Fusion power for a resilient Scotland

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:15:39 BST

STEP – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production – will be built in the UK: the first fusion power station in the world. There is a chance that STEP will come to Ardeer, Ayrshire. It is on the shortlist of only 5 sites for the UK Government’s strategic investment in fusion, a decision is expected in Autumn 2022.

ISMD2022 conference
ISMD2022 conference

ISMD 2022 Conference

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:20:00 BST

The 51st meeting of the International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics was held in Pitlochry, Scotland from 1-5 August, two years after the meeting was originally meant to be hosted by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a year after the 50th edition was moved to a fully online form for the first (and hopefully only) time.

Victor
Victor

Victor Ochoa-Gutierrez awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 08:29:00 BST

Victor Ochoa-Gutierrez has been awarded a 2022 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.

tiny torques
tiny torques

All optical measurement of tiny torques

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:41:36 BST

A collaboration with colleagues at the Medical University of Innsbruck has realised a technique to measure directly torques in the atto (10-18) Newton meter range. Such tiny torques are directly relevant for microscope-based measurements of cells and similarly sized bodies.

Christine Davies
Christine Davies

Prof. Christine Davies wins the 2022 Royal Society of Edinburgh Kelvin Medal for outstanding contributions to theoretical particle physics

Tue, 24 May 2022 09:15:00 BST

Professor Christine Davies, OBE, FRSE, FInstP, Professor and Head of the Particle Physics theory group, University of Glasgow, is awarded the RSE/Lord Kelvin Medal.

microscopic image of UofG sign
microscopic image of UofG sign

Imaging breakthrough could aid development of quantum microscopes

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:47:21 BST

A breakthrough in quantum imaging could lead to the development of advanced forms of microscopy for use in medical research and diagnostics.

£3.2m funding boost for UofG particle physics research

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:17:00 BST

Particle physicists from the University of Glasgow are sharing in £60m of new funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

Matthias
Matthias

Former member of the Quantum Theory Group wins Doppler prize

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:14:43 BST

Matthias Sonnleitner, a former Research Fellow in the Quantum Theory Group, has won the Christian Doppler prize for his work on vacuum friction.

UofG PHYSICISTS SET TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM NETWORK

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 11:22:53 GMT

Physicists from the University of Glasgow have won a grant to establish an international network of researchers who will find new applications for an emerging field of quantum physics.