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September's Physics World: The woman who understood Newton
In this month’s edition of Physics World, Paula Findlen from Stanford University profiles Laura Bassi – an emblematic and influential physicist from the 18th century who can be regarded as the first ever woman to forge a professional scientific career. Once described as the “woman who understood Newton”, Laura Bassi – born in the city […]
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Pacific flights create most amount of ozone
The amount of ozone created from aircraft pollution is highest from flights leaving and entering Australia and New Zealand, a new study has shown. The findings, which have been published today, Thursday 5 September, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, could have wide-reaching implications for aviation policy as ozone is a potent greenhouse gas […]
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Researchers map carbon footprints of UK towns and cities
The London borough of Newham is famed for producing talents such as Idris Elba, Plan B and Mo Farrah, whilst also playing host to the Olympic Stadium and West Ham United Football Club. Now an international group of researchers have found that its residents have the smallest carbon footprint in the UK. In a study […]
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Current pledges put over 600 million people at risk of water scarcity
Our current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are projected to set the global mean temperature increase at around 3.5°C above pre-industrial levels, will expose 668 million people worldwide to new or aggravated water scarcity. This is according to a new study published today, 13 September, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, which […]
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New materials research journals now open for submissions
We are pleased to announce that IOP Publishing’s (IOP) three newest materials research journals are now open for article submissions. Announced in July 2013 as part of a further expansion of IOP’s materials programme, the three journal websites have gone live today on iopscience.org and will now begin welcoming submissions from the community. As part […]
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Physics World celebrates anniversary with mind-boggling puzzles
Physics World is today celebrating 25 years as the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics (IOP) with a set of "fiendish physics-themed puzzles" to test even the brainiest of the magazine’s readers. Devised by staff at the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the various puzzles involve de-coding ciphers and solving logic problems before arriving […]
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IOP Publishing celebrates 2013 Nobel Laureates in Physics
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics has today been announced in Sweden. This year’s laureates are François Englert and Peter Higgs for ‘the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by […]
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IOP Publishing unveils its first ebooks collection
IOP Publishing (IOP) is proud to unveil the first titles in the company’s new ebooks publishing programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (9–13 October). IOP announced its entrance into the ebook market and a new partnership with Morgan & Claypool Publishers (M&C) at the book fair in 2012. One year later and IOP is […]
