2014
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CERN Courier 60th-anniversary special issue published
This year marks the 60th anniversary of CERN, one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. To celebrate this anniversary, CERN and IOP Publishing have produced a special issue of CERN Courier, a magazine published 10 times a year for the international particle-physics community. The special October 2014 issue includes a […]
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Brazil shows that materials matter
A new report highlighting the extraordinary growth of materials research in Brazil was launched today at the annual conference of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS). The report, produced by IOP Publishing on behalf of the B-MRS, reflects the rapid expansion in the field over the last two decades, with more than 2000 delegates registered […]
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Nanoparticles give up forensic secrets
A group of researchers from Switzerland has thrown light on the precise mechanisms responsible for the impressive ability of nanoparticles to detect fingermarks left at crime scenes. Publishing their results today, 2 October, in IOP Publishing’s journal Nanotechnology, the researchers have provided evidence contesting the commonly accepted theory that nanoparticles are attracted to fingermarks electrostatically. […]
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Rhapsody in blue: Japanese trio scoop the 2014 physics Nobel
The Swedish Academy of Sciences yesterday announced the winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics ending year-long speculation and recognizing a discovery that they said was in the “spirit of Alfred Nobel” as an inventor. IOP Publishing (IOP) congratulates Japanese-born scientists Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura on becoming the latest Nobel prize […]
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IOP ebooks celebrates anniversary at Frankfurt Book Fair
IOP Publishing is celebrating the anniversary of its award-winning IOP ebooks programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. IOP’s born-digital programme was first announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012 and just a year later its first titles were published. Fast forward another year to 2014 and the ebooks team have published a further […]
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Fruit flies show ability to sniff out chemical hazards
The ‘nose’ of the common fruit fly could soon be used to detect drugs and explosives thanks to new research that has revealed the fly’s impressive ability to sniff out a range of hazardous chemicals. In a study published today, 15 October, in IOP Publishing’s journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, an international team of researchers has […]
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New fully responsive app – first of its kind for physics magazines
With mobile and tablet access now an essential tool for researchers, IOP Publishing has launched a new fully responsive app for its world-renowned Physics World magazine. The Physics World team has worked closely with leading software house Kaldor, to create the first digital magazine of its kind in physics publishing. Replacing the previous “page-turning” format, […]
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Doubt cast over air pollution link between childhood leukaemia and power lines
Researchers from the UK have called into question a theory suggesting that a previously reported risk of leukaemia among children born close to overhead power lines could be caused by an alteration to surrounding air pollution. In a study published today, 31 October, in the Journal of Radiological Protection (the official journal of the Society […]
