http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/ en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2009 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1442?rss=2.0 We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2009 Nuclear Fusion award is Steven A Sabbagh et al for the paper Resistive wall stabilized operation in rotating high beta NSTX plasmas (Nucl. Fusion 46 635-644). Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:38 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1441?rss=2.0 A landmark selection of review articles published this month in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics; 'Progress in Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedicine', revisits an earlier cluster review by the same group of authors. The five year review shows how far magnetic nanoparticles for application in biomedicine have come and what exciting promise they hold for the future. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:24:46 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1440?rss=2.0 The first in the Physics World Online Lecture Series is entitled Strange Genius: The Life and Times of Paul Dirac. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:42:26 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1438?rss=2.0 The next instalment of the physicsworld.com video series focuses on spintronics, and includes interviews with two giants in the field; Albert Fert and David Awschalom – at the Royal Society’s recent “The Spin on Electronics!” discussion meeting. There is also a vox pops with physicists at the meeting. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:34:03 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1437?rss=2.0 The reviews in this Cluster Issue of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics cover several important topics including the physical processes in fracture mechanisms, the sub–critical failure issue, dynamical fracture propagation, and the scaling laws from the micro- to the geophysical scales. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:12:47 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1436?rss=2.0 Scientists say they have developed a quick technique for detecting liquids that could be used as explosives. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:43:38 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1435?rss=2.0 Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics is pleased to announce the publication of a special focus section on Fundamental Neutron Physics Guest Edited by Professor Barry Holstein of the University of Massachusetts. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:39:37 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1432?rss=2.0 Classical and Quantum Gravity is delighted to announce the online publication of a special issue devoted to the Proceedings of the 13th Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop (GWDAW13), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 19–22 January 2009. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:07:14 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1433?rss=2.0 Researchers seeking business partners and high-tech companies looking for capital could all benefit from the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies’ global investment program. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:11:26 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1430?rss=2.0 CERN's director general Rolf–Dieter Heuer will push for the linear collider - the next big experiment in particle physics after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - to be built at the Geneva lab. Heuer made his call to situate the linear collider at CERN in an exclusive video interview with physicsworld.com, which is being relaunched today, Wednesday 16 September. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:21:21 GMT