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Study reveals scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change
16 May 2013
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused
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Plasmas, Surfaces and Thin Films
Early registration deadline: 17 May 2013
Sensors and their Applications XVII
Paper submission deadline: 15 May 2013
ICOAM 2013 – Second International Conference on Optical Angular Momentum
Registration deadline: 22 May 2013
Physics of Emergent Behaviour
Early registration deadline: 22 May 2013
International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS 2013)
Early registration deadline: 24 May 2013
Physics in the Field
The East Anglian Branch will be bringing Physics in the Field to the Suffolk Show at the end of May
Founders Prize
Prize awarded for an outstanding contribution to Polymer Physics in the UK and Ireland
MCNEG 2013: Conference May 2013
Aimed at users of all radiation transport codes, the MCNEG 2013 meeting provides delegates with the opportunity to present and discuss their applications and recent developments of Monte Carlo in a wide range of areas
Physics in Perspective: 2013 lectures
Prof Jim Smith on the surprising health implications of the Chernobyl disaster
May 18
1850 Birth of Oliver Heaviside, the physicist and engineer who introduced complex numbers into the study of electrical circuits
- 1910 Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet
- 1958 A world airspeed record of 1404 miles per hour is set by an F104 Starfighter jet
- 1969 Apollo 10 is launched as part of the programme aimed at sending humans to the moon
- 1974 India conducts a successful nuclear weapon test, making it the world's sixth known nuclear power
- 2005 Images from the Hubble Space Telescope show that Pluto has two more moons, Nix and Hydra, in addition to its largest satellite Charon
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The IOP blog highlights daily global physics news and features a closer look at some of the IOP's activities from outreach programmes and national and regional involvement to our international partnerships and interesting research developments.
- 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.
