New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers
Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response and resistance to therapies. In [...]
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In February’s edition of Physics World…The future of Fermilab
In this month’s Physics World, reviews and careers editor, Margaret Harris, visits the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to explore what future projects are in the pipeline now that the lab’s Tevatron particle accelerator has closed for good. After more than 25 years of groundbreaking discoveries, the Tevatron accelerator has finally surrendered to the mighty [...]
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UK researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite
The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite – an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets – has baffled researchers in recent years by showing weak signs of magnetism. The hunt for an explanation has not been without controversy, with [...]
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Scientists create first free-standing 3D cloak
Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. Whilst previous studies have either been theoretical in nature or limited to the cloaking of two-dimensional objects, this study shows how ordinary objects can be cloaked in their [...]
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Daily news
Today’s physics news: What the latest LHC revelations say about the Higgs, laser radar spots quake changes and more
Today’s physics news: What the latest LHC revelations say about the Higgs, laser radar spots quake changes and more
Today’s physics news: Space radiation killed Russian Mars mission, theoretical-physics hub opens in South America and more
Today’s physics news: Space radiation killed Russian Mars mission, theoretical-physics hub opens in South America and more
Today’s physics news: Neuroscience’s military applications, NASA on fission propulsion and maths teaching in the UK
Neuroscience could mean soldiers controlling weapons with minds A new Royal Society report, published today, says neuroscience breakthroughs could be harnessed by military and law enforcers. The report by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, says that while the rapid advance of neuroscience is expected to benefit society and improve treatments for [...]
Lectures & events
Free Physics World webinar: Fluid structure interaction simulation with COMSOL
Fluid structure interaction (or FSI) is one of the classic multiphysics couplings in science and engineering. It can be defined as the interaction between a deformable, or moving, structure and a surrounding, or internal, fluid flow. Familiar examples involving this interaction are wing flutter, building sway, valve chatter and, of course, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge [...]
Education
Meet our first IOP Scholars
Last year the IOP launched its Teacher Training Scholarships, exclusive awards for just 100 outstanding individuals wishing to embark on a physics initial teacher training course. Here are two of the first people to be awarded a scholarship – could you follow in their footsteps and join them? Rob (pictured left) is 38 and from Bath. With [...]
Physics around the UK
Stargazing goes LIVE in Wales
One of the most popular factual BBC series of last year – Stargazing LIVE – is due to return to our screens next week and, to help mark the celestial celebrations, the Institute of Physics in Wales (IOP in Wales) is working together with universities and other organisations to run a series of three stargazing [...]
Physics around the world
Funding gap should be bridged to help scientists in developing countries
The Department for International Development (DfID) could help scientists in developing countries by offering small grants to help enhance already successful projects. Speaking at the Science and Technology Committee’s Evidence session on Science and international development earlier today, Dr Beth Taylor, Director of Communications at the Institute of Physics (IOP), outlined IOP’s approach to supporting [...]
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