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Dean's Scholarship for outstanding physics student
Congratulations to Thomas Banaszek who has been selected to receive this year's FST award of Dean's Outstanding PhD scholarship which recognises outstanding potential. Thomas is currently studying for an MPhys in Theoretical Physics and will begin his PhD in Physics in October 2013 under the supervision of Dr Jonathan Gratus.
Tue 30 April 2013
National award for northern lights film
A film made by a Lancaster physicist in the Arctic circle is among four chosen for a British Universities Film and Video Council award.
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Tue 23 April 2013
Development of novel 2D materials boosted by High Performance Computing Centre
A Lancaster physicist working on novel 2D materials says a new £3.25m High Performance Computing Centre is an important tool in their development.
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Wed 10 April 2013
Lancaster University a big hit at The Big Bang
Lancaster University's interactive particle physics exhibit, manned by a team of Science and Technology students and researchers, proved to be a big hit at this year's Big Bang Science Fair.
Thu 21 March 2013
Particle physics pinball for Big Bang science fair
A team of Science and Technology staff and students from Lancaster University are heading down to London to enthuse and engage with thousands of visitors to the Big Bang Science Fair.
Fri 08 March 2013
Physics thesis chosen for 'best of the best'
Congratulations to Dr Tomislav Stankovski (Physics Department), research associate and former PhD student supervised by Professor Aneta Stefanovska.
His thesis "Tackling the Inverse Problem for Non-autonomous Systems: Application to the Life Sciences" has been chosen by Springer Theses, the publisher which selects the best of the best theses from internationally top-ranked research institutes.
The series is available to readers worldwide. Dr Stankovski also receives a prize of €500.
Fri 08 March 2013
Lancaster University Coffeemat Challenge won by Science and Technology student Seb
The concept of a new university website, complete with mobile application, to capture the campus social scene at a glance, earned an enterprising student an iPad.
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Tue 19 February 2013
Graphene appointed an EU Future Emerging Technology flagship
The European Commission has chosen Graphene as one of Europe's first 10-year, €1,000m Future Emerging Technologies flagships - a project that aims to take graphene and related layered materials from academic laboratories to society, revolutionize multiple industries and create economic growth and new jobs in Europe.
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Mon 28 January 2013
Faculty of Science and Technology Studentship in the Physics Department
The Physics Department is pleased to announce a Faculty of Science and Technology Studentship starting in October 2013, providing an annual stipend for 3.5 years and UK/EU tuition fees for 3.5 years. More details
Fri 21 December 2012
Changing our material future, layer by layer
A proposal involving researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Cambridge and Lancaster, has been awarded 13.4 million Euros (around £11m) to form a "Synergy Group" by the European Research Council (ERC).
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Thu 20 December 2012
Prize for electron-neutrino research
The Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) experiment in Japan, that involves Lancaster University particle physicists, has recently been awarded the prestigious "Le Prix La Recherche". The prize, awarded by the French journal "La Recherche", one of the top popular science journals in France, honours the top research in 2011 across all sciences based upon a criteria of scientific discovery and deepening understanding. T2K's 2011 paper on...
Tue 20 November 2012
Success for public physics lectures
More than 600 people attended our inaugural series of free physics lectures in Lancaster city centre this autumn.
Mon 19 November 2012