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3D printing breakthrough heralds ‘new era’ for advanced skin models
Scientists in South Korea have come up with a new method for 3D printing human skin, which both shortens the process and reduces the cost. Reporting their results today in the journal Biofabrication, the team from Pohang University of Science and Technology demonstrate a new 3D cell printing strategy, for engineering a 3D human skin […]
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Rising sea levels leave US coastal areas facing increased flood risk by 2050
US coastal areas should prepare for more frequent and more severe flooding in the next 35 years and beyond, a new study has warned. According to the research, carried out by Princeton and Rutgers universities, without cutting carbon emissions, the US coastline’s risk of a ‘100-year flood’ is likely to see an average 40-fold increase […]
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IOP Publishing launches Remarq pilot on a number of journals
RedLink is pleased to announce a pilot of Remarq™ on several IOP Publishing journals, including the Journal of Optics, the New Journal of Physics, Nanotechnology, and Biofabrication. Remarq is a new tool for the publishing community offering annotation, commenting, article sharing, and collaboration, all on the publisher’s site and utilizing the version of record. Remarq […]
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Physicists add amplifier to quantum communication toolbox
High-security data encryption could be applied over greater distances thanks to latest demonstration, result also benefits scalable memory systems. Quantum encryption using single photons is a promising technique for boosting the security of communication systems and data networks, but there are challenges in applying the method over large distances due to transmission losses. Using conventional […]
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Study uncovers widespread leak risk for US underground natural gas storage wells
With the average well built in 1963, more than 1 in 5 active US underground natural gas storage (UGS) wells could be vulnerable to leaks due to obsolete well designs, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These obsolete wells operate in 19 states across 160 UGS facilities […]
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Physics modelling explains how hunters team up to catch faster prey
Seeing a chase play out between predator and prey on a wildlife documentary is a familiar sight for many. But in situations where the prey is faster than the hunters, how do the hunters get the upper hand? To answer this question, scientists from Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, applied physics modelling to demonstrate how groups […]
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Research reveals strong link between drug trafficking and Central American forest loss
Cocaine trafficking may be behind up to 30 per cent of annual deforestation in the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. A new study – published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters – quantitatively estimates for the first time the potential role of drug trafficking, as opposed to drug cultivation, in forest […]
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Views on 50 years of IOP’s Journal of Physics series
The Journal of Physics (JPhys) series encompasses five core physics journals, a conference series and a new open access journal covering all of physics. In celebration of this anniversary, IOP Publishing has commissioned a selection of viewpoints looking back over the 50 years of the JPhys series to highlight a selection of important papers published […]
