Entangled optical vortex lines
Writing in Physical Review Letters, Jacqui Romero of the Optics Group, working with her collaborators in Strathclyde and Bristol, has shown that knotted lines of darkness embedded optical fields are themselves non-locally entangled.
Glasgow University Astrophysicist honoured by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced the election of 45 new Fellows for 2011, to add to its 1500-strong Fellowship of experts in the sciences, arts, humanities, the professions, industry and commerce. Among those elected is Dr Martin Hendry from the School of Physics and Astronomy.
Joseph Rowntree report published
Staff from the Human Geography Research Group at Glasgow have published a new report entitled 'Globalisation, labour markets and communities in contemporary Britain'
Inaugural 2011 PET awards
Congratulations to Drs Derek Fabel and Peter Sneddon who were both recognised in the inaugural Prizes for Excellent Teachers (PETs), a student-led awards scheme initiated in 2011.
iPad tweezers
As covered by New Scientist, Wired and many other outlets, Richard Bowman of the School of Physics & Astronomy Optics Group has just published the use of an Apple iPad to control an optical tweezers.
Industry Day encourages companies to work with academia for business success
Companies are being encouraged to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise of the university to boost business.
Simulating Heart Valve Disease
Professor Xiaoyu Luo in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, and her medical collaborator Dr Colin Berry at the BHF Glasgow Centre for Cardiovascular Disease, have been awarded an EPSRC grant of £435k to support their research on mathematical and computational modelling of blood flow