2014
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Interview: David Elliott on renewable energy
Following our very first IOP ebooksTM “Meet the author” webinar with David Elliott, we speak to him about his recently published book and the renewable energy industry. How did you find writing your book? It went very well and all came together very quickly – as if it wanted to be written! I suppose this […]
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3D printing cancer cells to mimic tumours
A group of researchers in China and the US have successfully created a 3D model of a cancerous tumour using a 3D printer. The model, which consists of a scaffold of fibrous proteins coated in cervical cancer cells, has provided a realistic 3D representation of a tumour’s environment and could help in the discovery of […]
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Congratulations to the 2014 Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipend Recipients
This past year has flown by and we can hardly believe it is time once again to announce the winners of IOP Publishing’s Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipends. To help defray the costs of traveling to the SLA Annual Conference, being held this year in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, IOP Publishing has provided funding for new […]
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IOP Publishing to participate in 2014 NHS Pilot
IOP Publishing (IOP) is delighted to announce that it is participating in a pilot that will enable access to journal content licensed by Jisc Collections to eligible staff working across the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. AAAS, Annual Reviews, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, Springer, and Royal Society of Chemistry […]
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Implantable device to beat high blood pressure
An implantable device that reduces blood pressure by sending electrical signals to the brain has been created by a group of researchers in Germany. The device has successfully reduced the blood pressure in rats by 40 per cent without any major side effects, and could offer hope for a significant proportion of patients worldwide who […]
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High-speed solar winds increase lightning strikes on Earth
Scientists have discovered new evidence to suggest that lightning on Earth is triggered not only by cosmic rays from space, but also by energetic particles from the Sun. University of Reading researchers found a link between increased thunderstorm activity on Earth and streams of high-energy particles accelerated by the solar wind, offering compelling evidence that […]
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Scientists find best way to rid a garden of snails
Gardeners wanting to rid their spring flowerbeds of pesky snails can ditch the beer traps and egg shells and instead develop a strong throwing arm. This is according to a new study published today, in the journal Physica Scripta, which has used statistical models to show that removing snails out of the garden by a […]
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Statement from IOP Publishing on story in The Times
Updated 19 May 2014 Dr. Nicola Gulley, Editorial Director at IOP Publishing, says, “The draft journal paper by Lennart Bengtsson that Environmental Research Letters declined to publish, which was the subject of this morning’s front page story of The Times, contained errors, in our view did not provide a significant advancement in the field, and […]
