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Problem Solving in Physics - how to extend your able students (Kettering)
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The event
Staff and volunteers from the University of Oxford and British Physics Olympiad Trust will provide guidance and resources on helping your students to develop advanced problem solving skills in physics. The day will cover extending able students in class through providing extension classes to help them explore their interest in physics.
Please register here: http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/my-forms/booking-problem-solving-in-physics...
For more information contact: schools.liaison@physics.ox.ac.uk
22 May 2015
First muon antineutrino disappearance measurement at T2K performed by Oxford graduate student
The first measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance on the T2K Experiment, performed by Oxford graduate student Kirsty Duffy, was released on 18 May 2015.
23 November 2011
Nanotechnology uncovers the mechanical complexion of live cells
A new approach to measure the mechanical properties of living cells has been developed by researchers at Oxford Physics and Purdue University’s Birck Nanotechnology Center.This new technology could be used to diagnose human disease and better understand biological processes.
UK-Japan Winter School 2012
The UK-Japan Winter Schools have been held since 1999. Every year the focus is on a special topic. The aim of the School is to bring together Japanese and UK scientists, in particular young researchers and students from mathematics and mathematical physics, in a relaxing and stimulating atmosphere.
The 2012 School is devoted to geometry, mathematical physics and mathematical aspects of string theory. As in the previous UK-Japan Schools, there will be three main lecture courses as well as five one-hour review lectures from the experts in the field.
8 November 2011
Arthur H Cooke Memorial Prize 2011
Condensed Matter Physics is pleased to announce that Johannes Moeller, first year research student, has been awarded the Arthur H Cooke Memorial Prize 2011 for distinguished work by a first year research student.
Well done, Johannes!
20 October 2011
Oxford research featured on Radio 4
Research by Oxford atmospheric physicist Karen Aplin with Paul Williams from Reading University's meteorology department was featured on Radio 4's PM programme on 19th October. Karen and Paul are publishing a paper in the Royal Meteorological Society's journal Weather about the representation of weather in classical orchestral music.
19 October 2011
EuroMagnet prize for research on iron superconductors using high magnetic fields
Amalia Coldea from the Quantum Materials group has been awarded the EuroMagnet prize 2011 for her outstanding contribution to the understanding of the electronic structure of iron-based superconductors by using high magnetic fields.
3 October 2011
STFC funds design of first-light spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope
New STFC funding will pave the way for the UK to maintain and strengthen its leadership role in the design and development of ELT instrumentation. The majority of the £2.1M grant to Oxford will fund work on HARMONI, with the remainder supporting continued development of the science drivers that underpin the E-ELT project.
GrahamFest: A celebration of the contributions of Professor Graham Ross FRS to theoretical physics
We are planning to honour Graham on his formal retirement from Oxford by holding a day meeting on Friday 30 September at which his longstanding collaborators will be invited to discuss his major contributions to our field with a historical perspective.
On Friday the programme will start at 9 am and end at 5.30 pm, in the Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building followed by a reception until 7pm.
28 August 2011
Physicists detect femtoscale atomic displacements in multiferroic materials
An international team of physicists has developed a novel X-ray technique for imaging atomic displacements in materials with unprecedented accuracy. They have applied their technique to determine how a recently-discovered class of functional materials known as multiferroics can develop magnetic order and a ferroelectric polarization simultaneously. Multiferroics are candidate materials for new classes of electronic devices.
