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Queen’s Birthday Honours for members

18 June 2013

A member of the Institute of Physics’ council and two other fellows have been recognised with OBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

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Importance of physics stressed to the UK’s politicians

6 June 2013

Physics research underpins the development of must-have technologies and creates multi-billion pound industries

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Irish chronicles reveal links between cold weather and volcanic eruptions

6 June 2013

Medieval chronicles have given an international group of researchers a glimpse into the past to assess how historical volcanic eruptions affected the weather in Ireland up to 1500 years ago

Flying robot controlled by thoughts

Helicopter takes to the skies with the power of thought

5 June 2013

A remote controlled helicopter has been flown through a series of hoops around a college gymnasium in Minnesota

Secretary of State, Ed Davey

Climate Service UK launched at the Institute of Physics

4 June 2013

The Institute of Physics (IOP) hosted the launch of Climate Service UK on Monday 3 June, a new initiative led by the Met Office to provide users with information to help them manage exposure to climate variability and change

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New president-elect is announced

3 June 2013

The Institute of Physics (IOP) has elected a new president-elect, who will be president from 2015

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June's Physics World: Europe needs to engage and invest in national R&D budgets

3 June 2013

In June’s edition of Physics World Portugal’s former science and technology minister, José Mariano Gago, calls for more investment in, and engagement with, national science budgets in light of the European Union’s (EU) stagnated investment

Lee Smolin lecturing at the IOP

Lee Smolin describes a new model of the universe

23 May 2013

Time is real, the laws of physics can change and our universe could be involved in a cosmic natural selection process in which new universes are born from black holes, renowned physicist and author Lee Smolin said in a talk at the Institute of Physics on 23 May

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How to hear the shape of a room

Wed, 19 Jun

'Audio forensics' could benefit from new echolocation technique

'Charged charmonium' confounds particle physicists

Tue, 18 Jun

Mystery particle spotted in two different experiments

Physicist Kenneth Wilson dies at 77

Tue, 18 Jun

Nobel laureate developed theory of phase transitions

Livermore slashes 10 per cent of workforce

Mon, 17 Jun

Final 2014 budget to still face "uphill battle in Congress this summer"

Graphene circuit breaks the gigahertz barrier

Mon, 17 Jun

All-graphene microwave circuits could be possible