Stories from 2007

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

Winner of the Institute Young Physicist award 2007

Physicist receives Institute award for outstanding outreach work

New equipment for detecting explosives is tested in the lab

New technique for easily identifying explosives in luggage

Scientists in Japan have developed a new technique for sensing explosives in luggage and landmines.

Image of part of Titan's surface at high lattitudes in the northern hemisphere from the Cassini probe

Lakes of methane spotted on Titan

The northern hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is dotted with lakes of methane, claim planetary scientists from across the USA and Europe

New 'Day in the Life' profiles available

5 new 'Day in the Life' profiles have recently been added to the site

Institute launches new environmental science website

Institute of Physics launches new environmental science website

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

British woman physicist wins international award

Institute member wins Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication

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

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.

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.

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.

A Future for Nuclear Fission Energy in Ireland?

24 May 2007, Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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.

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.

Physics Busking on Grafton Street

Teachers take physics on to the street

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

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 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.

Echo the alien trying out the Go-Karts at Butlins

Redcoats and Aliens: Adventures in Physics at Butlins

The Institute of Physics has teamed up with Butlins, the famous family holiday company, to create a unique physics-based adventure for kids.

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).

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

Tyndall Lecture 2008

Living with a star, Dr Robert Walsh, Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire