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UK physics research surpasses the US in average quality ranking

20 February 2012

While countries around the world invest in their physics bases to help them compete internationally, a new report commissioned by the Institute of Physics (IOP) shows that the UK’s physics community can boast the production of some of the world’s highest quality physics research

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