As public opinion shifts and many more governments around the world consider nuclear energy as a solution to climate concerns and energy security, it is time to ask why it has become a more attractive option. The Institute of Physics (IOP) ran two sessions at this year’s Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2008) to hold a public discussion about the future for both nuclear fission and fusion as sources of electricity. The six speakers and the seminars’...
From improved vehicle efficiency through hybrid cars and, possibly in due course, fully electric or hydrogen cars, the automobile industry faces a huge challenge to decarbonise road transport but it is achievable with a stronger focus on targeted R&D, heard members of the Institute of Physics (IOP) at the Low Carbon Cars Business Briefing. The Briefing which took place on Thursday, 10 July, hosted at the Institute, included a selection of talks from Julia...
Difficulty report tarnishes A-level gold standard, the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society respond. A-level grades and the UCAS point-scoring system, which treats all subjects as equally difficult, have been tarnished by new research, published today, Tuesday, 1 July, which shows that some subjects at A-level are more difficult than others, says the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society. With 250,000 A-level results analysed over five robust statistical...
 Inspec, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)’s bibliographic database, now has more than 10 million records and it was a journal article from IOP Publishing’s Nanotechnology that pushed the database over the 10 million mark. Inspec stores articles from more than 4,000 scientific and technical journals, and contains conference proceedings, as well as books, reports and dissertations on topics ranging from physics to electronics and mechanical...
Institute of Physics responds to the publication of the Government’s response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee’s Report into Science Budget Allocations The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has now responded to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (IUSS) Select Committee’s Report into science budget allocations for 2008-11. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has commented on the publication...
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has now submitted its response to the RCUK Review of UK Physics. The Review, chaired by Professor Bill Wakeham, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, will consider actions that might be taken to ensure the continued health of physics research in the UK. It is due to report in autumn this year. The Wakeham Review was announced amidst much negative publicity surrounding the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s...
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