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Making sure physicists’ voices are heard
2 September 2010
IOP President, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, has written to the Chancellor and other Ministers to ensure that the government knows how important it is to sustain healthy investment in our science base
Carlos ‘97 free kick no fluke, say FRENCH physicists
2 September 2010
Roberto Carlos’ free kick goal against France in 1997’s Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35m with a powerful curling banana trajectory - ever scored; but by others to have been an incredible fluke.
31 August 2010
After a shaky start that proved a PR disaster, the Hubble Space Telescope has become the world’s most famous scientific instrument with Hubble images on show everywhere from magazines to greetings cards
Physics: number of A-level entrants roars beyond 30K
19 August 2010
A-level results published this morning, Thursday 19 August 2010, by the Joint Council for Qualifications show an increase for the fourth consecutive year in the number of students sitting examinations in physics across the UK
IOP responds to the threat of cuts in physics
27 August 2010
An article in today’s Guardian, Friday 27 August 2010 – “UK scientists on collision course over £1bn research cuts” – highlights the possible impact on UK physics of a 25% cut in government funding
$240 billion of green photonics by 2021
23 August 2010
As more than 400 international experts gather at the University of Southampton today, Monday 23 August, for one of the largest optics and photonics conference in Europe, Photon10, the latest developments in ‘green photonics’ will be shared
More light for a better quality of life
19 August 2010
The importance of artificial light to society has long been recognized with the utilization of fire thought of as the quintessential human invention. Now scientists have found that emerging, more energy efficient lighting technologies could be the key to a better quality of life
Artificial bee eye gives insight into insects’ visual world
6 August 2010
Despite their tiny brains, bees have remarkable navigation capabilities based on their vision. Now scientists have recreated a light-weight imaging system mimicking a honeybee’s field of view, which could change the way we build mobile robots and small flying vehicles
Scottish physics Higher entrants remain stable
5 August 2010
The take up of physics at Scottish schools remains stable today, Thursday, 5 August, with no flux in the number of students taking the physics Higher
Gender-bias impacts women physicists
2 August 2010
A US physicist claims small, unconscious biases in the evaluation of female physicists can have a significant impact on their careers
Physicsworld.com News
Graphene transistor beats speed records
Fri, 03 Sep
New fabrication technique avoids defects
Changes spotted in fundamental constant
Thu, 02 Sep
Quasars suggest fine-structure constant differed billions of years ago at opposite ends of universe
The Sun's magnetic field warps its environment
Thu, 02 Sep
How magnetic flux emerges into the Sun's surroundings
Three-year extension recommended for Tevatron
Wed, 01 Sep
Extended run could find first evidence of the Higgs boson
DNA helps turn graphene into a chemical sensor
Tue, 31 Aug
New device could act as an electronic 'nose'
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