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Breath study brings roadside drug testing closer
26 April 2013
A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be detected in the breath, opening up the possibility of a roadside breathalyzer test to detect substances such as cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis
Sea turtles inspire beach-walking robot
24 April 2013
Physics set to roll in Wales
23 April 2013
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Plasmas, Surfaces and Thin Films
Abstract submission deadline: 26 April 2013
Physics of Emergent Behaviour
Abstract submission deadline: 2 May 2013
PR’13: International conference on photorefractive effects, materials and devices
Abstract submission deadline: 3 May 2013
Sensors and their Applications XVII
Paper submission deadline: 15 May 2013
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Early registration deadline: 24 May 2013
Group Prize - The Early Career Physics Communicator Award
Ben Still talks of his passion of physics communication after winning the group prize
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April 26
- 1986 An accident occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR, present-day Ukraine, becoming the worst nuclear accident in history
- 1994 The first experimental evidence of the existence of the top quark is announced
- 1879 Birth of Owen Willans Richardson, who was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize for his work on thermionic emission
- 1933 Birth of Arno Allan Penzias, co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background radiation along with Robert Woodrow Wilson - the pair shared half of the 1978 Nobel Prize with the other half being awarded to Pyotr Leonidovich for unrelated work
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- Teaching Advanced Physics
The Teaching Advanced Physics (TAP) website contains detailed ideas and resources for teaching physics to students aged 16-19.
- 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.
