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Rainbow […] </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-6 lg:mb-14"> <div class="archive-card flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap"> <div class="c-card__img-wrapper rounded-4 overflow-hidden relative"> <div class="c-ar-image c-ar-image--16-9"> <div class="c-ar-image__inner"> <img width="560" height="420" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAjAAAAGkAQAAAAAHlSIKAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAA0SURBVHja7cExAQAAAMKg9U9tDQ+gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIBHA3R8AAERBUsjAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200 lazyload ewww_webp_lazy_load" alt="" decoding="async" data-src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg" data-srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-150x113.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-350x263.jpg 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-300x225.jpg 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-120x90.jpg 120w" data-sizes="auto" data-src-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg.webp" data-srcset-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg.webp 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-150x113.jpg.webp 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-350x263.jpg.webp 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-300x225.jpg.webp 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-120x90.jpg.webp 120w" /><noscript><img width="560" height="420" src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 90vw, (max-width: 1024px) 45vw, 350px" decoding="async" srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning.jpg 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-150x113.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-350x263.jpg 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-300x225.jpg 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WEB-Norwegian-reindeer-credit-Arnstein-Rønning-120x90.jpg 120w" data-eio="l" /></noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div> <span class="c-card__meta-text uppercase font-bold md:text-14 md:leading-17 text-black"> <time datetime="2016-12-22 00:01:35">22 Dec 2016</time> </span> </div> <h3 class="font-smooth text-20 leading-26 md:text-18 md:leading-22 md:my-4"> <a class="c-card__main-link space-y-1 no-underline hover:text-black focus:text-black" href="https://ioppublishing.org/news/could-rudolph-and-friends-help-to-slow-down-our-warming-climate/" data-link> <span class="block"><span class="truncate-2">Could Rudolph and friends help to slow down our warming climate?</span></span> </a> </h3> <p class="truncate-3 md:text-16 md:leading-18"> Reindeer may be best known for pulling Santa’s sleigh, but a new study suggests they may have a part to play in slowing down climate change too. 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According […] </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-6 lg:mb-14"> <div class="archive-card flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap"> <div class="c-card__img-wrapper rounded-4 overflow-hidden relative"> <div class="c-ar-image c-ar-image--16-9"> <div class="c-ar-image__inner"> <img width="560" height="559" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAjAAAAIvAQAAAABCCtyMAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAA9SURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDwcUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACXBpsJAAF2cCmYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200 lazyload ewww_webp_lazy_load" alt="" decoding="async" data-src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg" data-srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-350x349.jpg 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-300x300.jpg 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-75x75.jpg 75w" data-sizes="auto" data-src-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg.webp" data-srcset-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg.webp 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-150x150.jpg.webp 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-350x349.jpg.webp 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-300x300.jpg.webp 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-75x75.jpg.webp 75w" /><noscript><img width="560" height="559" src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 90vw, (max-width: 1024px) 45vw, 350px" decoding="async" srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB.jpg 560w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-350x349.jpg 350w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-300x300.jpg 300w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pancake-bounce-figure-WEB-75x75.jpg 75w" data-eio="l" /></noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div> <span class="c-card__meta-text uppercase font-bold md:text-14 md:leading-17 text-black"> <time datetime="2016-12-14 00:01:46">14 Dec 2016</time> </span> </div> <h3 class="font-smooth text-20 leading-26 md:text-18 md:leading-22 md:my-4"> <a class="c-card__main-link space-y-1 no-underline hover:text-black focus:text-black" href="https://ioppublishing.org/news/can-you-bounce-water-balloons-off-a-bed-of-nails-yes-says-new-study/" data-link> <span class="block"><span class="truncate-2">Can you bounce water balloons off a bed of nails? Yes, says new study</span></span> </a> </h3> <p class="truncate-3 md:text-16 md:leading-18"> A group of first year students at Roskilde University, supervised by Dr Tina Hecksher, have shown that water-filled balloons behave very similarly to tiny water droplets, by bouncing them on a bed of nails. Their work, published today in the European Journal of Physics in collaboration with Professor Julia Yeomans at Oxford University, was inspired […] </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="mb-6 lg:mb-14"> <div class="archive-card flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap"> <div class="c-card__img-wrapper rounded-4 overflow-hidden relative"> <div class="c-ar-image c-ar-image--16-9"> <div class="c-ar-image__inner"> <img width="250" height="250" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAPoAAAD6AQAAAACgl2eQAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAeSURBVGje7cEBAQAAAIIg/69uSEABAAAAAAAAAL8GIDoAAeprBV8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200 lazyload ewww_webp_lazy_load" alt="" decoding="async" data-src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg" data-srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg 250w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-75x75.jpg 75w" data-sizes="auto" data-src-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg.webp" data-srcset-webp="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg.webp 250w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-150x150.jpg.webp 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-75x75.jpg.webp 75w" /><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg" class="attachment-size_1200 size-size_1200" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 90vw, (max-width: 1024px) 45vw, 350px" decoding="async" srcset="https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB.jpg 250w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ioppublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PW-Breakthrough-2016-Logo-RBG-WEB-75x75.jpg 75w" data-eio="l" /></noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div> <span class="c-card__meta-text uppercase font-bold md:text-14 md:leading-17 text-black"> <time datetime="2016-12-12 11:00:22">12 Dec 2016</time> </span> </div> <h3 class="font-smooth text-20 leading-26 md:text-18 md:leading-22 md:my-4"> <a class="c-card__main-link space-y-1 no-underline hover:text-black focus:text-black" href="https://ioppublishing.org/news/discovery-of-einsteins-gravitational-waves-wins-physics-world-breakthrough-award-2016/" data-link> <span class="block"><span class="truncate-2">Discovery of Einstein’s gravitational-waves wins Physics World Breakthrough Award 2016</span></span> </a> </h3> <p class="truncate-3 md:text-16 md:leading-18"> The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, involving researchers from MIT, Caltech and more than 80 other institutions worldwide, has won the Physics World 2016 Breakthrough of the Year, for its revolutionary, world-first direct observations of gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space–time. 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