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We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Professor Julia Yeomans FRS has been awarded the European Physical Society Condensed Matter Division’s Liquid Matter Prize 2024.

A new stream in the summer school asked students to explore the impact of human activities on climate change

Professor Tony Bell FRS has been awarded the Royal Society’s Rumford Medal for his seminal contributions to theoretical developments of cosmic ray acceleration and origins.

Associate Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

The latest results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, the world's most sensitive dark matter detector located nearly a mile underground in South Dakota, narrow down the possibilities for a leading dark matter candidate.

Dr Judith Hillier has been elected as Vice-President for Learning and Skills on the IOP Council and will take up her role from 1 October 2024.

It is with great sadness that the Department of Physics shares the news of the death of John Cobb. Emeritus Professor Wade Allison pays tribute.

Innovation in solar technology promises sustainable power from everyday objects

Together with professors Aneesh Manohar, Paolo Nason and Giulia Zanderighi, Professor Gavin Salam has been awarded a 2024 Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

The Department of Physics is partnering with the University of Nottingham's ARTlab to host artist-in-resident Matthew Woodham as he works on an original art piece inspired by the Atom Interferometry Observatory and Network (AION) project.