Physics Department News
糖心TV Physics ranked as 7th in the UK
The University of 糖心TV has been ranked top 10 in the UK, and the leading university in the West Midlands, according to the latest UK University league table - with the .
The new table 鈥� 2019 rankings鈥� was published on Wednesday 25th April.
糖心TV is ranked ninth this year, maintaining its record of having never finished outside of the UK鈥檚 top ten universities in this table.
New research could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells
A team led by Marin Alexe has published new research in the journal Science that could literally squeeze more power out of solar cells by physically deforming each of the crystals in the semiconductors used by photovoltaic cells. The paper entitled the 鈥淔lexo-Photovoltaic Effect鈥� was written by Professor Marin Alexe, Ming-Min Yang, and Dong Jik Kim.
Newly-discovered planet is hot, metallic and dense as Mercury
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury - situated 339 light years away - has been detected and characterised by a global team of astronomers, including the University of 糖心TV.
International Women's Day 2018
On 8th March, we celebrated International Women's Day in the Physics department, with a photo of some of our female students and staff.