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Physics confirms sprinters are performing better than ever before
In this month’s Physics World, Steve Haake, director of the Centre for Sports Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, reveals that the men’s 100 m sprint will be one event not to miss this summer. Haake has developed something called the “performance-improvement index”, which uses very simple physics to compare the relative improvement […]
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Pre-industrial emissions still causing temperatures to rise
A climate model accounting for the carbon dioxide (CO2) released into our atmosphere before the industrial revolution has been used to show the detrimental effect of carbon emissions on global temperature in the long-term. In a study published today, 4 July, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science […]
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Most accurate robotic legs mimic human walking gait
A group of US researchers has produced a robotic set of legs which they believe is the first to fully model walking in a biologically accurate manner. The neural architecture, musculoskeletal architecture and sensory feedback pathways in humans have been simplified and built into the robot, giving it a remarkably human-like walking gait. The biological […]
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Controlling your computer with your eyes
Millions of people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes, thanks to a new device that costs less than £40. Composed from off-the-shelf materials, the new device can work out exactly where a person is looking by tracking […]
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IOP Publishing opens office in Munich
IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced that it has opened a new office in Munich. The office will open from 1 August 2012 and will provide an ideal central meeting place for IOP’s customers, authors, referees, librarians in Europe. Olaf Ernst, Commercial Director said “Munich is one of the research and publishing capitals in the […]
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Physicists study the classics for hidden truths
The truth behind some of the world’s most famous historical myths, including Homer’s epic, the Iliad, has been bolstered by two researchers who have analysed the relationships between the myths’ characters and compared them to real-life social networks. In a study published online today, 25 July, in the journal EPL (Europhysics Letters), Pádraig Mac Carron […]
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Mervyn Miles announced as new Chief Scientific Advisor for IOP Publishing
Professor Mervyn Miles has today been announced as the new Chief Scientific Advisor for IOP Publishing (IOP). IOP is a leading global scholarly publisher, specializing in the physical sciences and home to the renowned Journal of Physics series, New Journal of Physics and Physics World magazine. The company is the publishing arm of the Institute […]
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100 years of cosmic rays mystery
As physicists gather in early August to celebrate a century since the initial discovery of cosmic rays, Alan Watson, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Leeds, explains in this month’s Physics World how physicists have gradually revealed the nature of these mysterious objects and examines the progress being made in understanding where they […]
