NuSTAR Images of Our Sun

Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:47:00 BST

Dr Iain Hannah to present on NuSTAR sun images

Accredited MSc programmes

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:04:00 BST

The School of Physics & Astronomy has been successful in its application to the Institute of Physics for the accreditation of their Taught Masters Programmes

Toxic air pollution nanoparticles discovered in the human brain

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:44:00 BST

Magnetic nanoparticles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to have accumulated in human brains.

Winner at DiRAC day

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:39:00 BST

Andrew Lytle, a postdoctoral researcher in the particle physics theory group, has won one of two poster prizes awarded at this year’s DiRAC Day.

New, charming particle discovered at CERN opens 'new frontier' for physics

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 13:37:00 BST

Scientists, led by University of Glasgow researchers, have discovered a new kind of heavy particle at the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) at CERN.

Glasgow scientists are playing a key role in upgrading ATLAS

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:23:00 BST

Scientists in the University of Glasgow are playing a major role in the forthcoming upgrade of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

New spokesperson for CLICdp

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:15:00 GMT

Last week, more than 225 people gathered at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CERN, for the annual Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) workshop...

Giant solar tornadoes put researchers in a spin

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:58:00 BST

Despite their appearance solar tornadoes are not rotating after all, according to a European team of scientists

Professor Sheila Rowan elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Wed, 09 May 2018 15:00:00 BST

Professor Sheila Rowan, director of the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Gravitational Research (IGR), has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society for her pioneering work on gravitational wave detection

Supercomputers Provide New Window into the Life and Death of the Neutron

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:25:00 BST

A team of scientists including Dr Chris Bouchard in the School of Physics & Astronomy has enlisted powerful supercomputers to calculate a quantity known as the “nucleon axial coupling,” or gA – which is central to our understanding of a neutron’s lifetime – with unprecedented precision.

Glasgow researchers contribute to Higgs boson breakthrough

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:36:00 BST

University of Glasgow physicists are celebrating the latest groundbreaking observation from the ATLAS collaboration at CERN in Geneva: the observation of Higgs bosons produced together with a top quark pair.

PhD Prize to Dr. Peter Levens

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 10:48:00 BST

We’re delighted that the European Physics Society Solar Physics Division (EPS-SPD) chose to award its 2018 ESPD PhD Prize to Dr. Peter Levens “for significant contributions to the study of tornado-like prominences...

Juno Champion status renewed

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:37:00 BST

The School of Physics and Astronomy has once again been honoured by the Institute of Physics for its work on improving gender equality by the renewal the of "Juno Champion" award

Glasgow researchers contribute to further Higgs boson breakthrough

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:32:00 BST

For the second time this summer, University of Glasgow physicists are celebrating a groundbreaking new measurement of the Higgs boson from the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Taught MSc Programmes Induction on Friday 14 September

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:53:00 BST

Taught MSc Programmes Induction on Friday 14 September