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Superconducting quantum circuits take a cold bath

16 Jun 2023

New cooling technology developed for quantum computing circuits.

Small but packs a punch: Electro-nuclear Transition in YbRh2Si2

27 Mar 2023

Scientists found a new magnetic state in YbRh2Si2, driven by nuclear magnetism at 1.5 mK, adding a new twist to the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity.

FASER detects first ever high energy neutrinos produced by a particle collider 

22 Mar 2023

The discovery promises to help physicists understand the nature of the universe’s most abundant particle.

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.

Royal Holloway University Challenge Team Through to the Quarter Finals

18 Jan 2023

A Huge congratulations to Royal Holloways University Challenge team for making it to the quarter finals!

Quantised current steps observed in superconducting nanowires

16 Jan 2023

Superconducting nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field with a series of promising applications.

A prediction for the velocity of sound in cuprate high-temperature superconductors

19 Dec 2022

Theoretical physicists predict sharp anomalies in the velocity of sounds where the pseudogap phase ends in cuprates.

GRADnet Induction Day 2022

02 Nov 2022

Over 100 new PhD students from SEPnet universities attended the GRADnet Induction Day on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 at One Park Crescent in central London.

"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.

Hypermodels help understand gravitational waves

01 Jul 2022

A new approach to analyse binary neutron star mergers, developed by Dr. Gregory Ashton and Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich was published on Nature Astronomy today.

Meet our students: Emily Howling

23 Jun 2022

Emily Howling, a final-year physics student from RHUL, has recently been accepted to attend a CERN summer school and is soon moving on to a PhD in the physics department at University of Oxford.

Royal Holloway’s cutting-edge research into black holes

05 May 2022

Black holes are some of the most mind-bending objects we have discovered so far. What are they? How do they come to be? How do they work?