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Triennial Review supports stability for research councils
17 April 2014
The Institute of Physics (IOP) welcomes the publication of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS) Triennial Review of the UK’s seven Research Councils.
Volcanic eruptions open lecture series
14 April 2014
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Communicating Physics Through The Arts
Communicating Physics Through The Arts
Friday 20 June 2014
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Energy and environment
IOP responds to nuclear power consultation
Physics teacher training
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9th International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the Few-GeV Region: NuInt14
Early registration deadline: 18 April 2014
Plasmas, Surfaces and Thin Films
Abstract submission deadline: 21 April 2014
Collodial Quantum Dots and Nanocrystals
Abstract Submission deadline: 5 May 2014
Dielectrophoresis 2014
Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2014
3rd Superconductivity Summer School
Early registration deadline 26 June 2014
Photon14
Poster abstract submission deadline: 18 July 2014
Public Engagement Grant Scheme
Information about projects funded in 2014
April 20
- 1535 A parhelion - the appearance of a luminous ring around the Sun - is observed over Stockholm
- 1902 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride
- 1918 Birth of Kai Siegbahn, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize along with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow for their work in laser spectroscopy
- 1927 Birth of Karl Alexander Müller, who was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize jointly with Johannes Georg Bednorz for their studies of superconductivity in ceramics
Physics in Perspective
Watch talks from well-renowned physicists at from 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!
Impact Factor success
The 2012 Impact Factors once again show significant growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing.New physicsworld.com service helps to connect research with industry
Physics Connect, an online innovation service that aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry, has been launched on physicsworld.com.
