Archive for the ‘Lectures & events’ Category
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 [...]
Key changes to the UK’s innovation landscape – IOP Business Forum
On 29 February the IOP will be holding a business forum at the University of Southampton Science Park. This follows the success of the IOP’s previous forum at Harwell Oxford Science and Innovation Campus back in September, where the focus was on key changes to the UK’s innovation landscape. At the Harwell Oxford forum delegates had the [...]
Newton Lecture on life as a theoretical physicist
Professor Leo Kadanoff, winner of the 2011 Isaac Newton Medal, will give his Newton Lecture on Friday 13 January at the Institute of Physics (IOP) in London just one day before his 75th birthday. The lecture by Leo Kadanoff, Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and the Perimeter Institute, is entitled ‘Innovation and [...]
Invisibility cloaks emerge from a strange new metamaterial world
The open lecture Invisibility cloaks emerge from a strange new metamaterial world kicks off with a new look at elementary optics and the adoption of the usual definition of refractive index. It then moves on to a magical world of photonic metamaterials that lead directly to invisibility cloaking. The latter not only involves hiding objects but hiding events [...]
Going Dark – new play exploring our relationship with the cosmos
Going Dark tells the story of Max – an astronomer who works in his local planetarium. When he is diagnosed with an eye condition which is causing him to lose his sight, he must re-evaluate his relationship with the world around him. Using the latest software in projection, lighting and sound technology, theatre company Sound&Fury create a [...]
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New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers
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Today’s physics news: Scientists sign petition to boycott academic publisher Elsevier, Fourth potentially habitable planet discovered and more
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Today’s physics news: Scientists uncover strength of spider web design, Earth in for bumpy ride as solar storms hit and more
February 2, 2012 11:02
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