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Scientists find best way to rid a garden of snails
Gardeners wanting to rid their spring flowerbeds of pesky snails can ditch the beer traps and egg shells and instead develop a strong throwing arm. This is according to a new study published today, in the journal Physica Scripta, which has used statistical models to show that removing snails out of the garden by a […]
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Statement from IOP Publishing on story in The Times
Updated 19 May 2014 Dr. Nicola Gulley, Editorial Director at IOP Publishing, says, “The draft journal paper by Lennart Bengtsson that Environmental Research Letters declined to publish, which was the subject of this morning’s front page story of The Times, contained errors, in our view did not provide a significant advancement in the field, and […]
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Inverse Problems hosts its first international conference
Inverse Problems will celebrate its 30th anniversary by hosting a special three day conference in Bristol, UK, later this year. The conference, named IPTA2014, will be held on 26-28 August and include plenary lectures from eight of the world’s most prominent inverse problems researchers. The full programme is available online and registration is now open. […]
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IOP Publishing appoints third Publishing Manager
Pernille Hammelsoe has been appointed as Publishing Manager for IOP Publishing and will be based at its head office in Bristol. Pernille has more than fifteen years of experience in medical and life sciences publishing in both Europe and Asia. She previously worked for Wiley Blackwell where she was responsible for developing the biomedical programme […]
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Nature inspires drones of the future
Researchers have been taking tips from nature to build the next generation of flying robots. Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some of the common problems that drones could be faced with when navigating through an urban environment and performing novel tasks […]
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IOP Publishing and UK university libraries collaborate on open access offsetting pilot
IOP Publishing (IOP), one of the world’s leading scientific publishers, has today announced the launch of a three-year pilot project under which participating universities will be able to offset the majority of their expenditure on hybrid article publication charges (APCs) in IOP journals against their subscription and licence fees. The agreement follows discussions between IOP, […]
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Shortlist for ABSW’s IOP Student Science Publication Award announced
The Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing are delighted to announce the shortlist of the Association of British Science Writers’ (ABSW) IOP Student Science Publication Award. The Gist Printed magazine – University of Strathclyde Editor: Timothy Revell Spark Magazine Printed magazine – University of York Team Entry: Will Ingram (Editor), Matt Ravenhall (Editor), Ellen Rawlins […]
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Billions of kg of CO2 could be saved by scrapping DVDs, research suggests
A trip down to the local DVD store has slowly become a thing of the past thanks to the rise of video streaming services, which allow viewers to indulge in back-to-back episodes of hit TV series like House of Cards and Breaking Bad at the click of a button. Now, a new study has shown […]
