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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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