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Jim Al-Khalili

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Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS HonFREng Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey, author, broadcaster, humanist. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times).

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🚀Curious to know what life is really like as an astronaut? 🧑‍🚀 Tune into a New Year’s Eve special edition of #TheLifeScientific with myself and Jim Al-Khalili today at 1630hrs on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

🚀Curious to know what life is really like as an astronaut? 🧑‍🚀

Tune into a New Year’s Eve special edition of #TheLifeScientific with myself and <a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a> today at 1630hrs on <a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> and <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a>
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Coming up in half an hour at 4.30, a special NYE edition of The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 with astronaut Tim Peake. It was recorded in front of an audience at London's The Royal Society

Coming up in half an hour at 4.30, a special NYE edition of The Life Scientific on <a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> with astronaut Tim Peake. It was recorded in front of an audience at London's <a href="/royalsociety/">The Royal Society</a>
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Intriguing paper just out from my colleague Dr Marco Sacchi and collaborators (in Ireland, Norway and Denmark) using quantum chemistry to explain the anti-icing properties of polar bear fur. Ain't science great?

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📣 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT Lord Vallance of Balham: "Their work exemplifies the power of collaboration and stands as an inspiration to engineers everywhere." #QEPrize2025

📣 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 
Lord Vallance of Balham: "Their work exemplifies the power of collaboration and stands as an inspiration to engineers everywhere." #QEPrize2025
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Congratulations to the #QEPrize2025 Laureates, Professor Yoshua Bengio, Bill Dally, Professor Geoffrey Hinton, Professor John Hopfield, Jensen Huang, Dr Yann LeCun, and Dr Fei-Fei Li!

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Yann LeCun, #QEPrize2025 Laureate and AI pioneer, predicts another major tech shift by the end of the decade, highlighting that today’s systems still aren’t advanced enough for home robots or fully self-driving cars. Learn more in the article below! buff.ly/4hNymlf

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⁦⁦Jim Al-Khalili⁩ says “life is quantum mechanical, a table is quantum mechanical, everything is quantum mechanical.” But is a *thought* quantum mechanical 🤨#philomenacunk #NTLF2025 ⁦nasscom

⁦⁦<a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a>⁩ says “life is quantum mechanical, a table is quantum mechanical, everything is quantum mechanical.”  But is a *thought* quantum mechanical 🤨#philomenacunk #NTLF2025 ⁦<a href="/nasscom/">nasscom</a>⁩
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Quantum Tech & Cybersecurity: The Future is Now! In the edge dialogue on Securing the Unsecure: The Invisible Threat, Prof. Jim Al-Khalili - Quantum Physicist, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Surrey, broke down the quantum revolution and its imminent impact on

Quantum Tech &amp; Cybersecurity: The Future is Now!

In the edge dialogue on Securing the Unsecure: The Invisible Threat, Prof. <a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a>  - Quantum Physicist, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, <a href="/UniOfSurrey/">University of Surrey</a>, broke down the quantum revolution and its imminent impact on
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A masterclass exploring Quantum 2.0 and the Multiverse of Possibilities! From physics to biology, quantum science is unlocking a new reality. The question isn’t if but how far it will take us. 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology, and in Masterclass

A masterclass exploring Quantum 2.0 and the Multiverse of Possibilities! 

From physics to biology, quantum science is unlocking a new reality. The question isn’t if but how far it will take us.

2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science &amp; Technology, and in Masterclass
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We're pleased to announce that Professor Jim Al-Khalili will deliver the 2025 Unwin Lecture at The Royal Institution on Tuesday 1 April 2025. Jim Al-Khalili is a quantum physicist, academic, author, broadcaster and one of the UK’s best known science communicators. Read more:

We're pleased to announce that Professor Jim Al-Khalili will deliver the 2025 Unwin Lecture at The Royal Institution on Tuesday 1 April 2025. 

<a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a>  is a quantum physicist, academic, author, broadcaster and one of the UK’s best known science communicators.

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Jim Al-Khalili reviews Quantum Drama, a new book by physicist and science writer Jim Baggott and the late historian of science John L Heilbron. cerncourier.com/a/beyond-bohr-…

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NEW: we talk to theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili about dying with dignity, quantum mechanics, and what science can tell us about the unknowns of our universe: thehumanist.com/features/inter…

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Really enjoyed my conversation with Jim Al-Khalili on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 that was broadcast this morning. Thanks for having me on. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Can you un-bake a cake? Is Time Travel possible? Find out this Monday on The Sky at Night with Jim Al-Khalili and some special guests at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Royal Museums Greenwich #TheSkyatNight #RoyalObservatoryGreenwich 🎂 🎊

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TONIGHT at 21:50pm on BBC4 - join The Sky at Night team plus Jim Al-Khalili, Dr Becky Smethurst, Rebekah Higgitt, Dr Louise Devoy and Prof Claudia de Rham for a 350th birthday bash at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, talking Time from the atomic to the cosmic. #TheSkyAtNight

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Honoured (though a little surprised) to be last lab coat up in the current series of BBC Radio 4’s #LifeScientific. Lovely to chat with Jim Al-Khalili. Tune in tomorrow Radio 4 9am. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…