Stories from April 2009
How do we support today’s Einsteins?
Is today’s academic and corporate culture stifling science’s risk-takers and stopping disruptive, revolutionary science from coming to the fore? In April’s Physics World the science writer Mark Buchanan looks at those who have shifted scientific paradigms and asks what we can do to make sure that those who have the potential to change our outlook on the world also have the opportunity to do so
Physics sweeps the board at Planet SciCast film awards
Short physics films swept the board at the Planet SciCast awards ceremony, a competition for young people across the UK who have made mini movies of exciting science experiments, on Monday, 30 March
Joint society statement pushing for a sustained investment in research
The Institute of Physics, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Society and the Council for Mathematical Sciences have today, Thursday, 2 April, issued this joint-statement
Letter to the Science Minister
IOP Chief Executive Bob Kirby-Harris has written to Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, endorsing the proposal, which we understand is currently under consideration by government, that any further economic stimulus package should include additional investment in the science base
Tide turns in fight to keep MRI scanners operating
Further pressure has been applied to the European Commission to amend the Physical Agents (EMF) Directive which, if adopted into national legislation, would drastically curtail the use of MRI scanners in hospitals and research centres across Europe
Science Community welcomes latest decisions in the development of the Science Diploma
SCORE , the body representing the UK’s foremost science education organisations, including the Institute of Physics (IOP), welcomes the decision to delay the introduction of the Science Diploma at Level 3
Chancellor calls upon UK science in Budget 2009
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, used today’s, 22 April, 2009, Budget to announce a number of measures which he hopes will spur the growth of high-technology industries to ensure that the UK remains a world-leading economic power
Computer hackers R.I.P. - making quantum cryptography practical
Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster
Science Community welcomes Rose Review of Primary Curriculum
SCORE (Science Community Partnership Representing Education), the body representing the UK’s foremost science education organisations, welcomes the publication today of the Rose Review on Primary Science
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