Physics Department News
Easter Planetarium shows
17, 19 & 21 April
Experience a show in the Physics inflatable planetarium and hear from the Warwick astronomers who use it to deliver outreach.
Free; booking is essential.
Upgrading heavy oils using bio-metallic catalysts
Novel work by the group of Prof. Lynne Macaskie (Biosciences, University of Birmingham), utilising the Warwick XPS Facility, has demonstrated that bio-metallic catalysts can be used to upgrade heavy oil in to lighter, more commercially-viable products in a more efficient way than current catalysts.
Guiding the development of new nanoparticle biosensors
Recent work by the group of Prof. Matt Gibson in the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with the interdepartmental XPS Facility, is expected to lead to nanoparticle biosensors with enhanced specificity, affinity, and stability.
Earth-size plasma facula oscillating at the surface of the Sun
Solar magnetic element of the Earth’s size oscillates with a few hours period and increasing amplitude, manifesting the vortex shedding effect in the magnetic flux emergence from the solar interior.