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When KEPLER (1609) said the orbit of the satellites (Earth, Venus, Saturn,…) is elliptical, he meant a relative geometric Model shape. In reality the orbit of the asteroid is a spiral shape. Shape of an ellipse? No. I have a new Reasoning! In the Universe, even a relative ellipse doesn’t exist. Ellipses or parabolas or hyperbolas are human brain creations, just mathematical models. The Earth doesn’t turn around the Sun on an elliptic...

A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)’s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to mankind.  Nature’s own cosmic rays regularly produce more powerful particle collisions than those planned within the LHC, which will enable nature’s laws to be studied in controlled experiments. The LHC Safety Assessment Group hav...

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 s...

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 ...

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 ove...

 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 electro...

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 t...

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 Facili...