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Major EPSRC grant to develop Gallium Nitride on diamond microwave technology
The University of Bristol has been awarded a £4.3 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to lead an important new project to develop Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Diamond microwave technology.
University of Bristol wins significant funding for three new National Nuclear User Facilities
The Interface Analysis Centre has led successful bids for three National Nuclear User Facility bids covering robotics, microscopy and materials research.
Quantum Europe 2016: A New Era of Technology
Dr Anthony Laing, Bristol Lecturer in Quantum Physics and EPSRC Early Career Fellow, spoke last month at Quantum Europe in Amsterdam where the €1bn European flagship for quantum technologies was launched
Can time go backwards?
Can time go backwards? It seems the stuff of science-fiction, but various aspects of present-day physics, from intricate distortions of space-time due to gravity to strange quantum effects, suggest that at least some form of backward-in-time influences are possible.
CQP at Bristol Bright Night & Ujima Radio interview
On the 25th of September, students from Centre for Quantum Photonics took part in Bristol Bright Night as part of outreach with BOSS (Bristol Optical Student Society.)
CQP researchers attend Royal Academy of Engineering annual Research Forum
On Friday 18th September CQP staff and researchers attended the annual Research Forum of the Royal Academy of Engineering which showcases the UK's outstanding engineering research.
Bristol physicist to row across the Atlantic
More people have been sent into space or climbed Everest than those who have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. A test of such physical endurance teamed with a wide range of dangerous obstacles unique to the vast ocean environment is not for the faint-hearted. Yet second year Bristol Physics and Astrophysics student Jay Olenicz is one of those preparing for this year’s Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which at just under 3500 miles is one of the world’s most arduous and intense races. Undergraduate student Aimee Nevill reports:
QECDT at Research without Borders
Bristol rugby student ‘tries’ and graduates on a high
This academic year has been one of ‘tries’ and highs for University of Bristol student and professional rugby player, Joshua Ibuanokpe, who will graduate this week with a degree in Physics.