Physics is central to our society. The Institute of Physics aims to advance physics for the benefit of all.
Support us
About us
See how our new home is taking shape on our Flickr page
Our members are driving change through their passion for physics
Get £28,000 to train as a teacher
The Health of Phototonics (Light Trails)
News
Scottish audience hears about IOP and the physics of beer
15 June 2018
The physics of beer and what produces and sustains its characteristic head of foam were explored in an IOP event in Glasgow organised for our affiliates and guests in Scotland, who also heard about the Institute’s work in education and public engagement in Scotland
Five IOP members receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
11 June 2018
Noticeboard
Intellectual Property, and why you need to know about it
Registration deadline: 19 June 2018
Laser Ultrasonics 2018 Programme
Programme overview now available online.
5th Superconductivity Summer School
Registration deadline: 2 July 2018
Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis (MPSVA)
Registration deadline: 26 June 2018
Physical Acoustics Group Tutorial Day
Website now live
Physics of Cells: From Biochemical to Mechanical (PhysCell 2018)
Early registration deadline: 29 June 2018
Photon 2018
Programme now available online.
Laser Ultrasonics 2018
Registration is now available
Towards the THz Imaging of Cancer
Registration deadline: 5 July 2018
20 June
1840 Samuel Morse is granted a patent for his invention of the telegraph
- 1877 The first commercial telephone service in the world is installed by Alexander Graham Bell in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada
- 1990 Discovery of the asteroid 5261 Eureka, the first of a group of “Trojan” asteroids found that share an orbit with Mars, orbiting at its L5 Lagrangian point
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.
