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Researchers look to stress to identify breath
The perennial stress-buster – a deep breath – could become stress-detector, claims a team of researchers from the UK. According to a new pilot study, published today, 28 February, in IOP Publishing’s Journal of Breath Research, there are six markers in the breath that could be candidates for use as indicators of stress. The researchers […]
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IOP Publishing and Thomson Reuters collaborate to manage significant growth in scientific article submissions
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that it is working with IOP Publishing, part of the Institute of Physics, to provide its Thomson Reuters ScholarOne solution for handling IOP Publishing’s substantial increase in article submissions. IOP Publishing has undertaken a […]
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Pixels guide the way for the visually impaired
Images have been transformed into pixels and projected onto a headset to help the visually impaired in everyday tasks such as navigation, route-planning and object finding. Developed using a video camera and mathematical algorithm, the researchers from the University of Southern California hope the pixels can provide more information and enhance the vision of patients […]
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March's Physics World : Space race underway to create quantum satellite
In this month’s special edition of Physics World, focusing on quantum physics, Thomas Jennewein and Brendon Higgins from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Canada, describe how a quantum space race is under way to create the world’s first global quantum-communication network. The field of quantum communication – the science of […]
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IOP Publishing announces its new journal, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties
IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties. This brings IOP’s journals portfolio to 68 titles. An electronic-only journal, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties will focus on the progress in surface topography measurement and characterisation, instrumentation development and the properties of surfaces. The journal aims to […]
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New Head of Content Management for IOP Publishing
Natasha Mellins-Cohen has been announced as the new Head of Content Management for IOP Publishing and will start in her new role on 2 April 2013. Natasha has over ten years’ experience in the scientific, technical and medical publishing industry and is currently Head of Publishing Operations at BioMed Central. In this role she has […]
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Open access in the UK and what it means for scientific research
Joint statement from the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Institute of Physics, The Royal Society, The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biology. David Willetts speaking at the Open Access Workshop ©Jesse Karjalainen/IOP Publishing On Monday 25 February, representatives from government, funders, libraries, university administrators, learned societies, publishers and researchers came together at […]
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European Journal of Physics and Physics Education Editorial Board member receives German Physical Society award
Michael Vollmer receives the award from Johanna Stachel, president of the German Physical Society (DPG). Source: DPG; photographer: Socher. Professor Michael Vollmer has been awarded the 2013 Robert Wichard Pohl Prize at the German Physical Society’s annual spring meeting, held 4 – 8 March in Dresden, Germany. Professor Vollmer, Editorial Board member of IOP Publishing’s […]
