2020
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Are two phases of quarantine better than one?
New research into this question shows that the second wave of an epidemic is very different if a population has a homogenous distribution of contacts, compared to the scenario of subpopulations with diverse number of contacts. The research, by American authors from Oakland University, Novi High School, and California Polytechnic State University, used a simulation […]
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A groggy climate giant: subsea permafrost is still waking up after 12,000 years
New research suggests slow but substantial greenhouse gas release from submarine permafrost In the far north, the swelling Arctic Ocean inundated vast swaths of coastal tundra and steppe ecosystems. Though the ocean water was only a few degrees above freezing, it started to thaw the permafrost beneath it, exposing billions of tons of organic matter […]
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Physics societies unite in support of open access
Major physics societies, which support physical science researchers with the publication of more than 75,000 peer-reviewed journal articles each year, have joined forces to show their commitment to open access (OA) for physics research. The group comprises 16 societies: the Acoustical Society of America, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Association of […]
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Delaying less developed countries’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions would have a minimal impact on global temperature change
The impact on climate change would only be modest if countries in the process of development were to delay efforts to reduce their carbon emissions until they reach a certain level of economic growth. That is the key finding in a new study published today in Environmental Research Letters by scientists from the Carnegie Institution […]
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IOP Publishing expands open access journal portfolio with the launch of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has launched a new, multidisciplinary, open access (OA) journal devoted to the design, development and application of artificial neural networks and brain-inspired systems towards advancing scientific discovery and realising emerging new computing technologies. The scope and characteristics of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering (NCE) have been designed in close consultation with the community so that it uniquely brings together all […]
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IOP Publishing partners with the Charlesworth Group to integrate article tracking feature into WeChat
The Charlesworth Group is pleased to announce that IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) article tracking feature ‘track my article’ has been integrated into WeChat using its proprietary WeChat Gateway product. IOPP’s ‘track my article’, which is available on its publishing support site, enables authors publishing with IOPP to quickly see the status of their submitted manuscript. By integrating the […]
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IOP Publishing unveils new open access environmental journal series
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability is the first of a new series of OA titles building on IOPP’s established environmental journals IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching a suite of new open access (OA) environmental journals, marking the creation of the Environmental Research series. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability (ERIS) is the first new title to […]
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IOP Publishing signs transformative agreement with the Polish Academic Consortium
Society publisher now has 14 licensing agreements in place in 10 countries IOP Publishing (IOPP) has signed a new open access (OA) transformative agreement with the Polish Academic Consortium. Under the three year ‘read and publish’ agreement, authors affiliated with the consortium’s member institutions can publish open access in 42 IOPP journals with no article […]
