Spring into Science 2019: thunderbolts and lightning for Year 8 students
May 7, 2019
One of the highlights of our Outreach programme is the now annual “Spring into Science” show: an interactive demonstration of light and sound designed for Year 8 students in the Nottingham area. Prof Philip Moriarty presents the show, with the support of Prof Ed Copeland and his outreach team and our wonderful technical support staff. …
Nottingham physics YouTube videos: October 2017
October 30, 2017
Nottingham physicists have been busy in October! Here are some of the Youtube videos we’ve appeared in, in collaboration with filmmaker Brady Haran and his YouTube channels Sixty Symbols, Numberphile, and Deep Sky Videos. Sixty Symbols Dr. Becky Smethurst discusses quantum entanglement and the Upside Down: Prof Philip Moriarty measures the speed of light …
A New Mindset — Guest post by Andrew Coe
August 4, 2017
I was delighted when Physics World, for the third year running, published a coursework article written for the Politics, Perception, and Philosophy of Physics (PPP) module. In the guest post below, Andrew Coe, the author of this year’s Physics World PPP article, discusses his motivations for writing the piece and why publishing in Physics World was especially …
Student Research: Summer internship at Diamond Light Source
July 24, 2017
A guest post from 3rd-year undergraduate Chloe Gowling, who won a prestigious paid summer internship at the Diamond Light Source at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. (For a glimpse into the inner workings of this vast facility, see Prof Moriarty’s video tour “Anatomy of a Physics Experiment” on Sixty Symbols.) This …
What’s so great about Nottingham anyway?
June 29, 2017
It’s that time of year again. The School of Physics & Astronomy (indeed, the entire University of Nottingham) is going to open up about just what makes us tick. We’ve invited prospective applicants for our courses (and their nearest and dearest) to our open days — the first of which is happening tomorrow — so …
Sixty Symbols wins the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal
June 2, 2017
Our popular YouTube channel ‘Sixty Symbols’ was recently honoured by the Institute of Physics in recognition of its innovative and effective promotion of the public understanding of physics. Filmmaker Brady Haran and two of the presenters, Professor Mike Merrifield and Professor Philip Moriarty, were awarded the 2016 Kelvin Medal for public engagement within physics. Many …
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