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<span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134); font-size: 12pt;">I have been asked if I would circulate information on the IOP’s national 3 Minute Wonder (3MW) science-communication competition.</span></div>
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<span class="x_s1" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 78, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The competition is open to</span><span class="x_s1" style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="x_s1" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 78, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">early
career researchers working in any physics-related subject who are within the first 12 years of their career (allowing for career breaks) following the award of a first degree.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">IOP’s national 3 Minute Wonder (3MW) science-communication competition returns. 3MW challenges researchers or project team members working on physics-related problems in academia, business
or industry to explain their work in just three minutes; each participant pitching to a panel of established science communicators and an interested but non-specialist audience.</span><br>
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<p class="x_p1" style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal"><span class="x_s1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">IOP Scotland are running a heat. Applicants can apply (via the link at
</span><span class="x_s1"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iop.org%2F3mw%23gref&data=04%7C01%7Cc.trager-cowan%40strath.ac.uk%7Cb0fa4eefb0a34c2595dd08da170278d5%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637847596630347352%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=rQ4VdAXDIUbEiHnS%2B9mePzfun7lLosuXIX2XG0CtHQ0%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext" originalsrc="https://www.iop.org/3mw#gref" shash="IjkRzBd3fB5EfxhoMkDjiuYNp/nMoabLmETUsnWII02Zc1xU3CmHUlttaGK/0sv0q+Slh+jzJrKaiq6u1jBQAq+In58lRSDNXtWAqZGMPoygCnlBM8yDmSPW7zJ+dAO8zxKvXg1TcMa8Yzm6LqwwAL2CoZ+C8fKuMjTwtvTtjks="><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.iop.org/3mw#gref</span></a></span><span class="x_s1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">)
and submit their video entry (</span><span class="x_s1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
</span><a href="mailto:iopscotland@physics.org" data-auth="NotApplicable"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">iopscotland@physics.org</span></a></span><span class="x_s1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">).
Judges will then mark the video presentations. The winner will not only be featured in Physics World but will also compete again in the Grand Final (17 May 2022, Royal Institution) against the victors from all the other IOP national and regional heats.</span></p>
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at </span><span class="x_s1"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iop.org%2F3mw&data=04%7C01%7Cc.trager-cowan%40strath.ac.uk%7Cb0fa4eefb0a34c2595dd08da170278d5%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637847596630347352%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=r0cavP3fTWFU5zrWKYs0%2BTuRStXeV0L89W7nYIc%2BrmU%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="http://www.iop.org/3mw" shash="nsmrgaM2iHpKcGZEJi+HZ7yg23S6TP4KLyf1cpSuk9CKjvZ0P4Ule1YcjvwtCKkaVYvxAO95b30/RLCAipYaQnLiC7cAoMjszFRd4JZApDHOyoX61YN0kk898ciep+FDZLG5BZ8RTbqWIcOai6J1PNCy4SXfdLIT3sdqh/ki5Vg="><span class="x_s2" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">www.iop.org/3mw</span></a></span></p>
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<font size="2"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">Carol Trager-Cowan,</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">Department of Physics,</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">University of Strathclyde,</span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">e-mail:</span><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);"> </span><a href="mailto:c.trager-cowan@strath.ac.uk" style="margin:0px"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">c.trager-cowan@strath.ac.uk</span></a></font><font size="2"><br>
</font></font><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="3" face="Tahoma"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://ssd.phys.strath.ac.uk/" style="margin:0px"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">http://ssd.phys.strath.ac.uk/</span></a></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="font-size:small"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance</span></font><font size="2"></font></p>
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<p style="font-size:small"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(23, 78, 134);">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263</span></font></p>
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