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18 May 2012

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Superconductivity Summer School 2012
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Plasmas Surfaces and Thin Films
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Physics meets Biology
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IOP Business Forum: The UK's innovation landscape
Presentations from this event have now been added

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Birth of Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, after whom the Coriolis Effect is named.
1921
Birth of Andrei Sakharov, the nuclear physicist who contributed to the largest thermonuclear weapon ever detonated – the 50MT Tsar Bomba – and who was later awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize after working to halt nuclear testing.

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Teaching Advanced Physics
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physicsworld.com wins Online Media Award
The leading physics website physicsworld.com, has won 'Best specialist site for journalism' at the 2011 Online Media Awards
Introduction to refereeing guide now online
IOP Publishing's new guide to help authors and referees understand the refereeing process is now available, free of charge, online