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Eminent nuclear physicist visits from India on exchange lecture tour involving IOP
26 October 2016
The excitement of doing basic research, the discovery of quark–gluon plasma and the ground-breaking work of female scientists are all tackled by world-renowned nuclear physicist Dr Dinesh Srivastava in this year’s Homi Bhabha lectures
Career options for PhD-holders are explored at IOP event
25 October 2016
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TalkPhysics Webinar: Static Electricity
The IOP's Dave Cotton shares his top five static electricity demonstrations for physics teachers
Interdisciplinary Surface Science Conference (ISSC-21)
Abstract submission deadline: 9 December 2017
UK Quantum Dot Day 2017
Registration deadline: 4 January 2017
Early Careers Researchers Colloquium
Registration deadline: 1 December 2016
Festival of Physics
at University of Exeter
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize (previously the Very Early Career Female Physicist Award)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize
The Institute of Physics Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize 2017 for exceptional early career contributions to physics by a very early career female researcher is now open. All entries must be received by 31 January 2017.
Advances in printed sensors
Registration deadline: 2 November 2016
IOP Get Chartered workshop
6.30pm, 6 December 2016
IOP Get Chartered Workshop
6.30pm, 10 November 2016
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Physics in Perspective
Watch talks from well-renowned physicists at our lecture series; you may even learn a thing or twoSchools lecture series
The schools lectures feature topics from the Olympics to rock music. Plenty of physics to learn too!
Advanced Digital Imaging Laboratory Using MATLAB®
Listen to the IOP ebooksTM webinar with Professor Leonid Yaroslavsky.Six months in, and 80% of UK library services sign up to Access to Research
10 million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, now included in the initiative.
