Article Decoupling electrical and thermal mechanisms could optimize brain tumour therapy published on Physics World website.
6 May 2026
Article Decoupling electrical and thermal mechanisms could optimize brain tumour therapy published on Physics World website.
I had a great experience delivering some Science Communications training for academics from the King’s Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London on April 30th. My thanks to Claire Sewell and Jemima Skala for asking me to give the workshop and helping me to develop it, and to all of the enthusiastic attendees for making me feel so welcome.
I gave a remote talk ‘From Arias to Atomic Physics’ about my unconventional career path for the Women+ in Physics group at Royal Holloway, University of London on Wednesday March 25th. My thanks to Eesha Ibrar for inviting me to speak, and to Prof Tracey Berry and the rest of the audience for being so welcoming.
Latest episode in my series Solid State Physics in Action published on the Taylor & Francis Books YouTube channel. This episode features the sculptor Jonathan Hateley and ties in with my Understanding Solid State Physics textbook as we discuss the materials and methods that he uses to create his works.
I was delighted to discover that one of my news articles – Quantum behaviour in brain neurons looks theoretically possible – made the Top 10 of most-read stories on the Physics World website in 2025! You can read the full run-down here: Winning the popularity contest: the 10 most-read physics stories of 2025.
Article New quantum-enabled proteins could improve biosensing published on Physics World website.
Researching and writing new book.
Article Fluid-based laser scanning technique could improve brain imaging published on Physics World website.
I was honoured to write the science content for the brochure ‘Pioneering the quantum internet‘ that details the work of this year’s recipient of the 1 million euro Körber European Science Prize, which was awarded on September 19th in Hamburg in Germany.
Article High-speed 3D microscope improves live imaging of fast biological processes published on Physics World website.