2017
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Simple climate change contribution measure ‘remains elusive’
The search for a single and simple measure for each country’s contribution to global warming is unlikely to succeed, new research has warned. The question of how to fairly quantify national contributions to global warming historically, and inform future policy on sharing the burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, has long been part of international […]
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Researchers use mathematical modeling to explain complete destruction of Germanwings Flight 9525
An international team of researchers, led by Texas A&M mathematician Professor Goong Chen, has used the latest in visualization technology and their collective scientific expertise to chart the final moments of Germanwings Flight 9525, deliberately crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015. Although it happened almost two years ago, the crash is still […]
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Study shows dramatic increase in meltwater from Canadian glaciers
The ice loss from Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands glaciers has transformed them into a major contributor to sea level change, new research has found. By combining ice discharge calculated from remote sensing data with the latest version of the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model, the study tracked the mass loss from the islands’ glaciers and ice […]
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New research makes cutting edge cancer treatment more precise
Researchers in Germany have taken an important step towards improving the accuracy of a highly effective radiotherapy technique used to treat cancer. The team, from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre (HIT) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), hoped to address uncertainty about the dosimetry – the measurement and assessment of […]
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IOP and CAUL agree new and innovative consortium model
IOP Publishing and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) have announced a new agreement, covering 31 universities in Australia and New Zealand. Whereas the previous agreement was based on historical spend on print version of journals, the new model is based on an institution’s science-category full time equivalent students, and weighted against levels of […]
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The Biophysical Society and IOP Publishing form new partnership to create ebooks program for the biophysics community
The Biophysical Society and IOP Publishing have forged a new publishing partnership to support the development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics, through the creation of a comprehensive collection of ebooks. The collaboration will bring the world-leading expertise and domain knowledge of the Biophysical Society into the rapidly developing IOP ebooks program, in order to […]
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Insights and opinions on the hottest topics in physics
Presenting Physics World Discovery IOP Publishing is excited to announce the launch of a new resource for the physics community. Physics World Discovery will publish accessible, long-form features that replicate the style and editorial approach of our award-winning flagship magazine Physics World. Written with clarity and flair by leading voices from across the scientific community, […]
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Physics explains why rock musicians prefer valve amps
For many guitarists, the rich, warm sound of an overdriven valve amp – think AC/DC’s crunchy Marshall rhythm tones or Carlos Santana’s singing Mesa Boogie-fuelled leads – can’t be beaten. But why is the valve sound so sought after? David Keeports, a physics professor from Mills College in California, looked at the science of valve […]
