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Quantum entanglement of two macroscopic objects is the Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year
Physics World today announces the 2021 Physics Breakthrough of the Year. This year’s award goes to two independent teams for entangling two macroscopic vibrating drumheads, thereby advancing our understanding of the divide between quantum and classical systems. The winners are Mika Sillanpää and colleagues at Aalto University, Finland and the University of New South Wales, Australia, […]
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The Institute of Physics signs joint statement for climate action
A call to action: the role of physics in delivering the global green economy The Institute of Physics (IOP) has signed the following statement together with national physical societies around globe: According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), “a green economy is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive[1].” Furthermore, the Organization for […]
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IOP Publishing joins Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative providing politicians and public with simple explanation of what to do next
For the first time, IOP Publishing (IOPP) together with 14 of the world’s largest and most reputable academic publishers have come together to explain the most important research on climate change to the public. The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative, led by research communication companies Kudos and Impact Science, is a platform that provides easy-to-comprehend research summaries to help everyone […]
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Aviation’s present-day contribution to human-induced global warming is 4% and will increase over the next 30 years should pre-Covid growth resume
Major new study reveals that aviation could consume up to one-sixth of the remaining temperature budget to limit warming to 1.5 ˚C Aviation is responsible for more global warming than implied by its carbon footprint alone. According to new research published today, aviation could consume up one-sixth of the remaining temperature budget required to limit […]
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Announcing the winners of #IOPPposter 2021 competition
Enabling the global scientific community to connect virtually IOP Publishing has announced the winners of its #IOPPposter competition. Now in its second year, the poster competition, which was hosted on Twitter, opened-up a lively online discussion about the latest research in emerging areas of interest. And the winners are… Atomic and molecular – Andrea Byekwaso Biomedical engineering – Jannis Born Engineering – Tomas […]
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R&D spend essential to improve skills, create opportunity and drive science and innovation, says the Institute of Physics
Responding today to the chancellor’s comprehensive spending review, Paul Hardaker, group chief executive officer of the Institute of Physics, said: “Investing in science and innovation doesn’t just help the economy and create jobs, it helps train the next generation, develops the skills of the workforce, and allows more people to benefit from the opportunities that […]
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IOP Publishing makes abstracts openly available
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has joined the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), a collaboration between publishers, infrastructure organisations, librarians, and researchers to promote the open availability of abstracts. IOPP will deposit abstracts of their scholarly communications with Crossref, the not-for-profit Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration agency bringing together abstracts in a common format in one searchable […]
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How has scientific agreement on the anthropogenic nature of climate change evolved in 10 years?
New research shows the scientific consensus has strengthened since 2009 Scientific support for the link between human activity and climate change has strengthened to the extent that there is now near universal agreement. Whereas in 1996, reports hedged statements with phrases such as “the balance of evidence suggests…” (Houston et al 1996), this evolved to […]
