Recent Outreach Activities

We are pleased to announce that our Juno Champion status has been successfully renewed by the Institute of Physics. The award is in recognition for the department's efforts to promote gender equality amongst both staff and students, and for good working practices.

Ring polymers interpenetrate and “pin” one-another’s motion. To what extent do concentrated solutions, or melts, of ring polymers thread through one another at equilibrium? An analogous system is a well-shaken bucket full of very long rubber bands. If one attempts to withdraw a single rubber band it is very likely that a large tangle of interpenetrating rubber bands will instead emerge. This is to be contrasted with an attempt to withdraw a single strand from a bowl of freshly cooked spagetti, analogous to a system of linear polymers.

Coventry and Warwickshire schools were all invited to nominate their best year 11 and year 12 Physics student and on Monday 6th June they came to the University and were awarded a prize by Professor David Leadley (sponsored by The Ogden Trust).

 They saw demonstrations, met physicists and had a talk from Dr Rachel Edwards.