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New Partner Development Manager, North America for IOP Publishing
Beth Mayes has been appointed as Partner Development Manager, North America for IOP Publishing (IOP). Based in Boston, Beth will develop relationships with organisations in North America. She has over ten years’ publishing industry experience in a broad range of areas from product development to marketing and sales. She co-founded Dublin Six, Inc., a consultancy, […]
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New hybrid open access option for Metrologia
The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and IOP Publishing are pleased to announce that they are now offering full hybrid open access option for the journal Metrologia. Metrologia will offer all authors the option to make their articles open access upon payment of an Article Processing Charge of £1700. The articles will be published […]
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IARD 2012 proceedings published in IOP Conference Series
IOP Publishing has today published proceedings from the International Association for Relativistic Dynamics (IARD) conference in its IOP Conference Series for the third time. The 8th IARD conference was hosted at the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics (GGI) in Florence (Firenze), Italy, 29 May – 1 June 2012. IARD’s goal is to bring together […]
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Sea turtles inspire beach-walking robot
A sea turtle-inspired robot has been created by a group of researchers in the US to help understand the mechanics of walking and crawling on complex surfaces. Dubbed “Flipperbot”, the robot has been presented today, 24 April, in IOP Publishing’s journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, and was designed to test how real-life organisms, such as seals, […]
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medicalphysicsweb launches iPad supplement
medicalphysicsweb, the website for the medical physics community from IOP Publishing, has launched an iPad version of its supplement, the medicalphysicsweb review. The supplement, which is available to download from the Apple Store for free, is published several times a year to coincide with the key conferences in the field. It provides readers with in-depth […]
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Breath study brings roadside drug testing closer
A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be detected in the breath, opening up the possibility of a roadside breathalyzer test to detect substances such as cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis. Using a simple, commercially available breath sampler, the researchers have successfully identified a range of 12 substances in […]
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Researchers estimate a cost for universal access to energy
Universal access to modern energy could be achieved with an investment of between 65 and 86 billion US dollars a year up until 2030, new research has shown. The proposed investments are higher than previous estimates but equate to just 3-4 per cent of current investments in the global energy system. The findings, which have […]
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Dual-colour lasers could lead to cheap and efficient lighting
A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs) universally for cheap and efficient lighting. The proof-of-concept device, which has been presented today, 3 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal Semiconductor Science and […]
