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Can neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light?
News reports today suggest that researchers working on the Opera Collaboration, an experiment designed to test the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, have evidence which shows that neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light. The experiment which involves sending neutrinos through the ground from CERN, Geneva, toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away in [...]
IOP for Africa – video on physics teaching in Sudan
A great video on the challenges of teaching physics in Africa by our volunteer David Richardson, who looks after our IOP for Africa programme in South Sudan.
IOP outreach in China
Prof. Richard de Grijs, who is based at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Beijing, recently gave a lecture on distances in the universe to some 400 children at No. 2 Hanyuan High School in the Sichuan province as part of the IOP’s international outreach programme. The day also included hands-on classroom physics experiments, which were [...]
Who is your favourite fictional TV physicist? Take our poll!
Who is your favourite fictional physicist from a TV series? Who is your favourite fictional TV physicist?Market Research Please do leave a comment with your own nomination if your favourite isn’t listed!
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Today’s physics news: Space radiation killed Russian Mars mission, theoretical-physics hub opens in South America and more
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Today’s physics news: Neuroscience’s military applications, NASA on fission propulsion and maths teaching in the UK
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Today’s physics news: cool sun could host habitable planet, bendy battery gives smart fabrics a charge and more
February 6, 2012 10:02
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