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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Astronomers measure the heartbeat of spinning stars
24 Feb 2023
An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe the pulsing heartbeat of the universe as neutron stars are born ...
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A unique CERN-inspired collaboration see physicists team with science-fiction titans
8 Feb 2023
This February sees the launch of Collision: Stories from the science of CERN, the culmination of a unique, two-year-long collaboration between fiction...
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The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society
13 Jan 2023
The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the ...
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Astronomical collaboration maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
12 Jan 2023
Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented the ...
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Manchester AI Fun team attends NeurIPS conference
13 Dec 2022
AI Fun academics from Manchester made a notable presence at NeurIPS Conference 2022 in New Orleans, USA.
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NASA space telescope shows stars don't die alone
8 Dec 2022
The very first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) included a wonderful view of the ‘Southern Ring’, a planetary nebula. A team of ...
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Professor Kieran Flanagan wins 2022 Ernest Rutherford Medal
2 Dec 2022
Professor Kieran Flanagan has been awarded the 2022 Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics.
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Large Hadron Collider achieves project milestone
24 Oct 2022
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has successfully approached a proton collision point for the first time since its three-year refurbishment. The ...
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UK joins mission to search for the origins of the Universe
17 Oct 2022
The UK has joined an international astronomy mission to search the skies for cosmic origins of the universe.
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Reanalysis of Breakthrough Listen data places new constraints on powerful extragalactic technosignatures
21 Sep 2022
Independent duo targeted nearby galaxies, galaxy groups and galaxy clusters to extend SETI search to extragalactic distances.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
22 Jul 2022
A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Cyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies
15 Jul 2022
Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce today.
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New radio astronomy survey peers through cosmic dust to investigate the Milky Way
13 Jul 2022
The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced today.
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National Graphene Institute scientist shortlisted for prestigious £350,000 engineering award
13 Jul 2022
National Graphene Institute researcher Professor Coskun Kocabas is among six world-leading scientists shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering ...
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World's largest particle accelerator surges back to life with record-breaking run
5 Jul 2022
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator is ready to start delivering proton collisions to experiments at a record-breaking energy level after...
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Large Hadron Collider project discovers three new exotic particles
5 Jul 2022
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles.
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Jodrell Bank's First Light Pavilion officially opened by UK ambassador to UNESCO
4 Jul 2022
Jodrell Bank’s ambitious £21.5m development, the First Light Pavilion was officially opened at a special event on the summer solstice, Tuesday 21 ...
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A modern space race needs to be built on sustainability
22 Jun 2022
Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK’s National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, ...
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Astronomers link 64 telescopes to observe the structure of the Universe ahead of the SKAO launch
20 Jun 2022
An international team of astronomers have for the first time combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral...
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Astronomers discover how galaxies form through mergers
15 Jun 2022
Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an ...
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First Light at Jodrell Bank wows first 1000 visitors
10 Jun 2022
Jodrell Bank’s newest attraction, the First Light Pavilion opened its doors to visitors for the first time last weekend, with over 1000 people ...
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Strange neutron star spinning every 76 seconds discovered in stellar graveyard
30 May 2022
An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation ...
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UK to build software brain for giant radio telescope
12 Apr 2022
More than £15million has been awarded to UK institutions, including The University of Manchester, which are delivering the crucial software ...
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NGI shows rare physics with electrically tunable graphene device
8 Apr 2022
A research team led by The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows ...
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NASA’s Kepler telescope delivers new planetary discovery from the grave
1 Apr 2022
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a ...
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Prof Neil Ferguson discusses COVID-19 modelling and analysis at 2022 Bragg Lecture
24 Mar 2022
Professor Ferguson's work helped to inform the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opening date announced for new First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank
10 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank is set to open its highly-anticipated First Light Pavilion on 4 June 2022.
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The start of the birth of planets in a binary star system observed
10 Mar 2022
Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail.
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University of Manchester part of £60 million investment to keep UK at the forefront of global particle physics research
10 Mar 2022
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is investing £60 million as part of its continued support to the particle physics research ...
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Physics trio take their research to Parliament
4 Mar 2022
Astrid Weston, Patrick MacGregor and Ellen Sandford are finalists in the STEM for BRITAIN poster competition.
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NGI uses twist to engineer 2D semiconductors with built-in memory functions
1 Mar 2022
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute and the National Physical Laboratory has demonstrated that ...
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Colossal black holes locked in cosmic dance at heart of galaxy
23 Feb 2022
Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.
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NGI advances graphene spintronics as 1D contacts improve mobility in nano-scale devices
10 Feb 2022
Researchers at The University of Manchester may have cleared a significant hurdle on the path to quantum computing, demonstrating step-change ...
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Cosmic physics mimicked on table-top as graphene enables Schwinger effect
28 Jan 2022
An international research team led by The University of Manchester has succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger production of ...
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Challenging Einstein’s greatest theory with extreme stars
13 Dec 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
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Precision sieving of gases through atomic pores in graphene
9 Dec 2021
By crafting atomic-scale holes in atomically thin membranes, it should be possible to create molecular sieves for precise and efficient gas ...
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National Graphene Institute shines in list of most-cited scientists
24 Nov 2021
Researchers from Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) feature prominently in a new list of the most-frequently-cited academics in science ...
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Doppler effect and sonic boom in graphene devices opens new direction in quantum electronics research
8 Nov 2021
A team including researchers from The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has revealed that sonic boom and Doppler-shifted ...
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New era of physics uncovered by Neutrino experiment’s first results
28 Oct 2021
A major new physics experiment has used four complementary analyses to show no signs of a theorised fourth kind of neutrino known as the sterile ...
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Scientists take a significant step forward in detecting Nanohertz Gravitational-wave background
27 Oct 2021
An international research team has today published a detailed analysis of a candidate signal for the since-long sought gravitational wave background ...
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Prof Radha Boya among 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize winners
22 Oct 2021
Professor Boya is recognised for her work on unravelling the properties of fluids under atomic-scale confinement.
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Youngest ever lavas dated from the Moon
8 Oct 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester, have been involved in an international collaboration to analyse the age and history of some of the ...
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Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD
15 Sep 2021
A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to ...
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FSE duo among Future Leaders Fellowship recipients
9 Sep 2021
Drs Laura Wolz and Margherita Polacci will receive help to commercialise their innovations.
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Atomic snapshots show fast ion migration in ultra-thin clays
26 Aug 2021
Research led by The University of Manchester has found that ions diffuse 10,000 times faster inside atomically thin clays than in bulk clay ...
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John Ponsonby
20 Jul 2021
It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of John Ponsonby.
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Kepler telescope glimpses a free-floating planet population
6 Jul 2021
Tantalising evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of ‘free-floating’ planets which may be alone in deep space, unbound to any ...
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Professor John Latham (1937-2021)
16 Jun 2021
Professor John Latham was a past Head of the Physics Department at UMIST and the founder of the Cloud Physics Group.
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Nobel Laureate Andre Geim heralds the ‘2D Materials Age’ at global innovation summit
11 Jun 2021
On Monday 14 June, Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim will be joining some of the brightest minds on the planet - from industry, government, academia, ...
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Manchester scientists to launch low-orbiting satellite on SpaceX mission
25 May 2021
The University of Manchester is leading a multi-million pound project to launch a satellite as part of a forthcoming SpaceX mission this coming ...
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