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11 October 2011

The Euclid satellite will observe 1.5 billion galaxies in an effort to track the effects of dark energy, dark matter and gravity on the expansion and growth of cosmic structures in the Universe over the last 10 billion years. 

28 September 2011

A paper co-authored by the School's Gerard Giraud and Jason Crain has been chosen as a Research Highlight by The American Institute of Physics journal 'Biomicrofluidics'.

22 September 2011

The SOUND exhibition has toured the world and is currently installed in Glasgow.

22 September 2011

Prospective postgraduate students are warmly invited to visit the School of Physics & Astronomy during the next Open Day on Friday 18th November.

07 September 2011

Four academics in the School of Physics & Astronomy are among the first members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's new Young Academy of Scotland.

David McDwyer receives his award.
03 August 2011

David McDwyer wins top Off-Campus Student Employee prize and Eimear O'Carroll is runner-up International Student Employee.

21 July 2011

Computer chips developed for gaming have the potential to create more realistic synthesised music.

14 July 2011

The Software Sustainability Institute is on the lookout for researchers who use software in their work and who have a good understanding of current developments in their discipline. 

Fine structural variations have been proposed to be the basis for antibody selec
11 July 2011

Staff from School's Institute for Condensed Matter & Complex Systems publish joint research in Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Computer simulation of a protostellar disc.
07 July 2011

Dr Duncan Forgan of the Institute for Astronomy has been recognised with an award from the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society.