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Colin is the Publisher of the established academic publication Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. He has worked in scientific publishing at IOP Publishing since completing his Masters degree in Physics in 2009.
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Better than shopping re-visited: read the physics of black this Friday
Forget shopping this black Friday, its all about astronomy, cloaking and black holes.
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Image of the week: nuclear processes in the universe
Nuclear reactions in stars are the powerhouses of the universe, and its these same processes that create the elements. Understanding these processes is one of the core aims in the field of nuclear astrophysics – something that our recent interview… Read More ›
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The CRESST experiment: an interview with dark matter hunters
Dr Florian Reindl and Dr Moritz v. Sivers tell us about the hunt for dark matter and rare nuclear decays using ultra-sensitive detectors.
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The big physics of sport roundup!
Every sport has physics at its core, whether its football, cricket, golf or the shotput. What can we learn from physics that might help us understand our favourite games?
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Image of the week: setting sail to a neutrino telescope
How exactly do you launch strings of neutrino detectors hundreds of meters long, hundreds of meters deep in the ocean?
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Finding ultra-high energy B-hadrons in high energy physics
Professor Todd Huffman tells us about a new technique that could dramatically, and simply, increase the sensitivity of ATLAS detectors to B hadrons.
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KM3NeT: The next big thing in neutrino physics
A square kilometre neutrino telescope deep in the Mediterranean sea. We find out more with spokesperson Maarten de Jong.
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Image of the week: a root diagram and Dynkin diagrams
It’s all about squeezing this week!
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What is nuclear astrophysics?
Professor Hendrik Schatz talks to us about the field that shapes the understanding of everything we see in the night sky and the planet we live on.
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Stabilization of 8Be in plasma
The static screening effect in a plasma of charged particles prolongs the lifetime of 8Be
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Do solar neutrinos impact light dark matter searches?
New research from the University of Adelaide suggests neutrinos could seriously affect dark matter detection experiments.
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Image of the week: Patterson patterns
Probing the nucleon with the electron scattering technique is one of the best ways to understand nuclear structure, and understanding this process gives rise to our image of the week. Authors M Karliner, C King and N S Manton from Tel Aviv University… Read More ›
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Evolving images of the proton: hadron physics over the past 40 years
“Once upon a time, the world was simple: the proton contained three quarks, two ups and a down. “
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Today is Earth Day.
Every year on April 22 people across the world raise awareness and support for the protection of our environment. For planet Earth.
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Barry Sanders: a new Editor-in-Chief for New Journal of Physics
We introduce the new Editor-in-Chief of NJP; a leading open access journal and sister of the JPhys series.
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Looking through the crystal ball at nuclear structure physics
Nuclei are at the core of everything in day to day life. Understanding how they work and interact is a fundamental science vital to applications in the real world as well as pure research.
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Image of the week: Dalitz plots
Image of the Week: Dalitz plots – We really like this image, it looks like Bane from Batman!
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