News archive: 2023

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Scientists unlock the potential of carbon nitrides, which have potential for technological advancements in fields such as materials science, electronics and optics.

Celebrating the successful launch and stunning first astronomical images produced by the Euclid satellite, sharing the science, and meeting the team behind the project.

Congratulations to Professor Alexander Morozov who has received the 2023 Annual Award from The British Society of Rheology.

Researchers reveal the underlying mechanism behind the behaviour of microgels to control the release of liquid droplets coated in these particles.

Congratulations to Dr Tiffany Wood and School start-up Dyneval who received an Institute of Physics Business Start-Up Award.

Congratulations to Max Huisman and Giorgia Palombo who received prizes for their posters at the International Soft Matter Conference 2023.

Congratulations to Dr Ragandeep Singh Sidhu who has secured funding and a visiting fellowship to pursue collaborations in nuclear astrophysics.

Congratulations to Dr Patrick Pietzonka who has received recognition for his work in stochastic thermodynamics.

An art installation based on Edinburgh-led research is to feature in a major exhibition that challenges established ideals of beauty.

The School of Physics & Astronomy will take part in the University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Virtual Open Days.

Congratulations to Dr Andreia Fonseca da Silva who has received an Industry Fellowship from the Royal Society.

The crystal structure of the exotic solid molecular nitrogen phase ζ-N2 has finally been solved and sheds light onto nitrogen’s unique progressive molecular-to-polymeric transformation.

Congratulations to Robin Burton who received first prize for her poster created for the 7th Edwards Symposium in soft matter and statistical physics.

Congratulations to Dr Adam Carnall who has received a European Research Council starting grant.

Congratulations to the postgraduate research students who received a Winton Award in recognition for their thesis.

A European mission to explore how dark energy and dark matter shaped the evolution of our Universe has soared into space.

The School of Physics and Astronomy has had both its Juno Champion and Athena SWAN Silver status renewed in recognition of our efforts in addressing gender equality.

Congratulations to Gary Robertson who has been awarded a prestigious LHCb Early Career Scientist award for the successful delivery of a major upgrade of the RICH detector.

Congratulations to Dr Sidhu who has secured funding to organise a seminar in nuclear astrophysics.

Formed 600 to 800 million years after the Big Bang, it is the earliest of its kind found to date.

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The explosion, which is more than ten times brighter than any known supernova, has currently lasted over three years.

Congratulations to Dr Andrew McLeod who has been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and will be joining the School’s Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Congratulations to the team who have established a lab sustainability group and implemented sustainable lab changes.

Findings could have potential use for computing and magnetic memories.

Congratulations to Chancellor’s Fellows Dr Adam Carnall and Dr Liza Mijovic.

The new insights about the parasites' special 'kinetoplast' DNA could support the development of materials in synthetic chemistry.

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified features in the atmosphere of planet VHS 1256 b.

The aftermath of a deliberate collision between a spacecraft and an asteroid has been studied by a team that includes Edinburgh scientists.

Congratulation to Professor Martin Evans who will join those recognised as being some of the greatest thinkers, researchers and practitioners working in or with Scotland today.

Leading edge technology has uncovered secrets about a world-renowned fossil hoard that could offer vital clues about early life on earth.

Extreme pressure and temperature conditions are used to synthesize K9N56 which is comprised of the aromatic hexazine unit.

Congratulations to students who received medals, certificates, prizes and scholarships at the School’s Undergraduate and MSc Student Awards Ceremony.

Results show what happened to the spacecraft and asteroid following NASA’s asteroid deflection mission.

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Congratulations to Jim Dunlop, Head of School and Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy, who has been awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship.

Dr Ross Galloway has been awarded the 2022 Chancellor’s Teaching Award from the University.

The School of Physics and Astronomy is delighted to welcome Stephen Roe as our Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence.

Congratulations to Professor Peacock who has received the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour for his contributions to cosmology.