News
On this page we highlight a number of recent news stories from the School of Physics and Astronomy. Major news items are also published on the University's news pages.
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Glasgow research highlighted by APL Materials
A new publication by Dr Ian MacLaren and co-workers at Glasgow, SuperSTEM, and the University of Sheffield has been highlighted in this month's issue of APL Materials...
IGR represented at the UK Space Conference
The Institute for Gravitational Research (IGR) in the School of Physics and Astronomy was involved in the outreach activities at the UK Space Conference, which was held on the 16th and 17th July at the SECC...
Doppler shift with a twist
Writing in Science Magazine, Martin Lavery and Miles Padgett of the Optics Group with collaborators Stephen Barnett and Fiona Speirits from Strathclyde have shown that the familiar change in pitch of an approaching ambulance siren can also apply to spinning objects...
Miles Padgett and Sonja Franke-Arnold plenary speakers at ICTP International Workshop
Professor Miles Padgett and Sonja Franke-Arnold of the Optics Group were...
Induction date for new MSc students
There will be an induction to our MSc programmes on Monday 23rd September...
Physics and Astronomy Students' Glory at Science Slam
The UK's first ever Science Slam was held in Cottiers Theatre on Friday 18th July and two of our students did outstandingly well...
Professor Steve Barnett awarded Institute of Physics Dirac Medal
Prof Steve Barnett awarded IOP Dirac Medal...
Graduating with honours but still much to learn
he inaugural “Kelvin Challenge” football match took place between the graduating “Class of 2013” and the “Kelvin Academics” ...
OBE awarded to Prof. James Hough
Prof. James Hough has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list recognition of his services to science...
New Book on the History of Astronomy in Glasgow
Dr David Clarke has published a new book "Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow: A story of some 500 years"...
Baryons2013 - International Conference on the Structure of Baryons
The School of Physics and Astronomy will host the next conference on the structure of baryons from 24th-28th June 2013...
Athena SWAN Silver Award to the School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy was presented with the Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition of its progress in addressing gender equality issues...
Lord Kelvin Postgraduate Scholarship
The School of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to offer two Lord Kelvin Postgraduate Scholarships for their postgraduate Masters programmes...
RAE Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme 2013
The School is pleased to announce that the Royal Academy of Engineering's Aerospace Bursary Scheme is now supporting UK and EU students who would like to study the MSc in Physics: Advanced Materials...
Optical patterns for secure information
The optics group has used the technology found in data projectors to...
Athena SWAN Silver Award
The School of Physics and Astronomy has received the Athena SWAN Silver award...
TEDxCERN@Glasgow
CERN will be hosting a TEDx event with the theme "Multiplying Dimensions" on 3 May 2013...
Prof. Bob Stamps elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Prof. Bob Stamps, head of the Materials and Condensed Matter Physics group, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
The smallest Harlem Shake in the world?
Graduate students Michael Lee and Daniel Giovannini of the School of Physics & Astronomy's Optics Group have today demonstrated what is possibly the smallest Harlem Shake in the world. The dancers are 0.8-micron glass spheres.
PhD student wins SET award in Parliament
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...
University of Glasgow Higgs-hunter receives prestigious award
Dr Aidan Robson, who has played a key role in the search for the Higgs boson, has been presented with a major award for his research
Scientists SET to present their work at Parliament
Two physicists from the University of Glasgow will visit the UK Parliament in London on Monday 18 March to present their research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges as part of the SET for Britain event
Young Scientist Award for Glasgow Physicist
David Mahon, a postdoctoral researcher in the Nuclear Physics Group, has been awarded a young scientist award for his presentation at the 13th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation
New member appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland
The School of Physics and Astronomy is very pleased to announce that Dr Stefan Hild has been appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland
SuperSTEM work featured on the inside front cover of Advanced Functional Materials
Recent work by Dr MacLaren and Prof Craven, in collaboration with SuperSTEM, the University of Sheffield and the ETH Zurich was featured on the inside front cover of the prestigious journal Advanced Functional Materials...
Professor Miles Padgett gives Plenary Lecture in San Francisco at Photonics West 2013
Prof. Miles Padgett was one 18 Plenary Lecturers at the world's largest Optics Conference, Photonics West 2013...
Optics Group to host International Conference in one of Glasgow's historic Museums
ICOAM 2013 will bring together the world's leading scientists in the field of optical angular momentum at the world-famous Burrell collection...
Optics Group launch Optical Tweezers Product in San Francisco at Photonics West
The Optics Group have commercialised their Optical Tweezers Technology and "the Cube" was launched at the world's largest optics conference...
Plasma Power to Protect Products and People
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a new method to make packaged food safer for consumers and more long-lived on the shelf by harnessing the germ-killing power of ozone...
Professor Miles Padgett elected as SPIE Fellow
Professor Miles Padgett has been elected a SPIE (international society for optics and photonics) fellow...
Nuclear Physics Group to host Major International Conference
The next in the series of international Baryons conferences will be hosted by the Nuclear Physics Group in Glasgow in June 2013...
Glasgow astronomer honoured by Royal Astronomical Society
Dr Iain Hannah, postdoctoral researcher in the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the Fowler Prize for geophysics...
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...