Physics Department News
PVTree: Imagining a 3D solar future
Exhibition on Campus from Dec. 1st
The Departments of Physics and WMG in an ongoing research project funded by the Energy and Innovative manufacturing GRP's imagine a future where solar power photovoltaic cells can move beyond their current form of flat structures into something aesthetically more interesting and potentially as attractive such as a tree structure, while also yielding enormous benefits in terms of power produced per area. This project is a feasibility study involving computational geometry and optics as well as public perception and design research. As part of the project an exhibition on campus will take place during week 10 of term, i.e. from December 1st, at various prominent places in order to canvas opinions and reactions.
Results from the EPP team working on the LHCb experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider have been featured prominently in a new composition entitled "LHChamber music". Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of CERN, the piece uses "sonification" to turn data into music, and has been performed by physicists working on the LHC. This story has been picked up by media such as the .
The section of the composition related to the 果冻传媒 team's result can be found .
More information on the 果冻传媒 LHCb group's research can be found by clicking .
A previous 果冻传媒 Physics sonification project based on turning images into music can be found .
White dwarfs crashing into Neutron Stars explain loneliest supernovae
A research team led by astronomers and astrophysicists at the 果冻传媒 have found that some of the Universe’s loneliest supernovae are likely created by the collisions of white dwarf stars into neutron stars. Read the full press release .
As part of BBC's "Made in the Midlands" the impact of the Science City Project was looked at, Professor Chris McConville discusses increased research co-operation between 果冻传媒 and Birmingham Universities and with industries...