Departmental news
Monday 18 June 2018
The Research Excellence Training Team (RETT) work on behalf of the York Graduate Research School to organise this annual event as a showcase of PhD talent.
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Researchers at the University of York have teamed up with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe Ltd to launch the UK’s first quantum network.
Tuesday 29 May 2018
The Department has moved up to 2nd for 'Career after six months' in 2019 Guardian University Guide.
Friday 18 May 2018
Successful biophysics research public outreach event held at York
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Congratulations to Thomas Shutt who has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.
Monday 14 May 2018
The Asian Awards celebrate the highest achievement from across the international Asian community.
Monday 14 May 2018
In late April, Prof Thomas Krauss spent 10 days working with Oxfam in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
The achievements of the department throughout the year were celebrated at the department's awards ceremony.
Thursday 3 May 2018
Three students were hosted by the Nuclear Physics group in York
Wednesday 18 April 2018
The BPSI Spring Symposium 2018: 'Digital Health' was held on the 20th March 2018.
Tuesday 10 April 2018
The 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship has been awarded to Professor McLeish.
Friday 6 April 2018
The Physics Mechanical and Electronics workshops have recently completed the design and construction of a bespoke 3D radioisotope scanning platform for the Nuclear Physics Group.
Tuesday 3 April 2018
The spring term has been a busy one for the White Rose Industrial Physics Academy and its partners.
Monday 19 March 2018
Professor David Jenkins is one of the first to receive fellowship.
Thursday 8 March 2018
“The Energy Transition”. What is the role of nuclear technology in a world of growing alternative power and digital innovation?
Thursday 1 March 2018
Eleanor Dunling is a PhD student based at TRIUMF, one of the world's leading subatomic physics laboratories based in Vancouver.
Tuesday 20 February 2018
Nuclear physicist Ulrika Forsberg uses the Binding Blocks chart to explain nuclear decays and discoveries of new superheavy elements.
Friday 16 February 2018
Photonics West is the worlds largest photonics conference.
Thursday 1 February 2018
The BPSI Spring Symposium 2017: 'The Biophysics of Infection and Immunology' was held on the 20 March 2017.
Thursday 1 February 2018
The BPSI Winter Symposium 2016: 'The Biophysics of Cell Swimming and Motility' was held on the 20th December 2017.
Tuesday 23 January 2018
The awards from the Magnetics Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will be presented in April 2018.
Monday 22 January 2018
The Department of Physics students graduated in a ceremony held at the University of York on Saturday 20 January.
Wednesday 17 January 2018
A recent paper in Nature Communications shows how the transport of a laser-driven relativistic electron beam in dense matter is improved when imposing a strong magnetic field.
Thursday 11 January 2018
The book by Prof Greg Tallents is titled ‘An introduction to the Atomic and Radiation Physics of Plasmas’.
Tuesday 9 January 2018
If you want a job in hi-tech industry, it pays to tailor your CV so that it makes the most of your business-relevant skills and expertise, says Andrew Hirst.
Tuesday 2 January 2018
Professor Pratibha Gai has been appointed a Dame (DBE) in the New Year Honours for services to chemical sciences and technology.
Thursday 16 November 2017
The Department of Physics welcomes Prof Tom McLeish after his appointment to a Chair in Natural Philosophy.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
An international team of scientists has discovered a new route to ultra-low-power transistors using a graphene-based composite material.
Wednesday 1 November 2017
The 2017 Postgraduate Conference was held on 19 and 20 September 2017 and was a great success.
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Listen to Anya's year in industry experience at PwC, London.
Monday 23 October 2017
Listen to James' year in industry experience at IBM, Research and Development Laboratory, Hursley.
Monday 9 October 2017
Hannah Willett of Physics at York uses the Binding Blocks chart to explain the process of nuclear fusion, and how creating "mini-suns" on earth could be an important clean energy source for the future.
Monday 2 October 2017
The 4th Physics Industry Recruitment and Placement Fair is the UK's largest physics-specific recruitment event.
Wednesday 27 September 2017
ESA astronaut Tim Peake revealed the highs and lows of life aboard the International Space Station in a talk at the University of York.
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The Variety in Chemistry Education and Physics Higher Education Conference (ViCEPHEC) is the leading national conference for chemistry and physics education at tertiary level in the UK. This year the conference was held at the University of York between 23 and 25 August.
Tuesday 29 August 2017
A consortium of 10 academic and industrial partners located across the EU, including Prof Mark Leake from York’s departments of Physics and Biology, has been awarded a research grant for the project ‘SynCrop’ to investigate and develop cutting-edge methods to improve food production using novel synthetic biology tools.
Thursday 24 August 2017
The work of a physics academic Dr Alessandro Pastore in collaboration with physics final year student Matthew Shelley has been accepted and published in a special issue of Journal of Physics G named "Emerging Leaders".
Thursday 10 August 2017
Researchers from the University of St Andrews and the University of York have been awarded over £5M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to research resonant and shaped photonics which could revolutionise our understanding of the biomedical world.
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Professor David Jenkins has supported the first African led experiment at CERN.
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Prof Kieran Gibson has taken over as Head of Department - Physics
Thursday 20 July 2017
A University of York physicist has been selected as the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Programme Director of the UK Fusion Programme at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.
Wednesday 19 July 2017
A reception was hosted by the Department of Physics on Thursday 13th July 2017.
Thursday 13 July 2017
As part of the EPSRC/JSPS funded Core-to-Core grant in Spintronics and Advanced Materials the fourth symposium in the series of joint meetings was held in the department between 21 and 23 June 2017.
Friday 7 July 2017
Congratulations to Prof Jacek Dobaczewski who has been honoured by the Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University.
Wednesday 5 July 2017
A Nuclear Physics Masterclass was held at the University of Surrey, utilising the University of York's Binding Blocks Iron+ chart.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Scientists from England and France study neutralizer-free plasma propulsion for spacecraft.
Monday 26 June 2017
We are delighted to announce that five of our undergraduate physicists will soon start their year in industry placements in the UK and overseas.
Wednesday 31 May 2017
The department is delighted to announce that three honorary positions have been confirmed in the Department of Physics.
Wednesday 24 May 2017
Congratulations to Phil Hasnip who has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.
Thursday 11 May 2017
The achievements of the department throughout the year were celebrated last week at the department's awards ceremony.
Tuesday 9 May 2017
The Royal Society recently launched its commissioned research and case studies on international researcher mobility.
Friday 28 April 2017
Physics have a Falling Walls Research Theme winner
Thursday 27 April 2017
Welcome to Beth Medley, our new Employability and Placement Officer at the White Rose Industrial Physics Academy (WRIPA).
Friday 21 April 2017
Listen to Laura’s summer internship experience at Jaguar Landrover, Engineering Centre, Coventry.
Friday 21 April 2017
Listen to Jonathan’s summer internship experience at Airbus UK.
Friday 21 April 2017
Listen to Sarah’s summer internship experience as an Ogden Trust Teaching intern.
Monday 27 March 2017
The nuclear applications group are holding a joint workshop at the University of York with physicists from the Ruder Boskovic Institute (RBI) in Zagreb, Croatia.
Tuesday 21 March 2017
Prof Mohamed Babiker was one of the lead editors of a theme issue titled `Optical orbital angular momentum', published by the Royal Society of London.
Tuesday 21 March 2017
A new £5.1m award will allow a consortium of top UK academics to develop computer codes and apply them to provide new insights into existing and predicted materials.
Thursday 16 March 2017
Listen to Alex’s summer internship experience at Documobi, Harrogate.
Thursday 16 March 2017
Listen to Archie’s summer internship experience at Castle European Ltd, Edinburgh.
Monday 13 March 2017
Professor Andrei Andreyev has been successful in his application for a prestigious CERN research associateship, based in Geneva.
Monday 13 March 2017
In mid-February 2017, the Binding Blocks paper was officially announced as published within the IOP Journal of Physics Education’s special issue: Focus on Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Thursday 9 March 2017
Dr Kate Lancaster was privileged to be invited to attend a ceremony to watch Professor Stephen Hawking receive the “Freedom of the City of London”.
Friday 3 March 2017
Listen to Joanna’s summer internship experience at FERA based at the National Agri-food Innovation Campus, York.
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Listen to Physics student Rachael’s summer internship experience at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France.
Monday 20 February 2017
Undergraduate Physics students can do a variety of internships in a number of different sectors.
Monday 20 February 2017
Listen to Andrew Hirst from the White Rose Industrial Physics Academy and Physics students talk about the practical steps that are necessary to successfully apply for a summer internship.
Thursday 16 February 2017
The BPSI Winter Symposium 2016: 'The Biophysics of Healthcare' was held on 19 December 2016.
Monday 13 February 2017
Listen to Adam’s summer internship experience at the Central Laser Facility (CLF) that is part of the Science and Technologies Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Wednesday 18 January 2017
In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.
Wednesday 11 January 2017
The Department of Physics is delighted to announce that Professor Jacek Dobaczewski has been appointed as the new Editor in Chief of Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (JPhysG). His term began on 1 January 2017.
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Largest physics-specific careers event in the UK held at the University of York
Monday 7 November 2016
Professor Irene D'Amico has been involved in an international collaboration which has discovered a 'twist' effect in spin waves.
Thursday 3 November 2016
Congratulations to Professor Brian Fulton who has been awarded the Institute of Physics Phillips prize 2016 for his substantial contribution to the work of the Institute of Physics and the UK nuclear physics community over many years. The award will be presented on Tuesday 29 November.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Dr Marina Petri has been offered a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to be held in the Department of Physics, University of York.
Thursday 15 September 2016
Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September 2016, the University of York and JEOL (UK) Ltd.
Wednesday 7 September 2016
The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that British astronaut Tim Peake will be attending the University of York as part of the UK Space Agency’s Schools Conferences.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
AstroSoc, the University of York astronomy society, are fundraising to build a scale model of the solar system across the University of York.
Monday 22 August 2016
This year’s annual two-day Postgraduate (PG) Conference was held between 17 – 18 August 2016 in the Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul.
Monday 22 August 2016
Scientists in the University of York have received funding from EPSRC to optimise charge carrier mobility in nanoporous metal oxide films.
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Between 18 July and 5 August, the Nuclear Physics Group hosted one of this year's Nuclear Theory Training in Advanced Low Energy Nuclear Theory (TALENT) courses.
Thursday 11 August 2016
This year’s Girls in Physics residential was a resounding success, with 14 year 10 girls participating in a week of activities that saw them experience University life, try out hands-on experiments, and visit some of the world's largest research facilities.
Tuesday 9 August 2016
James Lees, 3rd year MPhys student, is writing a book entitled ‘Physics in 50 Milestone Moments’.
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Two York Plasma Institute PhD students won poster prizes at the recent European Physical Society Plasma Physics Conference, which was held in Leuven, Belgium from 4 to 8 July 2016.
Monday 18 July 2016
Miss Katherine Leech has been appointed to the STFC Advisory Panel for Public Engagement.
Monday 11 July 2016
Virgin Trains and the University of York have joined forces to create a workshop to encourage British children into science and engineering.
Monday 11 July 2016
At the recent Vice-Chancellor Teaching Awards 2016, Sam Thompson won a 'Postgraduate who teach' (PGWT) award.
Wednesday 6 July 2016
Dr Phil Lightfoot recently achieved the status of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Wednesday 6 July 2016
We are delighted to announce that several of our physics staff have received promotions.
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Professor Mark Leake was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology on 1 July 2016.
Friday 1 July 2016
On Monday 27 June 2016, we held the 3rd annual Schools Physicist of the Year Awards.
Thursday 30 June 2016
Scientists in the Department of Physics’ York Plasma Institute (YPI) have received a £1M grant from EPSRC to study power exhaust in hot magnetic fusion plasmas (10s of millions C).
Tuesday 28 June 2016
TechYork 2016 was held in the Exhibition Centre in the University of York on Monday 27 June 2016.
Tuesday 28 June 2016
On Friday 17 June 2016, the Binding Blocks team at the University of York ran a training event for 50 teachers that recently visited CERN, through the National STEM Learning Centre.
Friday 17 June 2016
A student and an academic have been acknowledged for their excellent teaching.
Monday 13 June 2016
On Tuesday 31 May, the Department of Physics ran a training event for future presenters of Binding Blocks, a LEGO Nuclear Chart installation.
Monday 13 June 2016
Research on laser ablation at York undertaken by Professor Greg Tallents, Professor Nigel Woolsey and Dr Erik Wagenaars has been supported by an EPSRC network on Laser Based Production.
Monday 13 June 2016
Scientists from a large international collaboration (Oxford, AWE, CEA, LULI, Observatoire de Paris, University of Michigan and University of York) have succeeded for the first time to generate a laboratory analogue of a strong shock that takes place when matter falls at very high speed on the surface of extremely dense stars called white dwarfs.
