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Back to school with IOP Publishing’s Education Week
To celebrate students returning to schools, colleges and universities around the world, IOP Publishing has collated some of the best research into physics education from across all its journals. From Monday 28th September to Saturday 3rd October, we’ll highlight all kinds of content from our journals European Journal of Physics and Physics Education, covering a […]
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Measuring X-rays created by lightning strikes on an aircraft in-flight
Scientists have recorded measurements of X-rays of energies up to 10 MeV caused by electrons accelerated in the intense electric fields inside a thundercloud. The researchers, based at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), The Netherlands, and Airbus France, report their findings today, Wednesday 30th September, in the Journal […]
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Collaborative behaviours, traditional practices
IOP Publishing and Research Information Network (RIN) release new report on information practices in the physical sciences. While cross-border and cross-disciplinary collaborations are breaking down subject siloes across the physical sciences, a culture of traditional and DIY information practices still holds sway among scientists when it comes to the curation, management and publication of formal […]
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Researchers trap magnetic field in iron-based superconductor
By Kristen Roberts, MagLab TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An international research team from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab) and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology is the first to use an iron-based high-temperature superconductor as a strong magnet. Their findings are published this week in the journal Superconductor Science and Technology. After […]
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On soft ground? Tread lightly to stay fast…
Soft steps and large feet can allow animals and robots to maintain high speeds on very loose soil and sand. These findings, reported today, Friday 9th October, in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomechanics, offer a new insight into how animals respond to different terrain, and how robots can learn from them. The researchers, based at […]
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Scientists produce shortest electron bunches ever by surfing plasma waves
Snapshots of 3D bubble formation showing charge density in the plane, and potential. © IOP Publishing Kindly replicated with permission from the University of Strathclyde. The shortest electron bunches ever produced have emerged in research by scientists at the University of Strathclyde. The bunches were produced by focusing a high-power laser pulse into a supersonic […]
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Bringing the book to life – IOP ebooks enhanced with video
IOP Publishing (IOP) is celebrating the anniversary of its award-winning IOP ebooks programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair with exciting new video functionality. IOP has published its first ebook enhanced with video to enable readers to not only read about science but to hear about it directly from the author and other leading experts. […]
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Is freshwater supply more dependent on good governance than geography?
Scientists have analysed 19 different characteristics critical to water supply management in 119 low per capita income countries and found that vulnerability is pervasive and commonly arises from relatively weak institutional controls. The study, conducted by researchers based at Washington State University (WSU), USA, and Stanford University, USA, sought to identify freshwater supply vulnerabilities using […]
