Superfluid helium-3 research helps assess the feasibility of topologically protected quantum computation.

12 Mar 2021

Research on mesoscopic superfluid helium-3 demonstrates the fragility of surface-bound states, an important step in the quest to identify and harness Majorana fermions.

New funding given to help solve the mysteries of the universe

14 Jan 2021

Researchers will use cutting-edge quantum technologies to transform our understanding of the universe and answer key questions such as the nature of dark matter and black holes.

When phase transitions in quantum matter meet entanglement

09 Dec 2020

Theoretical physicists reveal sharp entanglement variations at a phase transition in correlated quantum matter

Physics is third of the Guardian league table

22 Sept 2020

The Physics department at Royal Holloway is ranked third in the 2020 UK Guardian league table.

Royal Holloway is a UK project partner for phase 2 upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider

18 Sept 2020

Academics at Royal Holloway Physics are part of a group of scientists, engineers and technicians from the UK to embark on a £26M project to help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

Star Wars technology against COVID-19?

04 May 2020

Professor Stephen Gibson, Physicist and Star Wars fan, has been reflecting on the Skywalker saga that began a long time ago (in a galaxy far far away), and giving the technology a topical twist

Royal Holloway wins landmark £1m grant to boost quantum technologies in the UK

23 Apr 2020

Royal Holloway has been granted £1million as part of an award given by Innovate UK to the Oxford Quantum Circuits-led consortium, which the university is part of.

New research could have huge implications for the history of the universe

16 Apr 2020

New research by T2K, an international collaboration including Royal Holloway and eight other UK institutions, reveals the first real record of the difference between matter and antimatter

Google Faculty Research Award

04 Mar 2020

The prestigious award will boost work supporting the scale-up of superconducting quantum computers.

2020 Alumni Event

18 Feb 2020

On January 30th, 2020, the Physics Department organised its annual Alumni event for the current students.

PhD viva successes

19 Dec 2019

Congratulations to Adam Boszon, Jacob Dunstan, Shaun Geaney, Swann Levasseur and Marjin Lucas for successfully completing their PhD vivas.

Christmas Lecture

03 Dec 2019

This time we had a fantastic line up of young researchers, who talked about their work at Royal Holloway