Articles By: Lena
Lena Weber is the IOP's Social Media Officer
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 [...]
Today’s physics news: Scientists sign petition to boycott academic publisher Elsevier, Fourth potentially habitable planet discovered and more
Today’s physics news: Scientists sign petition to boycott academic publisher Elsevier, Fourth potentially habitable planet discovered and more
Today’s physics news: Scientists uncover strength of spider web design, Earth in for bumpy ride as solar storms hit and more
Today’s physics news: Scientists uncover strength of spider web design, Earth in for bumpy ride as solar storms hit and more
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 [...]
Today’s physics news: Ancient Islamic architects created perfect quasicrystals, NASA satellite sniffs ‘alien’ atoms from beyond the Solar System
Today’s physics news: Ancient Islamic architects created perfect quasicrystals, NASA satellite sniffs ‘alien’ atoms from beyond the Solar System
