Physics Department News
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, ...
Robin Ball's research has recently been highlighted in the international press. If you want to read for yourself, here are some links:
And if you fancy the original, here is the link to .
Neutrinos - faster than light?
On Tuesday 6th December the Physics department held a Christmas Lecture for the public. Teachers, school children and individuals interested in physics made up the 160 people who were excited to hear Daniel Scully talk about his research into neutrinos. Addressing a packed lecture theatre, he explained what different neutrino experiments look for, and the results from CERN that caught the headlines around the world. Together they considered the staggering implications if these results were confirmed and exactly why they caused such a sensation.
The talk was very enthusiastically received with 30 peopple queuing to ask Daniel questions at the end.
The feedback from the public was overwhelmingly positive, with Daniel's excellent communication skills and infectous enthusiasm, inspiring the audience. "Terrific" and "superb" were amongst the feedback.
Daniel has been inundated with requests to speak at further events, such as Cafe Scientifique, local schools and amateur astronomy groups.
If you missed Daniel's talk, you can watch it .
£900k Grant Awards - September 2011
September was another good month with awards of nearly £1m, Dominated by a £700k spintronics grant led by David Leadley. Steve Dixon, Julie Stunton Tony Arber, Rudolf Romer also contributed:
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David Leadley £698,526 EPSRC
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Spintronic device physics in Si/Ge Heterostructures. |
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Tony Arber £71,694 AWE
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PhD Studentship: A multi-material MHD ALE code |
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Steve Dixon £60,000 Rolls Royce plc.
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Collaboration Agreement for EMATs for non-contact NDE of austenitic steel project |
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Julie Staunton £27,000 European THermodynamics Ltd.
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Studentship agreement for Theoretical Modelling of the Electrocalorifc Effect in Relaxor Ferroelectric Films project |
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Research gives crystal clear temperature readings from toughest environments
Researchers at the 91影视破解版 and Oxford University have developed a form of crystal that can deliver highly accurate temperature readings, down to individual milli-kelvins, over a very broad range of temperatures: -120 to +680 degrees centigrade. Please see news link for more information



