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Topic of the Moment – ISS

Is there equality in the way we communicate physics?

2013 Scholarships now open

18 June 2013

A member of the Institute of Physics’ council and two other fellows have been recognised with OBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Physics in Perspective: 2013 lectures
Prof Jim Smith on the surprising health implications of the Chernobyl disaster

EMAG 2013
Early registration deadline: 2 August 2013

Physical Aspects of Polymer Science 2013
Early registration deadline: 8 August 2013

General
IOP responds to BIS committee on Scottish independence

RAMS Conference
IOP Materials and Characterisation Group event in October in Manchester

IOP Annual Dinner
IOP East Anglia Branch event on 13 July in St Catherines College, Cambridge

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

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Teaching Advanced Physics
The Teaching Advanced Physics (TAP) website contains detailed ideas and resources for teaching physics to students aged 16-19.

Winners of the Journal of Physics A Best Paper Prize announced
Congratulations to the winners of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical's Best Paper Prize 2012.
Impact Factor success
The 2011 Impact Factors published by Thomson Reuters, once again show significant growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing.