2015
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On soft ground? Tread lightly to stay fast…
Soft steps and large feet can allow animals and robots to maintain high speeds on very loose soil and sand. These findings, reported today, Friday 9th October, in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomechanics, offer a new insight into how animals respond to different terrain, and how robots can learn from them. The researchers, based at […]
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Scientists produce shortest electron bunches ever by surfing plasma waves
Snapshots of 3D bubble formation showing charge density in the plane, and potential. © IOP Publishing Kindly replicated with permission from the University of Strathclyde. The shortest electron bunches ever produced have emerged in research by scientists at the University of Strathclyde. The bunches were produced by focusing a high-power laser pulse into a supersonic […]
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Bringing the book to life – IOP ebooks enhanced with video
IOP Publishing (IOP) is celebrating the anniversary of its award-winning IOP ebooks programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair with exciting new video functionality. IOP has published its first ebook enhanced with video to enable readers to not only read about science but to hear about it directly from the author and other leading experts. […]
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Is freshwater supply more dependent on good governance than geography?
Scientists have analysed 19 different characteristics critical to water supply management in 119 low per capita income countries and found that vulnerability is pervasive and commonly arises from relatively weak institutional controls. The study, conducted by researchers based at Washington State University (WSU), USA, and Stanford University, USA, sought to identify freshwater supply vulnerabilities using […]
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Optical scanner shows potential for real-time 3D breast cancer screening
Scientists have developed a hand-held optical scanner with the potential to offer breast cancer imaging in real time. The results are reported today, 23rd October 2015, in the journal Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. The device, developed primarily at Florida International University, uses a near-infrared laser diode source to produce an image of the breast […]
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Physics World wins Eddie Award
Physics World® magazine has won best "App/Digital Edition" and has also picked up an honourable mention for best "Design Cover" at the Eddie and Ozzie Awards.
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Scientists use exhaled breath to detect hypoxia
Researchers working in the United States have demonstrated a technique that may enable real-time, in-flight detection of hypoxia in pilots. The study, led by researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, replicated a fairly standard ‘hypoxic’ event. Volunteers were exposed to 5 minutes of reduced oxygen levels to […]
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Excess emissions from Volkswagen diesels could cause 59 early US deaths
By Liz Kalaugher, environmentalresearchweb. In September 2015, Volkswagen Group of America admitted that it had installed "defeat devices" in certain models of its diesel vehicles. Such devices, which are barred by the US Clean Air Act, assess whether the vehicle is under test and reduce emissions if so. As a result, the 482,000 vehicles in […]
