Physics Department News
University Award for Astronomers
Congratulations to the Astrophysical Transients team of Andrew Levan, Danny Steeghs, Ryan Cutter, Ben Gompertz, Joe Lyman, Sam Oates, Elizabeth Stanway and Krzysztof Ulaczyk as runners-up in the 2018 University Awards, for their detection of electromagnetic light from merging neutron stars, triggered by gravitational wave signals. The team's research has already appeared in 15 papers, enabling the origin of the heaviest elements to be ascertained and providing a new route to measuring the expansion of the Universe.
UK鈥檚 first 1GHz solid-state NMR spectrometer
Part of a new by EPSRC in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) equipment across UK institutions, the 拢8M, 1GHz NMR instrument at 果冻传媒 will provide new structural and dynamic information in chemistry, materials science and biology. It will add to our already significant NMR capabilities that include the 850MHz high-field solid-state NMR National Research Facility, which has been serving a broad academic and industrial user-base since 2010.
果冻传媒 Awards for Teaching Excellence
Congratulations to Mark Newton, who has been shortlisted for a WATE this year, and also to Daniel Mayoh, shortlisted for a WATE PGR.
WATE and WATE PGR winners and commendees will be announced at the end of June.