Staff and students from the Physics department will again contribute to Coventry's "Pint of Science" festival this year, to be held from 20-22 May in venues around the city. Departmental representatives include Jessica Marshall, Matthew Hoskin, Sam Seddon, Tishtrya Mehta, and Alun Rees.

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.

Congratulations are offered to:

• Anne-Marie Broomhall and Dmitri Veras on their promotions to Senior Research Fellow
• Richard West on his promotion to Principal Research Fellow
• Rachel Edwards, Yorck Ramachers and Neil Wilson on their promotions to Reader

• University of Warwick researchers identify a white dwarf pulsar – a star type which has eluded astronomers for half a century
• Star lashes its neighbour with intense radiation beam every two minutes
• Research published in Nature Astronomy