Archive for the ‘Physics around the world’ Category
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 [...]
Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network
Scientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network. Their international network, created in collaboration with ID Quantique and installed in the Geneva metropolitan area and crossing over to the site of CERN in France, ran for more than one-and-a-half years from [...]
IOP for Africa – second appeal launched
Following last year’s successful fundraising effort to support our physics education projects in Africa, we have now launched our second IOP for Africa appeal. IOP for Africa is a campaign to raise the profile and raise funds for IOP’s Physics for Development programme. Through the programme, IOP challenges the obstacles to physics education in some [...]
New pictures: IUPAP General Assembly
The Institute of Physics is currently hosting the IUPAP General Assembly with physicists from all over the world gathered in London. Some of the delegates Soo-Bong Kim, Professor of Physics at the Seoul National University Malcom MacCallum (President of AC2, from the UK), Peter Wenzel (COSPAR, from the Netherlands) and Zipho Ngcobo (South African [...]









