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New Associate Director Publishing Operations for IOP Publishing
Marc Gillett has been appointed as Associate Director Publishing Operations for IOP Publishing (IOP). Playing a pivotal role in the senior publishing management team, Marc will be responsible for peer-review operations and publishing systems across IOP’s 70+ journals. Marc has extensive experience in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing. His most recent role was that […]
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Climate change will delay transatlantic flights
Planes flying between Europe and North America will be spending more time in the air due to the effects of climate change, a new study has shown.
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Recent summer temperatures in Europe are likely the warmest of the last 2 millennia
Most of Europe has experienced strong summer warming over the course of the past several decades, accompanied by severe heat waves in 2003, 2010 and 2015. New research now puts the current warmth in a 2100-year historical context using tree-ring information and historical documentary evidence to derive a new European summer temperature reconstruction.
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2016 Japan Prize honours trailblazer Hideo Hosono
Congratulations to Professor Hideo Hosono who has been awarded the Japan Prize for the “creation of unconventional inorganic materials with novel electronic functions based on nano-structure engineering”. A material scientist, Professor Hosono is also known for the discovery of iron-based superconductors. His research looks at glass-like transparent materials known for their insulating properties and devising […]
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JPhysD Section Editor recognised in Australia Day Honours
Congratulations to Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Section Editor of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (JPhysD), who has been awarded Australia’s highest honour for his service to physics and engineering. Professor Jagadish is Distinguished Professor and Head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group at the Australian National University. He is also the vice-president of the […]
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Penn-engineered neural networks show hope for axonal repair in the brain, with minimal disruption to brain tissue
Lab-grown neural networks have the ability to replace lost axonal tracks in the brains of patients with severe head injuries, strokes or neurodegenerative diseases and can be safely delivered with minimal disruption to brain tissue, according to new research from Penn Medicine’s department of Neurosurgical Research.
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IOP Publishing staff raises £9k for local charity Bristol Mind
January is a time when many make New Year’s resolutions to improve physical and mental wellbeing and take stock of accomplishments from the past 12 months. Staff at IOP Publishing’s head office in Bristol are thrilled to report that following fundraising efforts last year, they raised a massive £8,960 for local mental health charity Bristol […]
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Caltech researchers find evidence of a real ninth planet
Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the distant solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the […]
