News and events See our Talks and Seminars page. News Australian novelist writes about life at University of Birmingham's solar observatories DescriptionTwo of the University of Birmingham's most remote solar observatories are featured in a long-form essay, Staring At The Sun, by Australian novelist Tracy Sorensen, on the Big Skies Collaboration blog. UK astrophysicists investigate two new neutron star smash-ups DescriptionUK astrophysicists are celebrating the new detection of a series of gravitational wave signals. Two University academics awarded the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship DescriptionTwo of the University of Birmingham's leading scientists have been awarded with a prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship. Professor David Thouless obituary DescriptionProfessor David Thouless FRS, Physicist and 2016 Nobel Laureate for Physics has died in Cambridge on 6th April 2019 at the age of 84. Skyrmions could provide next generation data storage DescriptionScientists at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol and Colorado, Boulder have moved a step closer to developing the next generation of data storage and processing devices, using an emerging science called skyrmionics. Upgraded detectors to resume Nobel Prize winning hunt for gravitational waves DescriptionUK astrophysicists, including a team from the University of Birmingham, are gearing up to resume the search for gravitational waves, the ripples in space time caused by some of the universe's most spectacular events. NASA's Kepler Mission's first exoplanet candidate confirmed, ten years after launch DescriptionIt was the first potential exoplanet identified by NASA's Kepler Mission ten years ago, and today astronomers including University of Birmingham researchers have confirmed it is a genuine exoplanet Is there a future for nuclear energy in the UK? DescriptionThe existing UK energy "strategy" appears to have suffered a terminal blow with the disappearance of two major new build projects. Funding to improve global gravitational wave network DescriptionA global network of gravitational wave observatories will be upgraded to almost double its sensitivity, the lead science funding agencies of the United Kingdom and United States announced today. EPSRC funds new Centre for Doctoral Training in Topological Design at Birmingham to transform performance of materials DescriptionYesterday (4 February), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announced it would be funding a new multimillion pound centre in Topological Design. Displaying 1 to 10 of 220 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next Events EPS Societies' Awards 2019 Date12/06/2019DescriptionReturning for their sixth year, the EPS Societies' Awards are the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences' annual celebration of our 34 student groups. Displaying 1 to 1 of 1