2016
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Sponge structure key to mopping up oil spills
An interconnected structure, which water can easily flow through, is key to creating a highly effective mechanical sponge for clearing oil spills. These are the findings from scientists at the Istituto Italiano di Technologia (IIT), Italy, in their paper published today, 2nd March 2016, in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. The traditional method of […]
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Mind-controlled prosthetic arm moves individual 'fingers'
Physicians and biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins report what they believe is the first successful effort to wiggle fingers individually and independently of each other using a mind-controlled artificial “arm” to control the movement.
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Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Joining our colleagues at the Institute of Physics, we invited our Twitter followers, as well as our staff, to take photographs of themselves nominating their favourite female scientist. We shared these photos on Twitter using the #WomenInSTEM hashtag.
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Better water management could halve the global food gap
Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the first time, scientists investigated systematically the worldwide potential to produce more food with the same amount of water by optimizing rain use and irrigation.
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ABSW IOP Student Science Publication Award now open
The IOP Student Science Publication Award, one of the ABSW Science Writers’ Awards, is now open for entry. Launched in 2014, the award which is supported by IOP Publishing and the Institute of Physics, recognises the contribution that student publishers make to science communication. It is open to student journalists who produce a regular science […]
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Questions and answers for referees
1. What is the new IOP Publishing (IOP) referee reward scheme? The referee reward scheme gives referees who review articles for selected journals from IOP’s portfolio a 10% credit that can be used towards the cost of publishing an article they have contributed to, on a gold open access basis. A referee reward credit will […]
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Venia Mak, Access Services Sub-Librarian at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
What do you think will be your biggest challenges over the next five years? Even though it is important for academic librarians to redefine ways to support research and make themselves involved in research processes, it is not easy to be trusted by faculty to let librarians engage with their research processes as traditionally, librarians […]
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Tony Kidd, Assistant Director, University Library at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
What were the biggest challenges you faced in your role as a librarian throughout your career? I think the ever-increasing speed of change has been the constant challenge all through the last 35 years or so — just as an example, when I started work in university libraries large halls filled with catalogue card cabinets […]
