News archive: 2018

Congratulations to students who received Medals, Certificates, Prizes and Scholarships at the School of Physics & Astronomy undergraduate student awards ceremony.

Students, staff, industry and supporters met to celebrate project achievements and award the presentation for the best student project.

Visitors were treated to a feast of activities on complex fluids, particle collisions, chocolate workshops and a physics-inspired ceilidh at the recent Festival of Physics.

An unusually complex form of nitrogen has been revealed in an experiment that shows for the first time how simple molecular elements can have complex structures at extreme pressures.

Wizard apprentices try out their magic at the Midlothian Science Festival.

Funds to develop work to understand the origin of Dark Energy.

Dr Beth Biller has been awarded the 2018 Chancellor’s Rising Star Award.

Scientists have discovered a new class of compounds which contain very large amounts of hydrogen.

Discover more about our MSc programmes and PhD opportunities.

The School of Physics and Astronomy took part in a very successful Explorathon and Doors Open Day during the last weekend in September.

These prestigious awards support highly talented early career researchers from across the world to develop their careers.

The School of Physics and Astronomy is opening its doors at the end of September

TRAIN@Ed research fellowship for candidates with a background in experimental particle physics and machine learning

Information, guidance and resources to help create an open and inclusive enviroment for study and work

Scientists gain valuable insight into how hydrogen behaves at extreme conditions, such as those found within Jupiter and Saturn

Investigating the shape of protein and bacterial interfaces in the presence of an impenetrable moving membrane

The European Physical Society announces prize winners of PhD theses in experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear physics

The Gabor Medal is awarded annually for acknowledged distinction of interdisciplinary work between the life sciences with other disciplines

Tiny creatures that lived in the dark – either underground or below the sea floor – were the dominant life forms on Earth for much of the planet’s history, a study suggests

Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet

Local secondary school pupils receive award and gain an insight into studying physics

A new stochastic equation for active, growing interfaces predicts the evolving shape of a cellular membrane

Edinburgh researchers will help further the understanding of the physical universe following a major upgrade to create the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)

Nobel Laureate is commemorated at former residence Hermitage House

Chemical traces from star formation cast light on cosmic history.

Opening of centre which supports space and data-intensive sector start-ups and SMEs

Congratulations to Dr Jamie Cole and Prof Philip Clark for their success in the 2018 Teaching Awards

Understanding how bacteria stick, the differences of adhesion within a population of bacteria, and its influence in biomedical applications

Second release of results from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission takes place to the world scientific community

Apprentice witches and wizards create potions and conduct spells at the ‘Physics Wizardry: Potion and Alchemy’ class

Scientists gain a greater understanding of central problems of cosmology like dark matter and dark energy

Congratulations to year 1 PhD student in prize success

The School of Physics and Astronomy is delighted to welcome Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, Founder of Genius Foods Ltd as our Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence

Scientists have created a new method to measure the amount of dark matter at the centre of tiny dwarf galaxies

School of Physics and Astronomy colleagues remember Professor Clive Greated who sadly passed away

The creation of hybrid ceramic-polymer electrolytes

This cross-disciplinary work brings together physics and biology in order to understand how the genetic code determines the rate of protein production in the cell

Discovering the physics that governs how the complex fluids in food and drink interact

Congratulations to Professors Philip Best and Catherine Heymans, who have been elected to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)

Researchers use genetically modified bacteria to produce light-induced patterns as a potential route for engineering smart materials

Classes and demonstrations inspired by the ‘Harry Potter: A History of Magic’ exhibition at the British Library

These prestigious awards support highly talented early career researchers from across the world to develop their careers.

Congratulations to Dr Anne Pawsey who has been awarded as ambassador for her public engagement work

'Results from a search for dark matter in the complete LUX exposure'