Departmental news
Friday 19 July 2019
A reception was hosted by the Department of Physics on Wednesday 17 July.
Thursday 11 July 2019
The University of York has been awarded more than £23m to spearhead the second phase of the UK’s strategic investment in researching and developing secure quantum communications.
Friday 5 July 2019
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest physics students in the UK.
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Attendees from across Chemistry, Physics and Biology departments convene for talks presenting research in which light is used to measure, manipulate or interact with biological systems.
Friday 14 June 2019
Olga Rowe is a Senior Teaching Laboratory Technician in the Department of Physics
Wednesday 22 May 2019
The Department of Physics is playing a key role in ensuring its graduates can make the most of career opportunities that exist close to home.
Thursday 2 May 2019
The achievements of the department throughout the year were celebrated at the department's awards ceremony.
Friday 5 April 2019
An expert in astrophysics at the University of York comments on the NASA mission to study the Sun using the Parker Solar Probe. The mission aims to make a close flyby of the Sun, attempting to go faster and closer than before.
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Researchers at the University of York have teamed up with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and BT to build a new high-speed link which will enable the development and testing of new quantum technologies.
Thursday 21 March 2019
Director of the University of York's Astrocampus comments on the full moon as it coincides with the March Equinox.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Scientists have developed a new and faster test for identifying how single bacteria react to antibiotics, which could help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Habitable zones are regions around stars where large bodies of liquid water can be sustained on a planet or satellite.
Thursday 28 February 2019
The event was held at the University of York in October 2018
Thursday 7 February 2019
The University has appointed Professor Daniel Watts and Professor Tom McLeish as two of our eight research leaders.
Thursday 7 February 2019
An exciting symposium of cutting-edge interdisciplinary science at the interface between the life and physical sciences.
Wednesday 6 February 2019
Co-hosted by the BPSI, Technologies for the Future, Bruker and KLOÉ
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Host of the astronomy podcast Syzygy comments on what to expect from January's total lunar eclipse.
Wednesday 9 January 2019
The event was held at the University of York on Saturday 10 November 2018
Friday 14 December 2018
Scientists at the University have developed a new technique that uses light to understand how cells communicate in human disease.
Wednesday 5 December 2018
UK theorists obtain results that will be instrumental in finding reasons to explain why our universe is built of matter and not of antimatter.
Friday 23 November 2018
Scientists reveal how a ‘molecular machine’ in bacterial cells prevents fatal DNA twisting, which could be crucial in the development of new antibiotic treatments.
Monday 5 November 2018
An exciting symposium of cutting-edge interdisciplinary science at the interface between the life and physical sciences, in association with the Physics of Life Network UK and the Biological Physical Sciences Institute (BPSI) University of York.
Monday 22 October 2018
Listen to Micheal talk about his graduate job as a Software Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover.
Friday 19 October 2018
York physics academic attends workshop at the University of Western Cape
Monday 15 October 2018
The work has been featured as a special article in the European Physical Journal A
Friday 12 October 2018
Hosted by Biological Physical Sciences Institute (BPSI) / Technologies for the Future / Bruker / KLOÉ
Tuesday 2 October 2018
An international team including four York physicists have published a new research paper in Nature Physics.
Monday 1 October 2018
The BPSI Summer Symposium 2018: Business as Usual? – Collaborative Research at the University-Business Interface
Friday 21 September 2018
Eight outstanding engineers have been awarded prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships to advance their research careers
Friday 21 September 2018
A collaboration funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund network between York and South African universities sees South African students visit York
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Dr Ferreira's group discovered a mechanism by which the quantum nature of electrons manifests itself in atomically-thin artificial magnets, an important theoretical step that brings two-dimensional materials closer to applications in energy-efficient spin devices and quantum computing.
Monday 17 September 2018
Undergraduate student Tim Page completed his final year MPhys project in 2018 and the results have been accepted for publication in the journal of quantitative spectroscopy and radiative transfer.
Tuesday 31 July 2018
A consortium of four universities has secured major funding for a 5-year programme
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Dr Christian Diget has been awarded a Leadership Fellowship in Public Engagement.
Monday 30 July 2018
A reception was hosted by the Department of Physics on Thursday 26th July 2018.
Friday 27 July 2018
A lunar eclipse is where the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow. That means the Moon, the Earth and the Sun are aligned.
Wednesday 11 July 2018
We are delighted to announce that several of our physics staff have received promotions.
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Dr Deborah O'Connell will be awarded the William Crookes Prize during the ESCAMPIG 2018 in Glasgow.
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.
