Articles tagged with 'physics' | University of Manchester

This February sees the launch of Collision: Stories from the science of CERN, the culmination of a unique, two-year-long collaboration between fiction writers and pioneering physicists.

AI Fun academics from Manchester made a notable presence at NeurIPS Conference 2022 in New Orleans, USA.

Professor Kieran Flanagan has been awarded the 2022 Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has successfully approached a proton collision point for the first time since its three-year refurbishment. The successful implementation of the new Vertex Locator (VELO), which was partly built in Manchester offers a ...

National Graphene Institute researcher Professor Coskun Kocabas is among six world-leading scientists shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize, worth £350,000....

The world’s most powerful particle accelerator is ready to start delivering proton collisions to experiments at a record-breaking energy level after three years of upgrade and maintenance work.

The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles.

A research team led by The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows for fine control over the interaction between light and matter in the terahertz (THz) spectrum, reveal...

Professor Ferguson's work helped to inform the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is investing £60 million as part of its continued support to the particle physics research community in the UK.

Astrid Weston, Patrick MacGregor and Ellen Sandford are finalists in the STEM for BRITAIN poster competition.

A team of researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute and the National Physical Laboratory has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) display room-temperature ferroelectricity....

Researchers at The University of Manchester may have cleared a significant hurdle on the path to quantum computing, demonstrating step-change improvements in the spin transport characteristics of nanoscale graphene-based electronic devices....

An international research team led by The University of Manchester has succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger production of particle-antiparticle pairs from vacuum, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. ...

By crafting atomic-scale holes in atomically thin membranes, it should be possible to create molecular sieves for precise and efficient gas separation, including extraction of carbon dioxide from air, University of Manchester researchers have found. ...

Researchers from Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) feature prominently in a new list of the most-frequently-cited academics in science over the past decade, providing more than half of The University of Manchester’s overall contribution ...

A team including researchers from The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has revealed that sonic boom and Doppler-shifted sound waves can be created in a graphene transistor, giving new insights into this advanced material a...

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 neutrino. Its existence is considered a possible explanation for anomalies seen in previous physics exper...

Professor Boya is recognised for her work on unravelling the properties of fluids under atomic-scale confinement.

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 an international team of astronomers. New research published today (September 15, 2021) says that a f...

Drs Laura Wolz and Margherita Polacci will receive help to commercialise their innovations.

Research led by The University of Manchester has found that ions diffuse 10,000 times faster inside atomically thin clays than in bulk clay crystals, offering the potential to achieve vastly improved membrane performance in applications such as desal...

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of John Ponsonby.

Professor John Latham was a past Head of the Physics Department at UMIST and the founder of the Cloud Physics Group.

On Monday 14 June, Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim will be joining some of the brightest minds on the planet - from industry, government, academia, culture and entertainment – to answer the question: ‘How do we get the next 10 years right?’ ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have published a study in Nature Communications showing how water friction and velocity can be selectively controlled through nano-scale channels using graphene and hexag...

The second edition of the Graphene Hackathon – held from 26-30 April and run by PhD students from The University of Manchester – delivered a wealth of creativity as teams battled it out to win prizes for the best business idea using graphene. ...

A much-anticipated result from an international science experiment provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle or new force.

Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have created optical devices with a unique range of tunability, covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including visible light. ...

Two astronomy networks are coming together to form Europe’s largest ground-based astronomy collaborative network: the ORP.