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Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101 – Physics World (opens the original)
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Cyril Hilsum, a former president of the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World, died on 23 September at the age of 101. In the 1970s Hilsum made pioneering contributions to liquid crystals paving the way for TV and computer liquid-crystal displays that are still widely used today. Hilsum was born on 17 May 1925 and completed a degree in physics at University College London in 1945. He then joined the Admiralty Research Laboratory in Teddington before working at the Services El
Astronomers discover unusual 10-sided atmospheric wave on Saturn – Physics World (opens the original)
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While Earth’s atmosphere is constantly changing, many spectacular storms and atmospheric waves on Saturn remain stable for decades or even centuries. Images from NASA’s Voyager craft as it flew-by the planet in the early 1980s revealed a large and long-lived hexagonal atmospheric wave around Saturn’s north pole. Yet despite decades of observations from other craft such as the Cassini mission, no similar wave has been reported in the southern hemisphere or elsewhere. Now, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega f
New image captures glowing shock waves in the Helix Nebula – Physics World (opens the original)
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Astronomers have created a spectacular composite image of a dying star’s remains in the act of being recycled. The image shows the Helix Nebula, a bright ring of gas that is located 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Resembling a giant human eye, its familiar ring formed from material expelled by a star near the end of its life. The remnant of that star, a white dwarf, lies at the nebula’s centre. Astronomers trained the Modular Optical Telephoto Hyperspectral Robotic Arra
Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun's surface – Physics World (opens the original)
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An international team of astronomers has released the highest-resolution image ever captured of the Sun’s visible surface. Taken by the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, the picture reveals tiny plasma whirlpool-like patterns that have never been seen before (Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10871-3). The Sun’s visible surface – the photosphere – is a thin layer of its atmosphere where the fluid plasma becomes transparent. This region is known to be dynamic and complex, with factors such a
Private investment in fusion firms jumps by $4.5bn – Physics World (opens the original)
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Private fusion companies have raised almost $4.5bn in funding over the past year – a 70% increase year-on-year. That is according to a report on the state of the fusion industry, which was published yesterday by the Fusion Industry Association (FIA). The report – The Global Fusion Industry in 2026 – also finds that private fusion endeavours now employ over 16,000 people worldwide. The report surveyed 56 private fusion companies around the world – most of which are based in the US and Europe. Som
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