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Year 12 Work Experience Week
For the second year running the Physics Department offered a week of work experience to Y12 physics students who intend to take Physics at university. This year, 15 students from all over the UK participated, attending talks and carrying out week-long research projects into particle physics, quantum computing, nanotechnology and space weather.
Fri 25 July 2014
Morecambe High School pupils visit CERN as guests of Lancaster University's Physics Department
A group of A-level students from Morecambe High School have written a blog about their visit to CERN - the latest in a series of events involving Science and Technology at Lancaster University.
Fri 18 July 2014
The bizarre world of low temperatures
"The bizarre world of low temperatures" was the theme of a quite extraordinary public lecture held on campus recently as part of the University's 50th anniversary celebrations. An audience of over 200 packed into the Faraday Lecture Theatre on the evening of Monday 30th June to witness an amazing double act by Physics Nobel Laureate and honorary Lancaster graduate
Fri 04 July 2014
2014 Student Prizes
Four Physics PhD students have been rewarded for their excellent work over the last year at a PhD Prize Giving Celebration in the Physics Department.
Thu 03 July 2014
Businesses urged to take advantage of the UK's top physics department
Businesses have the opportunity to tap into the resources of the UK's top physics department.
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Thu 19 June 2014
Equations reveal the rebellious rhythms at the heart of nature
Lancaster University physicists are using equations to reveal the hidden complexities of the human body.
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Thu 19 June 2014
Neutrino experiment now creates anti-neutrinos
Lancaster physicists working on the T2K neutrino experiment are participating in a major step toward understanding why the universe exists.
Mon 09 June 2014
Work Experience in Physics at Lancaster University
The Physics Department is offering a week of work experience to Y12 physics students who intend to take Physics at university.
Tue 20 May 2014
Lancaster Physicist elected Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society
Congratulations to Professor Jim Wild (Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science Group) who has been elected as a Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Fri 16 May 2014
Neutrinos centre-stage at TEDxLancasterU
The flavour-changing identity crisis of tiny particles called neutrinos was explained with the aid of a dish of ice-cream in a talk by Dr Laura Kormos, one of 12 invited speakers at "Towards Pangaea", the Lancaster University TEDx conference on May 7th, 2014.
Thu 08 May 2014
Physics at Lancaster recognised for encouraging women in science
Lancaster University's Department of Physics has been awarded an Athena SWAN Silver award, recognising its commitment to encouraging women in science and technology careers.
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Fri 02 May 2014
What role do cosmic rays and solar activity play in climate change?
A study published by Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Terry Sloan has been chosen as a highlight of papers published in the journal Environmental Research Letters during 2013.
Thu 24 April 2014