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Welcome to the Institute of Physics news pages. In this section you will find the latest news from both the Institute itself and also from the national and international physics community.

Planet Sci-cast team, St Joseph's College

Ireland's Sci-cast hopefuls

St Joseph's College, Lucan, reached a shortlist of five schools that were nominated for best physics film

 
 
 
The winner of the 2008 Rosse Medal for graduate research in Physics is John McClure (Queens University Belfast)
Rosse Medal 2008

The winner of the 2008 Rosse Medal for graduate research in Physics is John McClure (Queens University Belfast).

 
Venture capitalist, Hermann Hauser speaking at the Spring Weekend in Carrickmacross
Is physics any of your business?

A hundred physicists gathered in Carrickmacross for the branch's annual Spring Weekend Meeting - 'Is Physics and of Your Business?'

 
 
Carmel Devaney, CIT Representative for the Institute of Physics, presenting Carl-Friedrich Schleussner with the Earnshaw Medal
The Earnshaw Prize 2007

The 2007 Earnshaw Prize was presented to Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Cork Institute of Technology

 
Physics and the Irish Economy
Minister launches physics industry report

The Institute of Physics has recently commissioned a report examining the importance of Physics in the economic life of Ireland

 
 
Physics A level results – finally on the increase
Physics A level results – finally on the increase and with good future prospects

After more than 20 years of steady decline in examination entrances for A level physics, numbers are now on the increase.

 
Kevin Marvel, AAS Executive Officer and Ken Lillywhite, business director of IOP sign the contract
Stellar achievement for UK physics publisher – IOP Publishing wins American Astronomical Society contract

IOP Publishing, the UK-based publishing company owned by the Institute of Physics, is celebrating winning a contract to publish the flagship research journals of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

 
 
A group led by Ferdinando Patat of the European Southern Observatory in Germany claim to have proved that the supernova 2006X (in the red circle) is being fuelled by a nearby star in the red giant phase.
Astronomers discover the power behind supernovae

A spectacular supernova witnessed last year was fuelled by matter streaming in from a nearby red giant star, according to astronomers.

 
Physics in Practice
Physics in Practice

The 34th annual conference for Physics Teachers in Northern Ireland was attended by over 60 teachers at Queens University Belfast on 27 June

 
 
Physics busking on Grafton Street
Physics Busking on Grafton Street

Teachers take physics on to the street

 
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Nuclear physicist wins Royal Society prize for science communication

Professor Jim Al-Khalili is awarded the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Prize for his outstanding achievements in science communication.

 
 
According to physicists studying Hubble Telescope data, the galaxy cluster CL0024+17 could provide the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark matter.
Ghostly ring provides strong evidence for dark matter

A ring-shaped distribution of mass in a galaxy five billion light-years from Earth is the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark matter.

 
Christian Glattli and colleagues have developed the first device that can emit single electrons
Quantum well fires single electrons on demand

Physicists in France have taken an important step forward in building a quantum computer from entangled electrons.

 
 
Artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581.
Astronomers discover first habitable Earth-like planet

Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date.

 
Plusiotis boucardi
Psychedelic beetle shows physicists its true colours

Scientists have discovered that the bright lime green colour of a tropical beetle, native to South America comes from psychedelic swirls of red and yellow spots in its wings

 
 
Gravity Probe B before being launched into Earth orbit
Gravity Probe B backs general relativity

Analysis of data from the Gravity Probe B satellite has confirmed that the Earth's mass distorts the fabric of space and time as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

 
Founder of Science made simple
British woman physicist wins international award

Institute member wins Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication

 
 
Winner of a new award from the Institute of Physics and HSBC
New award presented to inspirational physicist

Physicist Liz Ainsbury has been rewarded by the Institute of Physics and HSBC for her work in inspiring school pupils to take physics

 
The 2007 Schools and Colleges lecturer
Institute of Physics schools and colleges lecture tour 2007 begins in Brighton

Institute of Physics schools and colleges lecture tour 2007 begins in Brighton

 
 
The Dirac Medal
Moons and mobile laboratories win top prizes at the Institute of Physics awards 2007

Eminent physicists working on free-standing sheets of graphite, the moons of Saturn and a mobile science laboratory will be centre stage at the Institute of Physics Awards dinner on the 18 January 2007 at the Savoy Hotel, London

 
The 2007 Rosse Medal
Inaugural Rosse Medal presented at Spring Weekend

The winner of the inaugural award of the Rosse Medal for graduate research in Physics is Iris Choi of the Tyndall Institute and University College Cork for her presentation of her work in Quantum Cryptography

 
 
 
 

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