Stories from October 2009
Politicians, unite……… and scientists, speak up!
Writing exclusively for a special issue of Physics World on the “energy puzzle”, the physicist Lord Browne, former BP chief executive, asserts that politicians need to avoid compartmentalizing energy and climate-change issues - and to work across Government and with international partners to pursue action that binds economic prosperity, national security and environmental integrity
The Sunday Times, CERN and STFC
The Institute of Physics prepared a statement for The Sunday Times article of 4 October which raises concerns about UK involvement in the European particle physics laboratory CERN and other high profile global astronomy projects
Optical fibres and CCD sensors take the Nobel Prize for Physics 2009
The inventor of optical fibres, the veins of modern communication, and the two physicists behind the development of Charge-Coupled Device (or CCD) have received the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics
Physicist swipes Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Nobel Prize for Physics, a UK-based physicist has also been honoured today but this time with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Alan Guth gives Newton Lecture 2009
The inventor of the inflationary universe model and this year’s Institute of Physics (IOP)’s Isaac Newton Medal winner, Professor Alan Guth from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave the Newton Lecture 2009 on Tuesday, 13 October
0.2 second test for explosive liquids
Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having expensive toiletries confiscated, but work by a group of physicists in Germany is paving the way to eliminate this necessary nuisance
What’s physics got to do with it?
‘How do you make the perfect cuppa?’ and ‘Which biscuit will last the longest in the ultimate dunking challenge?’ are just two of the questions that pub and bakery customers will encounter on their beer mats and sandwich bags from today
SET for BRITAIN
IOP is again supporting SET for BRITAIN this year
A day in the life of a sound engineer: IOP launches new activity for schools
A new school-based activity, Ashfield Music Festival, gives students the chance to find out more about the practical applications of physics by trying out life as a sound or lighting engineer working at a music festival
“I just want an energy plan that works,” says chief scientific adviser
Powering the UK using its own renewables would take up an area of land comparable to the size of the country, according to the new chief scientific adviser to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
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