http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/ en-gb Copyright © Institute of Physics Publishing 2008 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1311?rss=2.0 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical’s latest special issue 'Papers based on the Workshop on Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems (Faro, Portugal, 23–27 July 2007)' is now online and freely available until 29 October 2008. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:26:43 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1308?rss=2.0 IOP Publishing and Turpion Ltd are pleased to announce that the year 2008 marks the 90th anniversary of Physics-Uspekhi. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:06:49 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1310?rss=2.0 One lucky PhD student at this year’s European Physical Society (EPS) Conference on Plasma Physics in Crete (9 – 13 June 2008) will win an expenses paid visit to Japan. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:41:44 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1309?rss=2.0 Smart Materials and Structures is delighted to announce that one of our esteemed Associate Editors, Professor W-H Liao, and his colleague Mr M J Guan of The Chinese University of Hong Kong have been awarded the 2007 ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Best Paper Award in Structural Dynamics and Control. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:30:30 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1307?rss=2.0 Nuclear Fusion is pleased to announce that a special collection of articles has been created. Comprising of the 20 most frequently downloaded articles published by the journal in 2007, the collection includes high-impact papers from both regular and special issues. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:38:27 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1306?rss=2.0 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical's latest special issue 'Papers presented at the 8th Workshop on Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT07)' is now online and freely available until 9 October 2008. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:17:03 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1305?rss=2.0 The international journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (PPCF) is proud to sponsor the PPCF Student Poster Prize at the 35th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Crete, Greece. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:05:01 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1304?rss=2.0 Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics is delighted to announce the publication of a special issue featuring selected papers from Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics 2007 (Hualien, Taiwan, 12-16 August 2007). These papers reflect the quality of work presented at the conference, and are available to read online for free until 4 July 2008. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:17:49 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1301?rss=2.0 The Prime Minister yesterday named Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:31:10 GMT http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=1300?rss=2.0 For the first time, physicists have been able to identify individual returning photons after firing and reflecting them off of a space satellite in orbit almost 1500 kilometres above the Earth. The experiment has proven the possibility of constructing a quantum channel between space and Earth. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:11:08 GMT