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The world of physics in 2016

Dec 17, 2015 2 comments

Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen

International Year of Light draws to a close

Dec 16, 2015

Successful year marked by thousands of events held in more than 100 countries worldwide

Quest to understand 'nothing' wins Physics World's 2015 Book of the Year

Dec 15, 2015 7 comments

Amanda Gefter's Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn takes top honour

Our favourite pictures of 2015

Dec 14, 2015

From bursting balloons and fossils under a laser to visions of Pluto and gravitationally lensed supernovae

Double quantum-teleportation milestone is Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year

Dec 11, 2015

Jian-Wei Pan and Chaoyang Lu of the University of Science and Technology of China bag this year's award

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Audi AG uses infrared thermography to uphold its quality standards

Sep 30, 2015

Thermography: a significant component of the measurement and testing process at Audi AG. A white paper from FLIR Systems

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IOP Publishing Impact Factor growth

The 2014 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show significant growth for journals published by IOP Publishing.

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Book of the Year 2015

Dec 15, 2015

Podcast Physics World editor Matin Durrani and reviews editor Margaret Harris discuss some of the year's best popular-physics books and select a winner from a strong shortlist

Welcome to Lightfest

Dec 7, 2015

Video Light-based technologies wow the crowds at Birmingham's new central library

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Opinion

Throwing the book at bad ideas

Dec 10, 2015

Several eminent popular-science authors have claimed that bad scientific ideas “held back” good ones. In Philip Ball’s view, such arguments deny the reality of how science is done