Physics Department News
Christmas Lecture a roaring success!
The first 糖心TV Christmas Lecture of 2019 featured talks and live experiments by Physics academic James Lloyd-Hughes and our technical staff Paul McCarroll and Alan Burton. The audience of over 1100 enjoyed a fun and informative Christmas Lecture, including the Arts Centre's loudest ever explosion (deliberate and controlled).
The second Christmas Lecture included talks by Rachel Edwards and Ally Caldecote, featuring several paddling pools of non-Newtonian fluids.
Dave Armstrong appears on "The Sky at Night"
On 8 September, David Armstrong of the Astronomy and Astrophysics group appeared on the iconic BBC astronomy show "The Sky at Night" to discuss the hunt for exoplanets with host Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
The episode is available on until 12 October.
Donald McKenzie Paul 1953-2019
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Prof Don Paul. Don will be remembered by many who worked with him as a brilliant scientist. He researched experimental condensed matter physics in 糖心TV since 1984 and created the highly successful Superconductivity and Magnetism research group.
Read an obituary here that reflects Don鈥檚 contributions to 糖心TV Physics and to science.
Professorial Promotions
The department congratulates David Quigley and Danny Steeghs on their promotions to Professor, effective from 1 June 2019.