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Physics Alumni Event on Employment Skills and the Learner Experience

09 Feb 2023

Our alumni panel did a brilliant job in fielding questions from students on their employment journeys and what tips could be shared to prepare our students for their future careers.

"One Small Step": The Legacy of Apollo 11

20 Jul 2022

Before the 1960’s, the concept of sending humans to space seemed like wishful thinking. Now, almost 60 years later, NASA is planning to send humans to the Moon again.

Women's History Month: The life and works of Marie Curie

25 Mar 2022

To celebrate Women's History Month, the department is looking back at the life and work of one of the most influential female physicists of all time: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

2020 Alumni Event

18 Feb 2020

On January 30th, 2020, the Physics Department organised its annual Alumni event for the current students.

A second Quantum Revolution?

04 Jul 2019

The promise and pitfalls of quantum technologies

World Metrology Day 20th May 2019

17 May 2019

Imagine living in a world where you couldn’t say if it is hot or cold, what the time is, how much you weigh or how long you’ve walked to reach a destination.

PhD Viva Success

02 May 2019

Congratulations to Luke Rhodes for successfully completing his PhD viva

Super Science Saturday

09 Mar 2019

Highlights from the Department of Physics involvement in Super Science Saturday

Diary of a WIMPy Kid (Dark Matter Day Public Lecture)

09 Oct 2018

Dr Joseph Walding attempts to shine some light on the unknown at one of the Department of Physics Public Lecture Series: the elusive​ Dark Matter!

Direct observation of the interaction between the Higgs boson and top quark announced by experiments at CERN

04 Jun 2018

New results have been announced this week, from the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN, confirming the unambiguous observation of the production of Higgs particles in association with top quarks.

Celebrating 100 years from the birth of Richard Feynman in Tuva

11 May 2018

Professor Glen Cowan participated in the extraordinary celebration of Richard Feynman’s centenary organised in Kyzyl, Tuva (Russian Federation).