A giant Iron bar in Space!
Rhys Morris, from the School of Physics' Astrophysics group, is part of an international collaboration that have made an unexpected discovery of a massive bar of Iron crossing the Ring Nebula.
News in 2025
Professor Sir Michael Berry awarded Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture
A huge congratulations to University of Bristol Emeritus Professor, Sir Michael Berry, who has been awarded the Institute of Physics prestigious Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture for the year 2025.
Dr. Sven Friedemann awarded the Brian Pippard Prize
Many congratulations to Dr. Sven Friedemann of the Quantum & Soft Matter research theme, who has been awarded the Brian Pippard Prize, a prize for scientists working in the UK who has made a significant contribution to superconductivity in recent years.
Dr. Shuqiu Wang awarded a RAEng / Leverhulme Fellowship
We are delighted to announce that our very own Dr. Shuqiu Wang, of the Quantum & Soft Matter research theme, has been successfully awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering / Leverhulme Fellowship, to develop a new type of quantum microscope to discover new phases of quantum matter for novel energy-efficient electronic applications.
Dr. Isobel Romero-Shaw awarded Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Isobel Romero-Shaw, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in our Astrophysics research theme, has been awarded a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
Sam Cross receives 2025 Thesis Prize from the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Cross from our Quantum & Soft Matter research theme, who has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group Thesis Prize. The prize is awarded to the author of the PhD thesis that makes the strongest contribution to the understanding of superconductivity within a given year.
How best to infer inter-particle potentials from structure information?
Emeritus Professor Bob Evans in Theoretical Physics along with collaborators at the University of Bayreuth have introduced a powerful machine learning method for extracting effective interaction potentials from structural data on liquids, that could prove important in soft matter design.
Speeding up quantum measurement using space-time trade-off
Bristol researchers, in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team from Oxford and Strathclyde, have introduced a new scheme for speeding up quantum measurements, a vital building block for quantum technologies. This has been published in Physical Review Letters and been chosen as an “Editor’s suggestion”.
Dr. Shuqiu Wang Earns UKRI New Investigator Award to Advance Quantum Materials Research
The School of Physics' very own Dr. Shuqiu Wang, Lecturer in Quantum Materials, has been awarded a prestigious UKRI EPSRC New Investigator Award. The £942,830 grant will support Wang's frontier research into visualizing and understanding the complex interplay between electron correlations, topology, and magnetism in quantum materials over the next three years.
Bristol Theoretical Physicists have work published in the NewScientist
The School of Physics' very own Professor Sandy Popescu and Dr. Daniel Collins have had some of their work around quantum innovation around the multiverse posted in the NewScientist.