College of Science & Engineering

College news and events

• 12 Sep

  Hillwalkers urged to help with historic meteorite recovery efforts

  Researchers from the UK Fireball Alliance have combined data from public videos with images taken from their own dedicated meteor tracking cameras including the Global Meteor Network, UK Meteor Network and Global Fireball Observatory to reconstruct the meteor’s path and estimate where the meteorite fell. They are appealing to hillwalkers to keep their eyes peeled for fragments of the meteorite when they are out and about across three Munros in the Scottish Highlands.
• 12 Sep

  Baird of Bute Innovation Award for Professor Sir James Hough

  One of the University of Glasgow’s longest-serving and most distinguished researchers is set to add another honour to his collection of accolades. Astrophysicist Professor Sir James Hough will be presented with the Baird of Bute Innovation Award on Friday 12 September in recognition of his contributions to the field of gravitational wave research.
• 12 Sep

  Laser breakthrough could find applications in cutting-edge tech

  A record-breaking development in laser technology could help support the development of smaller, cheaper, more easily-fabricated optical and quantum technologies, its inventors say. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have designed and built a narrow-linewidth laser on a single, fully integrated microchip that achieves the best performance ever recorded in semiconductor lasers of its type.