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News
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27 Mar
PhD student wins SET award
Emma Wisniewski-Barker a PhD student in the Optics Group won Third Prize in SET for Britain, a poster competition held in the Houses of Parliament. -
12 Mar
Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit
Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award for OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY for her thesis entitled ‘Action and Rehabilitation in Hemispatial Neglect’. -
08 Mar
Major accolade for University of Glasgow refrigeration expert
Professor Robert Hadfield, Professor of Photonics in the University’s School of Engineering, received the J&E Hall Gold Medal from the Institute of Refrigeration. This international prize is awarded annually for the ‘most noteworthy contribution to refrigeration and related technologies’. -
04 Mar
Tweezers work well under pressure
Writing in Physical Review Letters, Richard Bowman of the Optics Group has optically trapped micron-sized particles at Giga Pascal Pressures – comparable to the pressures found in stars.