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IOP Innovation Awards 2014 now open for entries

Topic of the moment - cosmic inflation

Best Practice in Professional Development Awards 2014

IOP Teacher Training Scholarships 2014 now open

15 April 2014

Lighting solutions company Philips is to be the first Patron Sponsor of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).

Energy and environment
IOP responds to nuclear power consultation

Physics teacher training
Watch our short film about physics teacher training

Plasmas, Surfaces and Thin Films
Abstract submission deadline: 21 April 2014

Collodial Quantum Dots and Nanocrystals
Abstract Submission deadline: 5 May 2014

Dielectrophoresis 2014
Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2014

3rd Superconductivity Summer School
Early registration deadline 26 June 2014

Photon14
Poster abstract submission deadline: 18 July 2014

Public Engagement Grant Scheme
Information about projects funded in 2014

Don´t miss the Bollington Festival this May!
For further information please follow the link www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk

1495 Birth of Petrus Apianus, who discovered that a comet's tail always points away from the Sun

Physics in Perspective
Watch talks from well-renowned physicists at from our lecture series, you may even learn a thing or two
Schools lecture series
The schools lectures feature topics from the Olympics to rock music. Plenty of physics to learn too!

Impact Factor success
The 2012 Impact Factors once again show significant growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing.
New physicsworld.com service helps to connect research with industry
Physics Connect, an online innovation service that aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry, has been launched on physicsworld.com.