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American Astronomical Society Journals Going Electronic Only
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have decided that all AAS research journals published with IOP will become electronic only and will no longer print paper editions. This transition will take effect with the 2015 subscription year and affects The Astronomical Journal (AJ) and The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), The Astrophysical Journal Letters […]
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Physics in Brazil takes centre stage as World Cup comes to town
As Brazil gets set to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup this month amid concerns about the amount of public money being used to stage the world’s largest sporting event, Physics World’s editorial team reveals in a new special report how physicists are taking full advantage of the four-fold increase in science funding that the […]
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eprintweb.org switch off
We set up eprintweb.org in 2007 as an IOP Publishing mirror of arXiv.org. Just like arXiv.org, eprintweb.org, was launched as a free resource in which researchers could access e-print records, specifically in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. It was built upon the successful arXiv.org e-print archive hosted at […]
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Congratulations to the ABSW IOP Student Science Publication Award winners
IOP Publishing and the Institute of Physics congratulate the winners of the IOP Student Science Publication Award, announced at last night's Association of British Science Writers' (ABSW) Awards Ceremony.
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Researchers target smartphone cameras with “smart glass” micro-iris
A small, low-powered camera component made from a “smart glass” material has been created by a group of researchers in Germany with the hope of inspiring the next generation of smartphone cameras. The micro-iris is an electro-chemical equivalent to the bulky, mechanical blades that are usually found in cameras and has very low power consumption, […]
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Five journals to switch to electronic only
IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced that five of the company’s research journals will become electronic only and will no longer print paper editions. This transition will take effect with the 2015 subscription year and affects Biofabrication, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomedical Materials, Journal of Breath Research and Physical Biology. This decision has been prompted by a […]
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Notorious pathogen forms slimy “streamers” to clog up medical devices
A group of researchers from the US has moved a step closer to preventing infections of the common hospital pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, by revealing the mechanisms that allow the bacteria to rapidly clog up medical devices. In a study published today, 27 June, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of […]
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Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology awarded IEEE Award
Congratulations to Dr Cathy Foley, Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST) who has been awarded the IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity. The award has been given to Dr Foley specifically for: the development of a novel form of YBCO, grain boundary Josephson junction and its incorporation […]
