Super Science Saturday

09 Mar 2019

Highlights from the Department of Physics involvement in Super Science Saturday

Entanglement revealed at the boiling point of interacting electrons

11 Feb 2019

Entanglement revealed at the boiling point of interacting electrons

Vice Admiral Ben Key CBE awarded Honorary Doctorate from Royal Holloway

21 Dec 2018

Royal Holloway Physics alumnus, Vice Admiral Ben Key has received the honorary award of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa).

York Instruments (Dr Chris Checkley) Wins IoP Business Award

07 Dec 2018

Chris Checkley wins IoP award for the development of a new generation of brain scanners based on his research into Hybrid Quantum Interference Devices (HyQUIDs).

Callum Kilby - PhD viva successfully Completed

27 Nov 2018

A search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson produced in association with dileptonically decaying top quarks and decaying into a pair of bottom quarks with the ATLAS detector

Alex Waterworth - PhD Viva successfully completed

26 Nov 2018

A SQUID NMR Study of 3He-4He Mixture Films Adsorbed on Graphite

Physics department wins award for equality

26 Oct 2018

The department of physics has once again been awarded the Athena SWAN Silver Award from the Equality Challenge Unit.

Diary of a WIMPy Kid (Dark Matter Day Public Lecture)

09 Oct 2018

Dr Joseph Walding attempts to shine some light on the unknown at one of the Department of Physics Public Lecture Series: the elusive​ Dark Matter!

Direct observation of the interaction between the Higgs boson and top quark announced by experiments at CERN

04 Jun 2018

New results have been announced this week, from the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN, confirming the unambiguous observation of the production of Higgs particles in association with top quarks.

Celebrating 100 years from the birth of Richard Feynman in Tuva

11 May 2018

Professor Glen Cowan participated in the extraordinary celebration of Richard Feynman’s centenary organised in Kyzyl, Tuva (Russian Federation).

The Royal Society supports new research on Quantum Optomechanics

20 Apr 2018

The Royal Society is supporting the development of an exciting new research area at Royal Holloway

New quantum coherent device developed

09 Apr 2018

New quantum coherent device developed to support robust standards for the measurement of electrical current.