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The Institute of Physics announces ambitious new strategy and
18 July 2019
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced an ambitious new strategy to transform the physics landscape for the UK and Ireland, and ensure a thriving physics eco-system that will contribute to innovation, discovery, research, growth and debate in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Read more on our beta site.
2 July 2019
Professor Sir Michael Pepper, the physicist whose fundamental work has led to applied topics such as the development of a new way of detecting skin cancers, has been awarded the Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize - given for world-leading contributions to physics. Read more on our beta site.
Scientists must create culture of tolerance to improve LGBT+ retention
26 June 2019
Along with our counterparts at the Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Astronomical Society, the Institute of Physics recently reached out to the LGBT+ community working in science to ask about the working culture from their perspective, through a survey called Exploring the workplace for LGBT+ physical scientists, answered by over a thousand people. The results are published today (26 June 2019). Read more on our beta site.
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IOP hosts science and technology investment roundtable
The Institute of Physics and Industry Forum co-hosted a roundtable with Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Peter Dowd MP, to discuss Labour’s plans for investment in science and technology.
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- 1995 Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp independently discover the comet now named after both of them
- 1775 Birth of Étienne-Louis Malus, known for Malus’ law relating the intensity of polarized light to the angle of incidence with the polarizer
- 1886 Birth of Walter H Schottky, known for his theories of electron and ion emissions and for his development of semiconductor devices
- 1928 Birth of Vera Rubin, known for her work on galaxy rotation rates
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