News Archive
News 2008
February 2008
How is that whale listening?
Knowledge transfer exhibition to show Scotland is leading the charge
Physics career woman awarded £1,000 prize
Steps towards warship invisibility
March 2008
An accident? Construction work? A bottleneck? No, just too much traffic
Mystery behind the strongest creature in the world
Innovation Nation – Who takes the risk?
Largest physics experiment ever involves Cambridge pupils
Firing photons makes advance in space communication
The future of computing – carbon nanotubes and superconductors to replace the silicon chip
April 2008
The bombardier beetle, power venom, and spray technologies
Climate change – research suggests it is not a swindle
Editor-in-Chief of Nanotechnology appointed new government chief scientific adviser
UK tabloids contributing to climate complacency
Physics gets top billing at Rio Cinema
May 2008
Searching the Heavens
Institute of Physics responds to launch of innovation strategy
UK Robotics can lead the world
Publishing team climbing because they CARE
Institute of Physics submits to the Wakeham Review
June 2008
Synergy between biology and physics drives cell-imaging technology
Nuisance noise silenced by an acoustic cloak
Physics buskers enjoy a busy weekend
Institute of Physics responds to the publication of the Government’s response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee’s Report into Science Budget Allocations
Four members of the Institute of Physics receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
Newton Medal Winner challenges our understanding of nature
Nanotechnology Journal provides 10 millionth article for Inspec
“Kids aren’t intimidated by cutting edge physics,” says physics rock star on tour
July 2008
STFC completes its Programmatic Review
A bright future for plastics – robot ‘skin’, flexible laptops and electric posters
Difficulty report tarnishes A-level gold standard, the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society respond
Revolutionary chefs? Not likely, shows physics research
An ‘orderly progression’ towards decarbonised cars
Cow power could generate electricity for millions
No longer splitting hairs over splitting atoms?
August 2008
China becomes a physics powerhouse
Scottish physics Highers on the increase
Year on year increase of physics A-level entrants
September 2008
Galaxy Zoo – an internet superstar
LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded
BA Festival of Science – Lab in a Lorry
BA Festival of Science – Quantum Physics on TV
Make some noise for the Big Bang
Newly launched members network promotes debate
October 2008
Institute of Physics new President responds to the publication of RCUK’s Physics Review
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE becomes President
Flexi display technology is now
Physics World celebrates 20th birthday
Three Japanese physicists take the Nobel Prize
Freaky physics at Butlins
Listening to dark matter
RCUK Review of UK Physics meeting
November 2008
What to do with 15 million gigabytes of data
New spaceship force field makes Mars trip possible
Dancing droplets
1,000 telescopes for UK schools
“It’s reality that’s at stake” – Zeilinger on film
2009’s Woman in Science speaks at Frontiers of Physics event
Using invisibility to increase visibility
December 2008
A picture paints more than a petabyte of data
Don’t leave physics behind – response to DIUS Innovation Report
EPSRC’s £250 million investment to spur physics for the future
HEFCE picks Birmingham to roll-out STEM agenda
EU’s threat to MRI scanners still looms large
Get Involved in SET for Britain
Schools Lecture 2009 – Wonderful telescopes
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