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.
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”.
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.
New research, using computer models of wave chaos, has shown that three-dimensional tangled vortex filaments can in fact be knotted in many highly complex ways.
Recent investment in facilities for our undergraduate students were supported by the generosity of our alumni. Read about these, and how philanthropic support for the work of postgraduate students is resulting in innovative science.
Twelve school students, aged from 14 to 17, enjoyed their week of work experience in Bristol's School of Physics.
On a Monday evening in early September, Bristol theorists Keith Alexander and Professor Mark Dennis explained to a packed audience how knots appear in physical science. Topics covered, from knotted whirlpools of water to topological quantum field theory, highlighted Bristol research on knotted optical vortices and tangled protein configurations.
As we near the end of the academic year, we look forward to celebrating the successes of our students.
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.
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) results have been published - and the University of Bristol has been ranked among the UK’s top research universities. 81.7% of the research papers submitted from Bristol to the Physics Unit of Assessment panel were judged to be of the highest 3* or 4* quality.
The School of Physics is pleased to announce that Professor Sir Michael Berry is to receive the Lorentz medal.
A welcome from our new Head of School, with a look forward to the challenges which lie ahead.
In November, the School of Physics received the Athena SWAN bronze award.
The School of Physics organised a stall and display to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2014. The foyer of the Physics building became the focus of the celebration of the role of women in science past, present and future.
