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Morphing wings help drones manage collisions
Researchers in the US have taken inspiration from nature to create a robotic wing that can recover from mid-air collisions. By examining the wings of birds and bats, the researchers, from Stanford University, have created a mechanism that could allow future flying robots to easily squeeze between obstacles, such as branches of a tree, and […]
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Computational Science & Discovery to cease publication
IOP Publishing has been working closely with the computational science community for the past nine years in order to set up and establish the journal, Computational Science & Discovery (CSD). Despite the publication of some quality research and methodology valued by the multidisciplinary computational science community, the journal has unfortunately not been able to establish […]
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New director expands publishing horizons
Jamie Hutchins has been appointed Publishing Director of IOP Publishing (IOP). Jamie joined the company in 2012 as Head of Journals, and now assumes responsibility for IOP’s growing portfolio of scientific journals, ebooks, and specialist magazines and websites. “Exciting things are happening at IOP Publishing, and I’m looking forward to seeing what our talented publishing […]
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Researchers sound out scaffolds for eardrum replacement
An international team of researchers has created tiny, complex scaffolds that mimic the intricate network of collagen fibres that form the human eardrum. It is hoped the scaffolds can be used to replace eardrums when they become severely damaged, reducing the need for patients to have their own tissue used in reconstruction surgery. The scaffolds […]
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Introducing Flexible and Printed Electronics
IOP Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of Flexible and Printed Electronics (FPE), an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing cutting edge research across all aspects of printed, plastic, flexible, stretchable, and conformable electronics. Flexible and Printed Electronics is the first journal to bring together both fundamental science and novel technological applications in this […]
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Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
IOP Publishing has been proud to publish Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM) jointly with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) since 2008. During which time the journal has grown significantly in output, quality and international influence achieving and impact factor of 3.752, the highest to date, in 2012. In June 2015, having […]
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Latest Impact Factor news
The 2014 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show significant growth for journals published by IOP Publishing (IOP). Jamie Hutchins, Publishing Director of IOP said: “This year’s results are a measure of the quality and influence of the journals published by IOP and our partners and show that researchers who publish with us […]
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Cockroach-inspired robot uses body streamlining to negotiate obstacles
Researchers at University of California, Berkeley have taken inspiration from the cockroach to create a robot that can use its body shape to manoeuvre through a densely cluttered environment. Fitted with the characteristic rounded shell of the discoid cockroach, the running robot can perform a roll manoeuvre to slip through gaps between grass-like vertical beam […]
