News in 2023
Chaos Lecture: 'Why the Internet is bad for the Global Warming and how Quantum Physics can help save the planet' - 23rd November
20 November 2023
Come along to the fifth of our Chaos Lectures; a series of talks that will be held on Thursdays at 6pm. Further details will be posted here and through Chaos social media (@bristolchaos on Instragram).
Next Colloquium Event 27th November: 'Quantum Hardware based on CMOS-compatible Semiconductors'
17 November 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Chaos Lecture: 'Looking for needles in haystacks: two ways to try and break the Standard Model of Particle Physics' - 16th November
14 November 2023
Come along to the fourth of our Chaos Lectures; a series of talks that will be held on Thursdays at 6pm. Further details will be posted here and through Chaos social media (@bristolchaos on Instragram).
Chaos Lecture: 'Observed and projected climate change impacts' - 9th November
9 November 2023
Come along to the third of our Chaos Lectures; a series of talks that will be held on Thursdays at 6pm. Further details will be posted here and through Chaos social media (@bristolchaos on Instragram).
Next Colloquium Event 30th October: ‘Taking the planet into uncharted territory: what climate models can tell us about the future’
25 October 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Chaos Lecture: 'Introduction to Medical Physics and the Scientist Training Programme (STP)' - 26th October
23 October 2023
Come along to the second of our Chaos Lectures; a series of talks that will be held on Thursdays at 6pm. Further details will be posted here and through Chaos social media (@bristolchaos on Instragram).
Chaos Talks TB1 Schedule
23 October 2023
Posted here is the full schedule of talks convened by Chaos taking place across TB1.
School of Physics awarded Juno Champion and Athena Swan Silver Award
18 October 2023
The School of Physics is celebrating the announcement that they have achieved two gender equality awards; the Juno Champion and Silver Athena Swan Award.
Chaos Lecture: 'Chasing the dragon: moon power and tidal bores' - 28th September
27 September 2023
Come along to the inaugural Chaos Lecture; a series of talks that will be held on Thursdays at 6pm. Further details will be posted here and through Chaos social media (@bristolchaos on Instragram).
BCRS Public Lecture: 'Impact of the advances in radio astronomy on science and society' - 5th September
24 August 2023
A public lecture by Emeritus Professor in Radio Astronomy J.M. van der Hulst, highlighting the importance of radio astronomy to society
Charles Tam wins poster prize at the International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2023
2 August 2023
Tam's work focused on 'Charge Density Waves in Infinite-layer Nickelates' and was awarded for its outstanding contribution to the field.
Dr. Jake Ayres wins EMFL Prize for contributions to the study of unconventional superconductors.
6 July 2023
Since 2009, the European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL) has awarded the annual EMFL Prize to an individual “for outstanding achievements in science done in high magnetic fields”.
Bristol researchers prepare for launch of satellite mission to map the universe like never before
5 July 2023
A pioneering satellite mission to map and help unravel the mysteries of the universe will launch this week, with University of Bristol researchers playing a pivotal role in the project.
Quantum Matter Seminar 21st July: "Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies of charge and spin dynamics in cuprate materials"
5 July 2023
This seminar is on the topic of RIXS as a means to study complex interactions in correlated electronic systems. It will be presented by Qisi Wang (Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Quantum Matter Seminar 7th June: "Going beyond density functional theory to understand the electron correlation effects"
5 July 2023
This seminar is on the topic of density functional theory in tandem with local electron correlations from dynamical mean field theory. It will be presented by Dr. Alyn James.
Next Colloquium Event 6th June: ‘The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at 30’
2 June 2023
An invitation to attend an extra special edition of our Physics Colloquium series, with Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Prof. Maxwell Chertok (University of California, Davis).
Materials and Devices Newsletter May 2023
1 June 2023
Read the May 2023 edition of the Materials and Devices newsletter.
Colloquium Schedule Spring 2023
17 May 2023
This article details the full list of Colloquia scheduled for the Spring 2023 season, with all the relevant information for each session included.
Chaos Summer Ball - 9th June
17 May 2023
The event will be a night of food and entertainment - tickets are available to purchase now.
Next Colloquium Event 22nd May: ‘Active Matter: Evading the Decay to Equilibrium’
17 May 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Quantum Matter Seminar 19th May: 'Superspintronics for next-generation information and quantum technologies'
11 May 2023
This seminar is on the topic of superconducting spintronics and their future applications in information and quantum technologies. It will be presented by Dr. Niladri Banerjee (Imperial College London).
Next Colloquium Event 24th April: 'DART: Successful Deflection of an Asteroid by a Kinetic Impactor'
19 April 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Quantum Matter Seminar 21st April: ‘’The Electron-Phonon Problem Revisited’’
19 April 2023
This seminar is on the electron-phonon problem and its effect on our comprehension of conventional metals and superconductors. It will be presented by Professor Steven Kivelson (Stanford University).
Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture - 19th April
18 April 2023
Dr Takeshi Kondo (University of Tokyo) will be giving a presentation titled 'The doped Mott state and pseudo-gap of cuprate high-Tc superconductors
studied by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy'.
Professor Jaap Velthuis - Inaugural Lecture - 12th April
23 March 2023
Join us in a lecture titled 'From Studying Quarks to Beating Cancer: An upbeat story about death and destruction', presented by Professor Jaap Velthuis.
School of Physics Digs a Wildflower Garden
20 March 2023
The goal of the garden is to improve the biodiversity of the area and make it more attractive to wildlife.
Next Colloquium Event 13th March: ‘Many-body effects in quantum thermodynamics’
10 March 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Quantum Soft Matter Journal Club: 10th March 2023
10 March 2023
This journal club will be conducted by Sven Friedemann on the article 'Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride'.
International Women's Day - 8th March 2023
9 March 2023
The theme for International Women's Day this year (Wednesday 8 March 2023) is #EmbraceEquity. As an institution, we are committed to embracing equity not just on this day, but everyday. See which events the School of Physics are hosting to celebrate.
Materials and Devices Newsletter February 2023
6 March 2023
Read the February 2023 edition of the Materials and Devices newsletter
Particle Physics Masterclass, 28th March 2023
23 February 2023
Sixth-form students with a keen interest in physics are welcome to join us for our annual Masterclass workshop.
Quantum Matter Seminar 24th February: "High-field superconductivity in UTe2"
22 February 2023
This seminar is about the heavy-Fermion superconductor UTe2. It will be presented by Toni Helm (HLD-EMFL and Helmholtz Zentrum, Dresden).
Quantum Matter Seminar 16th February: "The stress-strain relationship of a quantum material’’
14 February 2023
This seminar is on the measurement of stress-strain relationships within quantum materials. It will be presented by Dr. Clifford Hicks (University of Birmingham).
Quantum Matter Seminar 15th February: "Transient superconductivity from driving electronic band transitions"
14 February 2023
This seminar is on effective attraction between electrons. It will be presented by Christian Eckhardt (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter).
Next Colloquium Event 13th February: "Strong Electronic Correlations: The Dynamical Mean Field Theory Perspective"
9 February 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Next Colloquium Event 6th February: "Generation and Detection of Twisted Waves of Neutrons and Light"
6 February 2023
An invitation to attend the next event in our Physics Colloquium series.
Quantum Matter Seminar 27th January: "Low energy phenomenology of overdoped cuprates based on realistic impurity potentials"
23 January 2023
This seminar is on the role of impurities in the phenomenology of overdoped cuprates. It will be presented by Professor David Broun (Simon Fraser University).
Materials and Devices Newsletter January 2023
10 January 2023
Read the January 2023 edition of the Materials and Devices newsletter.