School of Physics & Astronomy

Dr Chris Messenger wins competition to develop teaching tool in Virtual Reality

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:15:00 GMT

Dr. Chris Messenger has won a competition for funding that will enable him to develop a teaching tool in Virtual Reality.

Quantum Technology School successfully moves on-line

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:59:29 GMT

This year our annual Quantum Technology School moved on-line, and we are delighted to say it was a great success.

Unscrambling entanglement highlighted on the cover of Nature Physics!

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:18:00 GMT

A team of Scottish-based scientists from Heriot-Watt and University of Glasgow have managed to transport "entangled" particles of light through a complex medium by "unscrambling" them. Their work has been highlighted on the cover of Nature Physics.

Anthony Clarkson has been awarded the 2020 Technician Award by the Institute of physics

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:12:23 GMT

Anthony Clarkson has been awarded the 2020 Technician Award by the Institute of physics. The IOP Technician Award highlights the diverse role of technicians in education, research and industry.

LIGO and Virgo announce new detections in updated gravitational-wave catalogue

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:28:00 GMT

The publication of a new catalogue of gravitational wave detections from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration is providing valuable new insight into the workings of the universe.

Controlling the Symmetry of Inorganic Ionic Nanofilms with Optical Chirality

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:34:00 BST

The editors at Nature Communications have put together an Editors’ Highlights webpage of recent research on Inorganic, Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry and have chosen to feature an article, entitled “Controlling the symmetry of inorganic ionic nanofilms with optical chirality”, with contributing research from staff at the School of Physics and Astronomy.

Amplification of Rotating Waves Published in Nature Physics

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:04:00 BST

The 2020 Nobel prize in physics was awarded for the discovery of black hole formation and the discovery of a black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

Quantum holography highlighted on the cover of Nature Physics

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:58:00 BST

In their 15th Birthday issue, Nature Physics highlights the potential of quantum imaging by showing on the cover an image obtained by quantum holography

Physics & Astronomy Merchandise Competition - Winner Announcement!

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:51:09 BST

To celebrate the upcoming new session and the launch of our new website, the Media Support Team recently hosted a competition to win official Physics & Astronomy-branded merchandise.

Big Panda / Wee Panda: A mentoring programme in Physics & Astronomy for all students

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:28:40 BST

We are delighted to invite our students to join PANDA, a new mentoring programme for students in the School of Physics and Astronomy. Students interested to join the scheme as mentees or as mentors should read the attached document carefully, and apply by filling in and submitting this form by Friday 18th September 5pm. Questions can be emailed to the coordinator of the PANDA mentoring programme, Dr Nicolas Labrosse.

APE Launch Event

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:47:05 BST

We are delighted to share the news that the School’s new Astronomy & Physics Education (APE) Group will be holding its launch event, via Zoom, on Wednesday 9th September 1300-1500.

Staff Spotlight: Dr Robert Bennett

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:29:00 BST

Join us as we chat with Dr Robert Bennett, a new lecturer in the Quantum Theory group, who started working at The School of Physics and Astronomy in April 2020.

Staff Spotlight: Dr Timothy Moorsom

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:45:00 BST

In our first Staff Spotlight Interview, we chat with Dr Timothy Moorsom, an RAE Research Fellow starting at the School of Physics and Astronomy in August 2020.

WIN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY MERCHANDISE!

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:50:58 BST

To celebrate the upcoming new session and the launch of our new website, we’re hosting a competition to win official Physics & Astronomy-branded merchandise!

Notice 2020 - Webinar

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:57:04 BST

Registrations are open for the NOTICE2020-webinar! Join us on Friday 28th of August for three excellent talks on multiphoton microscopy, protein engineering and cardiac imaging.

Unscrambling Entanglement Through a Complex Medium

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:27:00 BST

Scottish-based scientists from Heriot-Watt and University of Glasgow shed new light on 'entangled' particles.

Charming physics in a beautiful context

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:05:16 BST

A Glasgow-Cambridge team in the HPQCD collaboration have recently calculated for the first time how the charm quark undergoes a weak interaction when paired with a beauty quark inside a Bc meson and subject to strong interaction physics.

The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics is coming to Glasgow Uni

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:35:00 BST

We are excited that our bid to host the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) at Glasgow University has been successful, which means that the School of Physics and Astronomy will host CUWiP in 2022.

Microscopy Enabled by Direct Electron Detection - EMAG2020

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:54:00 BST

The Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics held their national conference on 6-8th July.