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Scientists and politicians meet in Belfast to discuss the impact of Brexit
12 October 2018
Scientists, policymakers and stakeholders took part in the Science and Stormont event on 8 October to examine the impact of Brexit on STEM and industry in Northern Ireland (NI), with our Chief Executive, Professor Paul Hardaker, chairing one of the panel discussions
Physics World celebrates 30th anniversary with special issue
5 October 2018
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IOP 2019 Topical Research Meeting on Time
Invited speakers have been confirmed.
Physics in Food Manufacturing Conference 2019
Provisional Programme now available.
BRSG Christmas Meeting 2018
Registration is now open.
Physics of Lubricant Additives
Registration is now open.
LSE Events Autumn 2018
Events for the coming autumn for the LSE branch.
London and South East Branch Summer Events
LSE events for summer 2018.
Rugby meeting
Registration is now open for the 30th Annual Rugby meeting.
The Business Innovation Awards
A reception to celebrate the winners will be held at the Palace of Westminster on 16 October 2018.
Journeys in Intellectual Property: Perspectives from Physics and Technology
20 September 2018, Edinburgh
Health of Photonics Report
16 May 2018, De Vere West One, London, UK.
17 October
- 1604 Johannes Kepler begins observing a supernova that was first seen eight days earlier, later writing a book on the subject, De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii (‘On the new star in Ophiucus’s foot”)
- 1888 Thomas Edison patents an invention he calls the ‘optical phonograph’ – effectively the first film camera – claiming it will “do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear”
- 1956 The UK’s first commercial nuclear power station opens at Sellafield, Cumbria
- 1919 Birth of Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, who jointly developed the Belinsky-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz model of the very early universe in general relativity
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.
