Social Mobility Week exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond

Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major

Register now ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino

Read more here ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Interested in a PhD in Particle Physics at Imperial?

Join the Particle Physics PhD Open Day — 10 Dec 2025!

💫 Chat with supervisors
💫 Learn about projects & applications
💫 Ask your questions!

🔗 Info & registration: www.imperial.ac.uk/high-energy-...

#PhD #ParticlePhysics
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October 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Interested in a PhD in Astrophysics at Imperial?

Join the Astrophysics PhD Open Day — 3 Dec 2025!

💫 Chat with supervisors
💫 Learn about projects & applications
💫 Ask your questions!

🔗 Info & registration:
imperial.ac.uk/astrophysics...

#PhD #Astrophysics
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October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A huge well done to Idil Igde from @imperialphysics.bsky.social and Arda Kancal from the Dyson School of Design Engineering on such an exciting and important achievement! 👏👏
Congratulations to D-View! Winners of this year's FoNS-MAD!

They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize

Read more ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...

#ourimperial
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🔬🌿 New paper!
Imperial researchers from @imperiallifesci.bsky.social , @imperialchemeng.bsky.social & @imperialphysics.bsky.social collaborated to uncover long-missing chlorophyll f pigments in Photosystem I, confirming their active role in solar energy conversion.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Locating the missing chlorophylls f in far-red photosystem I
The discovery of chlorophyll f-containing photosystems, with their long-wavelength photochemistry, represented a distinct, low-energy paradigm for oxygenic photosynthesis. Structural studies on chloro...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨Calling all Physics Students! 🚨

Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️

Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!

🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
🔗 lnkd.in/ezb9zBSV
October 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Want to learn more about quantum technologies?

Discover insights from Imperial's Professor Sir Peter Knight on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, as he explores #quantum mechanics and its future tech impact.

🔗 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Life Scientific - Peter Knight on quantum technologies - BBC Sounds
Peter Knight on quantum computing and the strange physics of light.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨 Final Call – 1851 Research Fellowships

📅 EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social: 23 Oct 2025

Submit your EOI & CV now and ensure your sponsor is confirmed!

📌 See our Fellowships page imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

#ResearchFellowship
Research fellowships
Are you considering Imperial’s Department of Physics as your host institution for a research fellowship? We’re delighted you\'re explorin...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Join @imperialsci.bsky.social for the FoNS Make-A-Difference Final 🎉 Students have been working over the summer on low-cost tech with societal impact

Watch them as they go head-to-head in the final!

🗓️ 22 Oct, 16:00-20:00
📍 SAFB, South Kensington

Register now 🔗 bit.ly/3KIn3PV
Faculty of Natural Sciences Make-A-Difference (FoNS-MAD) Competition Final 2025
We are very pleased to invite you to the Faculty of Natural Sciences Make-a-Difference (FoNS-MAD) Competition Final Judging Event which will take place on 22 October 2025 from 16.00.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Research Fellowships @imperialphysics.bsky.social

We support early-career researchers to explore opportunities, prepare strong proposals and build successful fellowship careers.

👉 Bookmark our Fellowship page: www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...
Research fellowships
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October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Help us improve fellowship support @imperialphysics.bsky.social

We’re redesigning how we support fellowship applicants to make the process clearer, more welcoming and supportive.

If you’ve ever applied or considered applying, we’d love your reflections. 👇
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨 Final Call – Royal Society Career Development Fellowship

📅EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social: 15 Oct 2025

Early-career researchers: submit your EOI & CV - see our fellowships page
imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

Fellowship information: royalsociety.org/grants/caree...

#ResearchFellowship
Research fellowships
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October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨 ERC Consolidator Grants 2026 – Final Call!

📅 EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social: 13 Oct 2025

Physics researchers: submit your EOI & CV now to be considered for this prestigious fellowship!

📌 Submit EOI & CV: see our Fellowships page imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

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Research fellowships
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October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎉Our brand-new student common room is open!

Transformed in just a few months, the space includes TV's, microwaves, plenty of seating and much more.

We kicked things off with a coffee & cake party - thanks to everyone who stopped by ☕️🍰

Come and check it out!
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers

Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
⚡ Royal Society Newton International Fellowships – Nominations Open!

📅 EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social: 8 Jan 2026

Outstanding early-career researchers outside the UK: find a sponsor & prep your EOI + CV

🔗 Info: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

📌 EOI: www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...
Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
⚡ Royal Society Career Development Fellowships – Reminder!

📅 EOI deadline @ImperialPhysics: 15 Oct 2025

📌Submit EOI & CV: see our fellowships page www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

Royal Society information: royalsociety.org/grants/caree...

#ResearchFellowship
Research fellowships
Are you considering Imperial’s Department of Physics as your host institution for a research fellowship? We’re delighted you\'re explorin...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
⚡ ERC Consolidator Grants 2026 – Prepare Your EOI!

📅 EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social : 13 Oct 2025

Physics researchers: find your sponsor and start drafting your EOI today - get ready!

📌 Submit EOI & CV: see our fellowships page imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

#ResearchFellowships
Research fellowships
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October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
⚡ Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships

📅 EOI deadline @imperialphysics.bsky.social : 23 Oct 2025

Early-career researchers: secure your sponsor and start preparing your EOI today!

📌 Submit EOI & CV: see our Fellowships page
imperial.ac.uk/physics/oppo...

#Fellowship
Research fellowships
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October 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM