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Physicists reveal random nature of metastasis
18 July 2014
The spreading of a cancerous tumour from one part of the body to another may occur through pure chance instead of key genetic mutations, a new study has shown
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17 July 2014
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Physics of Biopolymer Self-Assembly
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IOP Innovation Awards 2014 winners
2014 award winners announced.
July 22
- 1784 Birth of Friedrich Bessel, who first used measurements of parallax in calculating the distance to a star and after whom Bessel functions in mathematics are named
- 1887 Birth of Gustav Ludwig Hertz, winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize along with James Franck for their experiments on inelastic collisions of electrons in gases, which lent support to the Niels Bohr’s atomic model
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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.
