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Subject choices reveal depth of gender prejudice in schools
9 December 2013
Almost one half (49%) of co-ed state-funded schools across England are strengthening gender imbalances in terms of subject choice while fewer than one in five (19%) are countering them.
Higgs and Englert collect 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics
11 December 2013
3D printing used as a tool to explain theoretical physics
9 December 2013
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Cancelled: A Journey through Stellar Lives, the Origin of the Elements and our Cosmic Inheritance
Due to extreme weather conditions, tonight's talk has been cancelled. Dr. Aliotta will instead provisionally give the Gareth Roberts Memorial Lecture on 16/01/2014. Next week's talk will still go ahead as planned.
December 11
- 1972 Apollo 17 touches down in the last mission of the world’s first programme of manned moon landings
- 1781 Birth of David Brewster, who discovered the laws of light polarization by reflection and refraction
- 1863 Birth of Annie Jump Cannon, the compiler of the Henry Draper Star Catalogue featuring 225 000 stars
- 1882 Birth of Max Born, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics and the recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize
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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.
