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Top Ten Physics Breakthroughs for 2012 Announced
The top ten breakthroughs in physics in 2012, as judged by Physics World magazine, have been announced. The top spot in the list was taken by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at CERN for their joint discovery of a Higgs-like particle at the Large Hadron Collider. The top ten breakthroughs identified in the list were […]
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Physics on a plane: crystals made under zero gravity
A group of physicists from Japan have taken to the skies to grow crystals under zero gravity. Presenting their results today, 13 December, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of Physics, they’ve overcome the limitations of the laboratory to examine the peculiar dynamics of helium crystals on a much larger […]
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New Senior Regional Sales Manager for Asia Pacific for IOP Publishing
Neil Byrne has today been announced as the new Senior Regional Sales Manager for Asia Pacific for IOP Publishing. Mr Byrne will take up his role at the beginning of January 2013 and will be based in Sydney, Australia. He will take responsibility for customers based in the Asia Pacific region. With over 10 years’ […]
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IOP Publishing introduces open access option on 23 journals
IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced that it is introducing an open access publishing option on 23 subscription-based journals, effective immediately, so that authors will be able to make the final versions of their articles freely available on publication. This ‘hybrid open access model’ is being introduced to support authors who wish to publish on […]
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Physics World: 25 years and 25,000 fans
In the year of its 25th anniversary, Physics World is excited to celebrate another milestone today with 25,000 fans on Facebook. Last year, the Physics World team won “Best use of social media” at the SIPAwards, after introducing new and appealing content such as the “Image of the day” and weekly polls on Facebook. Published […]
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Savanna study highlights African fuelwood crisis
The dwindling reserves of fuelwood in Africa have been illuminated in a new study published today, which shows a bleak outlook for supplies across savannas in South Africa. Presenting their findings in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, researchers have found that at current consumption levels in the communal areas of Lowveld, South Africa, reserves […]
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Editor of environmentalresearchweb awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship
Dr Liz Kalaugher, editor of IOP Publishing’s environmentalresearchweb, has won the European Geosciences Union’s Science Journalism Fellowship competition. Dr Kalaugher, who has been awarded €1500 to cover expenses for a trip to Finland, will report on fieldwork at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, a region where “the first effects of climate change are starting to bite,” […]
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IOP Publishing endorses KBART
IOP Publishing endorses the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Recommended Practice, a joint NISO and UKSG initiative, as part of its commitment to supporting librarians. The initiative has established industry standards for the timely exchange of metadata between content providers and libraries in OpenURL knowledge bases. Through endorsing the KBART initiative, library professionals can […]
