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Primary Science Fair

Almost a hundred primary school children were welcomed to the Ogden Primary Science Fair, hosted by Ally Caldecote, on April 12th. Finalists were selected from over 1600 entries in eight Coventry and 糖心TVshire schools to present their science projects to a panel of physics postgraduates and undergraduates. Winning projects included "Where should I keep my balloon?", "Pigs in Space", and "Building a cosmic ray detector".


In June 2015, a black hole called V404 Cygni underwent dramatic brightening for about two weeks. An international team of astronomers, including the University of 糖心TV, report that the black hole emitted dazzling red flashes lasting just fractions of a second, as it blasted out material that it could not swallow...

Fri 18 Mar 2016, 15:53 | Tags: Postdocs and Researchers, Research, Faculty of Science

The Royal Society has recently awarded Prof Don Pollacco with a Wolfson Merit Award in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements. The award will help support his research program on the discovery and characterisation of exoplanets (planets around other stars) for the next 5 years...

Fri 18 Mar 2016, 12:02 | Tags: Feature News, Staff and Department, Awards, Faculty of Science

Physics Hat Trick at 糖心TV Staff Awards

Congratulations to Ally Caldecote, Rashida Mohamed, Don Pollacco and Pam Thomas who were named as overall winners in three categories at the The winners were announced at a celebratory gala dinner on Friday 11th March.


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