2017
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Ice decline means Northern Sea route may become viable shipping option
Further declines in Arctic Sea ice levels could see the Northern Sea route (NSR) open to intercontinental shipping for up to six months each year, new research has found. The study, by a team of Russian researchers, used satellite data and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) climate data processing tool to model the trends […]
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LEGO-like blocks build new possibilities for microfluidics
LEGO already has millions of applications, building everything from castles to spaceships. But researchers in California have found a new use for the popular blocks – a modular microfluidics system. Microfluidics is a rapidly emerging technology with promising biomedical applications. It involves fluid manipulation at the microscale, where the fluid is usually set in motion […]
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IOP Publishing launches double-blind peer-review trial
IOP Publishing has announced it will start offering authors the choice of single or double-blind peer review on two of its materials and biophysics/engineering journals. As part of a commitment to engage closely with research communities and meet researchers’ future needs, IOP Publishing is experimenting with different peer review models. It will start offering the […]
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Modelling sheds new light on bacteria behaviour
A new study into how bacteria move, behave, and form colonies could allow a better understanding of infections, and pave the way to new antimicrobial treatments. For their paper, published today in the New Journal of Physics, the interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute and Helmholtz-Center, Dresden, and from Brooklyn College of the City […]
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Unauthorised access to IOPscience server
It has come to our attention that unauthorised access was gained by an unknown party to an IOPscience.iop.org server on 24 December 2016. This server contained a database that included account holders’ contact details and user password for IOPscience. We can confirm that no payment or other financial information was present on this server. IOP […]
