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Warwick Physicists attend STEM for Britain

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:29:07 GMT

Three members of the department were invited to attend STEM for Britain at the House of Commons on Tuesday 17^th March to present their research posters.

Agrima Agarwal (Phd Student, Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics Group), Edward Butler-Caddle (Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics Group) and Sahl Rowther (Research Fellow, Astronomy & Astrophysics Group) applied to present their research at the event and were accepted following a rigorous process.

New grant awarded in collaboration with WMG to develop fusion shielding

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:41:47 GMT

Dr Jessica Marshall has been awarded £236,000, out of a possible £250,000 for a six-moth research project funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), marking a significant step forward in the development of Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion shielding.

The project launched in collaboration with Dr Shubham Sharma and Professor Darren Hughes from Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) aims to explore low-activation radiation-dense shielding solutions for practical fusion reactors.

Warwick physicist helps achieve observation of rare particle interaction

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:19:32 GMT

An international analysis team within the ATLAS collaboration, led by a scientist from the University of Warwick, has observed WWγ production — a rare process where two W bosons and a photon are produced together. This discovery provides new insight into the electroweak force, one of the fundamental forces governing particle interactions.

Dr Ingrid Pelisoli wins early career Royal Astronomical Society Award

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:01:00 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Ingrid Pelisoli who has been awarded the 2026 Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award for her noteworthy discoveries related to binary star systems and stellar mergers.

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Astronomers awarded 'Into Change' award

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:53:00 GMT

Astronomers Professor Andrew Levan and Professor Danny Steeghs, founding members and part of the key ENGRAVE committees, have been awarded the 'Into Change' award which honours outstanding European research that drives scientific breakthroughs.

The team have shown how the universe's heaviest elements are forged in rare and powerful involving neutron stars, known as kilonovae, and their results were recently showcased in our annual Christmas Lectures.

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MicroBooNE experiment publishes in Nature

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:47:55 GMT

An international collaboration of scientists, including Warwick physicists Drs. John Marshall, Andy Chappell and Ryan Cross, have shown that a fourth type of neutrino can't explain anomalous results from earlier neutrino experiments.

Solving a decade-old open problem in quantum sensing

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:59:00 GMT

The Quantum Information Science group has developed a new technique to evaluate the fundamental limits to the precision of estimating parameters of a quantum matter system probed by light, even when some of the light is lost. The work has been published in PRX Quantum.

Dr Snehalata Sahu featured in Astronomy Now magazine

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:33:00 GMT

Recent research by Snehalata Sahu on the discovery of a hot white dwarf merger remnant has attracted the attention of Astronomy Now magazine editor Stuart Clark. Impressed by her unique blend of science and creativity, they reached out to feature her astronomy-inspired artwork in the magazine's October issue.

Colleagues announced as John Grimwade Medal winners

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:20:42 GMT

We are delighted to announce that Dr Oksana Trushkevych and Professor Steve Dixon have been named recipients of the prestigious John Grimwade Medal for 2024, awarded by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT).

Official opening of the UK's most powerful NMR Facility

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:05:32 GMT

We are excited to share that the UK's first-ever 1.2 GHz magnet was officially opened this summer.

The event marked a milestone in NMR Spectroscopy as the most powerful magnet operational in the UK, and one of less than 15 similar magnets in the world. The facility will allow better resolution and increased sensitivity.

Read the full press release for further information.