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Based on the textbook for our course, my understanding is that the main drawback with fusion reactors is how much energy is required to heat the plasma. Do you think the solution for this come from finding ways to make the heating process more efficient, or more likely finding ways to release more energy from the fusion process? Can you give any examples of how scientists have improved the process or the reactors so far to make this more viable as an energy source?
We do the classic light interference pattern experiment in class. It’s fascinating to see this setup is still used in current research, i.e. with antimatter positrons as you talk about on your profile.. What other ways do modern researchers investigate the wave nature of particles?
What do you see as the potential real world uses of quantum computing? What difference would it make to students’ lives, for example?
Can you explain what the wheat TILLING population is? Is it to do with GM?
Does anyone know much about stem cell use in therapeutic cloning? One of my students was asking how a group of stem
We teach about GM crops now, with a big focus on evaluating the technology and looking at ethics. One of the
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After you complete your PhD are there lots of opportunities for jobs in your field of particle physics? (4 Comments)
Great to see you release data for young people, how as a science teacher can we make the complicated world of particle (5 Comments)
Harrison – do you collaborate with the other particle physicists here in the UK or is it a wholly international (3 Comments)

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