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First image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy published on behalf of the American Astronomical Society
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The results, announced today at multiple press conferences around the world, have been published in ten papers in a special issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, which is published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the American Astronomical […]
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Banana spots can help tackle food waste – study finds
Banana peels hold the key to reducing tonnes of food waste. A new study released in Physical Biology reveals how the browning of this household staple can be explained and modelled. A team of researchers at Florida State University have produced a new method of simulating spot patterns on bananas, providing new insight into how this […]
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Increasing confidence and trust in research: cracking down on misconduct
Author: Kim Eggleton, IOP Publishing’s Research Integrity and Inclusion Manager According to Retraction Watch, a website which keeps tabs on research papers withdrawn from scientific journals, from the millions of papers published every year, about 30,000 retractions have been added to the Retraction Watch database. This number is expected to rise dramatically as research misconduct becomes […]
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IOP Publishing rewards outstanding reviewers for their contribution to science
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. Each year outstanding reviewers are selected by IOPP’s journal editors based on the quality, quantity, and timeliness of their reviews. From the more than 30,000 reviewers who have submitted reports to journals published by IOPP in 2021, 20 have received an Outstanding Reviewer […]
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Situation in Ukraine
The Institute of Physics condemns without reservation the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s actions are a violation of one of the most fundamental norms of international law that prohibit the use or threat of force by one state against another. As the UK and Ireland Learned Society and Professional Body for physicists and a global […]
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IOP Publishing partners with ‘Get Full Text Research’ to streamline access to research
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is partnering with Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) to make it easier for researchers to access published research or best available version. The partnership streamlines access to published journal articles via a free-to-use solution for subscription and open access (OA) content. Developed by publishers two years ago, GetFTR bridges the gap between discoverability and […]
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IOP Publishing strikes a new unlimited open access agreement with Max Planck Society
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has established a new, unlimited, transformative open access (OA) agreement with the Max Planck Society, taking an important step forward in the transition of its journals to open access. The three-year agreement, which brings significant advances on their previous agreement, lifts all limitations for Max Planck authors, enabling them to publish all of […]
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Study: “Sky is not the limit” for solar geoengineering
There are practical limits to the height at which aerosols may be deployed in the atmosphere to deflect incoming sunlight and countervail global warming. Very high-altitude injections might be more effective, but such climate intervention comes with substantially increased costs and safety risks, according to new research published today in Environmental Research Communications. Following a […]
