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Katherine Skipper

Katherine Skipper is a features editor at Physics World.

Katherine was previously a PhD student contributor to Physics World. She did her doctoral work at the University of Bristol, UK, under the supervision of Paddy Royall. Her research focused on experimental active matter and the high-density behaviour of Janus particles in three-dimensional systems. Find out more about our student contributor networks

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‘My career has not been a straight line’: Craig Jantzen on switching from nuclear science to diplomacy

Craig Jantzen says his past self would never have imagined where his career has taken him

Protecting phone screens with non-Newtonian fluids

Fluids that get runnier during impact are optimized for preventing damage to phone screens

Physics teacher in secondary school with three pupils

Tackling England’s physics teacher shortage with a new apprenticeship scheme

Urgent action is needed to combat widening inequalities in access to physics education

Ask me anything: Katrin Erath-Dulitz ‘As a researcher, I rely on creative thinking’

Katrin Erath-Dulitz is a researcher at the University of Innsbruck who studies chemical reactions at very low temperatures

Katherine Skipper, features editor at Physics World, speaks at the careers in quantum fair

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Quantum jobs fair for kick-starting graduate careers

Katherine Skipper reports from the Careers in Quantum fair at the University of Bristol

Artist impression of a bright object in the universe, possibly an explosion

A suspenseful story of life and death in the universe

Katherine Skipper reviews Things That Go Bump in the Universe by C Renée James

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Are we ready for the quantum economy?

Katherine Skipper reports from a workshop on quantum skills hosted by the UK government's Office for Quantum

Woman with telescope watching the stars. Stargazing woman night sky

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: inspiring stories from Physics World

Katherine Skipper looks back at last year’s coverage of research led by female physicists

Mechanical model of a human foot in a running shoe.

Lace-up your 3D printed shoes and run faster, reducing noise from passenger aircraft

Excerpts from the Red Folder

Did natural erosion help carve Egypt’s Great Sphinx?

New study suggests desert winds can create animal-like shapes

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