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Working to improve staff experience in the School of Physics and Astronomy
10 December 2024
Congratulations to Gill Maddy who received a Staff Experience Award.
Funding success supports research in particle physics
05 December 2024
Congratulations to Dr Franz Herzog who has received a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.
Congratulations to the PhD thesis prizes winners
04 December 2024
The School awards prizes to the research students who have produced the best PhD thesis.
Unlocking insights into the Sun’s evolutionary history
02 December 2024
Ion decay sheds light on solar neutrino flux.
Student award winners announced
28 November 2024
Congratulations to students who received medals, certificates, prizes and scholarships at the School’s Undergraduate and MSc Student Awards Ceremony.
Data tests Einstein’s famous theory of General Relativity
20 November 2024
Galaxy mapping data also tests how gravity behaves at cosmic scales.
Congratulations to Women in Innovation Award winner Dr Tiffany Wood
14 November 2024
Award funds will support Dr Wood’s business ventures in utilising scientific advancements to address societal challenges.
Shining light on the timescale of the Sun’s formation
14 November 2024
Team successfully measure the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionized thallium-205 ions.
Dr Davide Michieletto receives the Philip Leverhulme Prize 2024 in physics
18 October 2024
Prize funds will be used to carry out research in topological problems in soft matter physics.
Space telescope unveils first piece of cosmic map
17 October 2024
A spacecraft has revealed the first section of what is set to be the largest 3D map of the Universe ever made.
Tribute to Professor Ian Shipsey
10 October 2024
Colleagues are saddened by the loss of physicist Professor Ian Shipsey, who passed away on Monday 7 October.
Training in High Energy Physics
07 October 2024
PhD students from 31 countries attend training in Peebles, Scotland
First neutrinos detected at Fermilab detector
03 October 2024
The Short-Baseline Near Detector collects data that will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of new physics.
Completion of the largest infrared map of the Milky Way
26 September 2024
The data gathered provides unprecedented insights into the structure and composition of the Milky Way.
Unlocking the secrets of ouzo’s cloudy transformation
25 September 2024
Research could have implications on the emulsification and stability of new materials.