Posts Tagged ‘Royal Society’
Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 29 June
Record numbers apply to teach science and maths Recession drives thousands more graduates to register for training, after coalition promises teaching jobs will be safe from cuts Guardian Independent German TanDEM-X satellite returns first images Germany’s new radar satellite, TanDEM-X, has returned its first images.The spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan on Monday on a [...]
Response to the Royal Society’s ‘scientific century’
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has responded to the Royal Society’s ‘The scientific century: securing our future prosperity’, a new report from the Royal Society. The report is the result of an in-depth study by a group, chaired by Sir Martin Taylor FRS, and including Nobel laureates, former ministers of science, and leading figures from [...]
Astronomer Royal tackles space, politics and scientific advice
Speaking in an exclusive video interview with physicsworld.com, Cambridge University astrophysicist and cosmologist Martin Rees explains why he thinks the Royal Society still has an essential role to play in the modern world. To watch the video click here.
Time to lift the geoengineering taboo
September’s issue of Physics World . . . Hot on the heels of the Royal Society’s Geoengineering the Climate report, September’s Physics World contains feature comment from UK experts stressing the need to start taking geoengineering – deliberate interventions in the climate system to counteract man-made global warming – more seriously. Of increased importance, as [...]
