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Wild Weather at NI Science Festival 24 February 2019
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News from IOP in Ireland
Physicists meet in Athlone to discuss the climate of change
12 April 2019
Almost seventy people attended IOP Ireland’s annual spring meeting in Athlone on 30 March 2019, themed 'climate of change'.
BT Young Scientist Exhibition
15 January 2019
Dr Mindflip - physics outreach with a difference
11 December 2018
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School Student Physics Award roll of honour 2019
Congratulations to Sarah McGovern, Aoife McDonnell, Caoilainn Carey, Grace Tiernan, Isabelle McCarthy, Nihar Potluri, Oisin Considine, Isobel Forde, Luke Coburn Moran and David Kearney Murtagh, all new recipients of the School Student Physics Award.
IOP Ireland School Award winners announced
Congratulations to Eoin Dennehy and Jack O'Sullivan nominated by St Colmcille's Community School for IOP Ireland school award.
School Student Physics Award roll of honour 2018
We have new recipients of this award: congratulations Amy English and Sarah O'Callaghan for Thornberry College, Derry.
Dublin teacher recognised by Institute of Physics
David Hobson will be given the 2018 IOP Ireland award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of physics.
Tyndall Lectures 2018
Physics of the circus, James Soper. Tyndall Schools Lecture tour Jan-Feb 2018
19 April
- 1975 India launches its first satellite, Aryabhata
- 1883 Birth of Richard von Mises, known for his contributions to mechanics and aerodynamics
Physics in Perspective
Watch talks from well-renowned physicists at our lecture series; you may even learn a thing or twoSchools lecture series
The schools lectures feature topics from the Olympics to rock music. Plenty of physics to learn too!
Advanced Digital Imaging Laboratory Using MATLAB®
Listen to the IOP ebooksTM webinar with Professor Leonid Yaroslavsky.Six months in, and 80% of UK library services sign up to Access to Research
10 million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, now included in the initiative.
