News in 2020
- University of Bristol and Chernobyl Institute sign MoU 15 January 2021 A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the University of Bristol and the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants National Academy of Science of Ukraine (ISP NPP NASU) to establish a long-term cooperative relationship.
- New research reveals further insight into Fukushima Daiichi material release 16 December 2020 New paper reveals further insight into Fukushima Daiichi material release through analogues to volcanic processes.
- Professor Martin Kuball named as Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies 10 December 2020 The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme identifies global research visionaries and provides them with long-term support to lead on developing emerging technology areas with high potential to deliver economic and social benefit to the UK.
- Innovation funding for ‘Re-evaluating Chernobyl’ researchers 11 November 2020 An international group of researchers led by the University of Bristol have won support from the Cabot Institute Innovation Fund to improve our knowledge and understanding of the global radiological hazard associated with the 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
- Colloquium Autumn Schedule Announced 26 October 2020
- Interface Analysis Centre marks 30 years at the University of Bristol 14 October 2020 The Interface Analysis Centre (IAC) is celebrating 30 years at the University of Bristol, having been ‘spun-in’ from Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories in 1990.
- Sir Michael Berry receives 2020 Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award 25 September 2020
- Current and former BCFN MSc students publish papers 16 September 2020 Congratulations to Nanoscience and Functional Nanomaterials MSc student Xiayi Liu and former student Alex van Teijlingen who have both recently published papers based on their dissertation projects.
- Bristol team named joint winners of IAEA Crowdsourcing Challenge 7 September 2020 A research team from the University of Bristol was selected as one of the five best entries of the International Atomic Energy Agency Crowdsourcing Challenge.
- Nuclear materials researcher awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship 14 August 2020 Dr Peter Martin of the University of Bristol has been awarded a prestigious five-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.
- The School achieves a Green Impact Silver Award 8 July 2020 The School of Physics is proud to have achieved a Green Impact Silver Award for its work towards creating a greener and more sustainable working environment.
- Every Colour Serves a Porpoise: a New Take on Monitoring Coral Health 8 July 2020 Jonny Teague is a 3rd year PhD student with the Interface Analysis Centre research group at the University of Bristol. Jonny is currently working on my PhD project on coral health detection using hyperspectral imaging and natural fluorescence.
- Nuclear research consortium wins Royal Society of Chemistry award 25 June 2020 The DISTINCTIVE consortium, focused on nuclear decommissioning and waste management, has won a Royal Society for Chemistry award for industry-academia collaboration.
- Bristol Engineer supports collaborative European ventilator production project 2 June 2020 A researcher from the School of Physics contributed to a Belgian-led effort to develop open-source Covid-19 ventilators made from automotive components, to support hospitals during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.
- Nikon X-ray and CT Scanner Donated by Fasetto to CDTR 6 April 2020 A Nikon X-ray and CT Scanner has been donated by Fasetto to the Semiconductor Centre for Device Thermography and Reliability in the School of Physics
- Bristol students win Waste Management Symposium prizes 17 March 2020 There was success for University of Bristol PhD students at the recent Waste Management Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Alloys and Bristol 14 February 2020
- Come and meet the students and team behind the MSc Nanoscience and Functional Nanomaterials - 11 March 2020 21 January 2020
- BCFN student, Dr Laura Fox publishes in Acta Biomaterialia 21 January 2020 Congratulations to Dr Laura Fox (BCFN 2015 PhD cohort) and co-authors including Lauren Matthews and Supakit Pichai (both BCFN 2016 PhD cohort) on the recent publication of their paper
- XMM-Newton uses light echoes to map dynamic black hole 21 January 2020 Material falling into a black hole throws X-rays out into space – and now, for the first time, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has used the reverberating echoes of this light to map the dynamic behaviour and surroundings of a black hole itself.
- Nuclear waste could be recycled for diamond battery power 14 January 2020 Work has begun at Berkeley power station in Gloucestershire to remove radioactive waste products from the site as part of its decommissioning programme. To try and reduce the time and cost of this operation, a team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol hope to recycle material from the irradiated graphite to generate ultra long-lasting power sources.
- Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics conference 12 January 2020
