2017
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Networking is key for cells during bone formation
A new study into the way bone cells organise during bone formation could open the door to a better understanding of diseases such as osteoporosis. The research, led by the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, used an interdisciplinary approach combining biology, medicine and physics to analyse the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network […]
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IOP Publishing and APS commit to ORCID scheme
IOP Publishing and the American Physical Society (APS) have signed up to the ORCID Open Letter, committing to collecting ORCID iDs for authors submitting to their journals following stated best practices. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides a unique digital name, or iD, which identifies researchers and scholars, and […]
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Partnership celebrates launch of first ebook collaboration
IOP Publishing and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) marked a new milestone in their 40-year relationship this week, with the publication of their first ebook together. The book is the first in a new ebooks programme by IPEM and IOP Publishing, specifically designed for the medical physics and biomedical engineering communities […]
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Mathematical modelling could help with personalised cancer care
A new study from the University of Southern California could pave the way for improving personalised lung cancer care and treatment. The research used mathematical modelling to examine if there was a link between the molecular and anatomical properties of lung cancer metastases, and whether this has an influence on how they spread through the […]
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Robots take inspiration from insects to track targets
The way insects visualise and hunt their prey could help improve autonomous robotic technology, according to a pioneering new study conducted by a team of engineers and neuroscientists from The University of Adelaide and Lund University. The research, published today in the Journal of Neural Engineering, developed an autonomous robot to test a target and […]
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Meet the European Journal of Physics Reviewer of 2016: Professor Carl Mungan
Despite winning the Reviewer of the Year Award, Professor Carl Mungan, of the US Naval Academy, USA, considers himself to be an ordinary faculty member doing his job. He reviews for EJP as a service to the greater community of physics educators and to improve the final articles published by the journal. Professor Mungan stands […]
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The most effective individual steps to tackle climate change aren’t being discussed
Governments and schools are not communicating the most effective ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprints, according to new research. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the study from Lund University, found that the incremental changes advocated by governments may represent a missed opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beneath the levels […]
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Microbe study highlights Greenland ice sheet toxicity
The Greenland ice sheet is often seen as a pristine environment, but new research has revealed that may not be the case. A Danish-led study, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined how microbes from the ice sheet have the potential to resist and degrade globally-emitted contaminants such as mercury, lead, PAH and […]
