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Shrubs lend an insight into a glacier's past
27 November 2012
The stems of shrubs have given researchers a window into a glacier’s past, potentially allowing them to more accurately assess how they’re set to change in the future
Cartilage made easy with novel hybrid printer
22 November 2012
Warming to shift heavy rainfall patterns in the UK
21 November 2012
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Ferroelectrics UK 2013
Abstract submission deadline: 1 December 2012
Advanced Photonics Techniques in Soft Matter and Biology
Poster abstract submission: 3 December 2012
Computational Methods for Magnetic Resonance
Registration deadline: 4 December 2012
Topical Research Meetings on Physics: Quantum technologies: taking concepts through to implementations
Registration deadline: 12 December 2012
Low Temperature Techniques Course
Registration deadline: 14 December 2012
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November 28
- 1950 Birth of Russell Alan Hulse, who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize with his doctoral supervisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. for their discovery of a new type of pulsar
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The IOP blog highlights daily global physics news and features a closer look at some of the IOP's activities from outreach programmes and national and regional involvement to our international partnerships and interesting research developments.
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- Winners of the Journal of Physics A Best Paper Prize announced
Congratulations to the winners of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical's Best Paper Prize 2012. - Impact Factor success
The 2011 Impact Factors published by Thomson Reuters, once again show significant growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing.
