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Queen's Physicists make important discovery in Nano-Electronics
18 October, 2016

Queen’s University physicists have discovered how electricity is conducted in a type of two-dimensional material – a breakthrough that could herald a new era in electronics.

A large image of Jupiter with the sun the background
Queen’s researchers in starlight discovery to solve missing water mystery
25 January, 2016

School's involvement in NI Science Festival a hit
27 April, 2016

Seagate Bursary Recipient receiving her award
awarded to Physics student Shannon Matthews
25 May, 2016

Graduate posing with the Vice-Chancellor Summer 2016
Congratulations to all our graduates!
8 July, 2016

Bill Graham and CPP lab montages
Professor Bill Graham on "In Our Time"
18 October, 2016

Purple flashes of dramatic horizontal lightning
Queen’s CNM team in nanocircuitry breakthrough
21 December, 2016

Nature Communications paper paves way for shape-shifting nanoscale electronic devices

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Discover
Hamilton Prize winner 2017 Thomas Mellon posing with presenters
Hamilton Prize 2016
7 November, 2016

Cosimo Inserra posing in front of a brick wall
2017 winner of the RAS Winton Capital award
23 January, 2017

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Cosimo Inserra wins prestigious prize

Ramsbottom and Ballance posing in front of a scientific poster
CTAMOP Researchers secure funding success
30 January, 2017

Grants to bring in over £1.7 million over next five years

Image: Joy Pollard
School Research Fellow reveals secret of blue binaries
Kuiper Belt breakthrough | 7 April, 2017

Kuiper Belt breakthrough published in Nature Astronomy

Professor Jorge Kohanoff goes ‘Behind the Science’
3 May, 2017

NVTV interview with ASC Director of Research

Further Reviewing Success for School Staff
Dr Ioannis Kourakis | 11 April, 2017

Recognition for School researcher's reviews

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Head of School awarded prestigious Chair
9 May, 2017

Award facilitates work on new data storage technologies

Both Mathematics and Physics get 100% for overall student satisfaction
9 May, 2017

Best ever student rating for MSci Degrees.

De Chiara, Sarri
‘Outstanding Reviewer’ awards for School researchers
10 March, 2017

CTAMOP and CPP researchers recognised for contribution to reviewing process

Asteroids named after Queen's astronomers
Asteroids at QUB | 24 April, 2017

International recognition and a piece of real estate

A scratch in a car's paint
School researchers' discovery could lead to scratch-proof paint
12 September, 2017

Stretchy miracle material could be used to create highly resistant smart devices and scratch-proof paint for cars.

Marco Borghesi
APS 2017 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Recipient
13 September, 2017

Professor Marco Borghesi honoured for pioneering use of proton radiography.

Eclipse Outreach Event Team Members posing
QUEEN'S ASTRONOMERS ENGAGE IN ECLIPSE EXPERIMENTATION AND SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH
SOLAR ECLIPSE | 25 October, 2017

Two astronomers from the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen’s observed the recent solar eclipse from a research base in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains.

The John Bell Day Lecture 2017
6 November, 2017

The Royal Irish Academy and The Chief Executives' Club at Queen's present a lecture by Professor Antonio Acín, Group Leader, Quantum Information Theory, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona. Monday 6 November.

Dermot Green at a blackboard
EPSRC Fellow Dr Dermot Green receives International recognition for his work on theory of antimatter
27 November, 2017

Back-to-back(!) Physical Review Letters and an International Prize.

Queen's Researchers Honoured By Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Awards | 19 January, 2018

Two Queen’s University Belfast researchers are set to receive prestigious awards from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).

Queen's Scientists join International Team in discovery that could improve HDTV
31 January, 2018

The sun
QUEEN’S SCIENTISTS CRACK 70-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY OF HOW MAGNETIC WAVES HEAT THE SUN
5 March, 2018

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery that magnetic waves crashing through the Sun may be key to heating its atmosphere and propelling the solar wind.

`OUMUAMUA HAD A VIOLENT PAST AND HAS BEEN TUMBLING AROUND FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS
12 February, 2018

The first ever interstellar visitor to our solar system has had a violent past which is causing it to tumble around chaotically, a Queen’s University Belfast scientist has discovered.

QUEEN'S SCIENTIST WILL TEST THE LIMITS OF QUANTUM THEORY
16 January, 2018

A scientist from Queen's University is working with researchers at two other UK universities to test one of the fundamental laws of physics as part of a major Europe-wide project awarded more than £3m in funding.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY SCIENTIST UNLOCKS GAMMA RAY BURST SECRETS
19 January, 2018

ALIEN OBJECT ‘OUMUAMUA WAS A NATURAL BODY VISITING FROM ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM'
ASTROPHYSICS | 15 December, 2017

Scientists at Queen’s have led worldwide investigations into a mysterious object that passed close to Earth after arriving from deep interstellar space.

QUEEN’S ASTRONOMER LEADS INTERNATIONAL TEAM TO GROUND-BREAKING FIERY EXPLOSION IN A DISTANT GALAXY
13 November, 2017

Astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered a new type of fiery explosion in a distant galaxy.

MONSTER PLANET DISCOVERY CHALLENGES FORMATION THEORY
31 October, 2017

A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers, including Queen’s University Belfast researchers.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMERS CAPTURE FIRST VISITING OBJECT FROM OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
27 October, 2017

A Queen’s University Belfast scientist is leading an international team in studying a new visitor to our solar system - the first known comet or asteroid to visit us from another star.

QUEEN’S SCIENTIST DISCOVERS THAT NEUTRON STAR SMASH-UP IS SOURCE OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVE
16 October, 2017

A Queen’s University Belfast scientist has led an international team to a historic and ground-breaking discovery, proving that a burst of gravitational waves detected in August came from a smash up of two neutron stars.

QUEEN’S ASTRONOMER AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS MAKE MAJOR EXOPLANET DISCOVERY
14 September, 2017

An astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast, working with a team of international researchers, has detected titanium oxide in an exoplanet atmosphere for the first time, revealing incredible information about WASP-19b.

QUEEN’S RESEARCH SHOWS HOW AN ALIEN OBSERVER MIGHT DETECT EARTH
8 September, 2017

A group of scientists from Queen’s University Belfast and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany have looked at how an alien observer might be able to detect Earth using our own methods.

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QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS OBSERVE LARGEST SOLAR FLARE IN 12 YEARS
9 March, 2018

Share The sun’s largest solar flare in more than 12 years – and the eighth largest since modern records began in 1996 – has been captured in high detail by a team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Sheffield.

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International Women's Day 2018
8 March, 2018

8 March 2018

Queen’s University graduate receives prestigious Institute of Physics Prize
17 April, 2018

Dr Clare Scullion has been awarded the prestigious Culham Thesis Prize by the Institute of Physics.

Next Generation Telescope
EUROPEAN SOLAR TELESCOPE WILL HELP US TO CRACK MYSTERIES OF SUN – QUEEN’S SCIENTIST
20 April, 2018

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QUB Student Union Education Awards. Congratulations Dr Brian McMaster!
24 April, 2018

New Journal of Physics: 2017 Reviewer Award awarded to CTAMOP Academic
5 June, 2018

CTAMOP POST-DOC AWARDED THE SPRINGER PRIZE
25 June, 2018

Congratulations to CTAMOP Post-doc, Ricardo Puebla, who has been awarded a Springer Prize for his PhD thesis.

CTAMOP ACADEMIC PUBLISHES AN AUTHORITATIVE REVIEW PAPER
25 June, 2018

CTAMOP Academic, Dr. Gabriele De Chiara has published an authoritative review paper in the journal Reports on Progress in Physics.

Dr Kane Esien winning Best Poster Prize at 2018 International Conference on Magnetism in San Francisco, July 2018
DR KANE ESIEN WINS BEST POSTER PRIZE AT 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAGNETISM IN SAN FRANCISCO
25 July, 2018

Dr Kane Esien won Best Poster Prize at the 2018 International Conference on Magnetism held in San Francisco 15-20 July 2018

CTAMOP research fellow Ricardo Puebla publishes article in Nature Quantum Information
28 September, 2018

Thermodynamic Irreversibility does arise from Quantum Dynamics
Thermodynamic irreversibility does arise from quantum dynamics
18 October, 2018

An international collaboration led by the Quantum Technology group at Queen's University (QTeQ) has made an important breakthrough in quantum thermodynamics.

Dermot Green being awarded the 2018 Queen’s University Belfast Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prize
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S RESEARCH PRIZE FOR CTAMOP ACADEMIC DERMOT GREEN
18 December, 2018

Queen’s receives £4 million to train next generation of experts in data storage
Queen’s receives £4 million to train next generation of experts in data storage

Super Earth
Queen’s collaboration discovers a ‘super-Earth’ planet that has likely undergone a giant collision

Professor Stephen Smartt
Queen’s astrophysics expert honoured with a Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

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EPSRC Grant Awarded - Dr Gabriele De Chiara, CTAMOP

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Career Opportunities
1 April, 2019

Oumuamua
Wandering interstellar worlds like ‘Oumuamua may help form planets- new Queen's research finds
8 April, 2019

A new research paper suggests that abundant interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua may help new star systems to form planets quickly.

Asteroid
Astrophysicists from Queen’s identify mysterious self-destructing asteroid
28 March, 2019

An international team of astronomers, including scientists from Queen’s University Belfast, have identified an asteroid that is spinning itself into oblivion.

Girls in Maths 2 May 2019

A thrilling day for young female school students visiting our School for the first edition of "Girls in Maths" at QUB.

The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

Science Advances
Emergence of a real-space symmetry axis in the magnetoresistance of the one-dimensional conductor
18 July, 2019

Postdoc Showcase
QUEEN'S POSTDOC SHOWCASE – WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2019
16 August, 2019

The Queen's Postdoc Showcase is a must attend for all QUB postdocs! In 2019, the Postdoc Showcase returns as part of the international strand of National Postdoc Appreciation Week and focuses on wider public engagement with research.

Career Day for PhD students & postdocs, September 24th
Career Day for PhD students and postdocs in the School of Maths & Physics
21 August, 2019

The Career Day for PhD Students and Postdocs which will take place on the 24th of September 2019 at the IRCEP building.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST A-LEVEL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS 2019
26 August, 2019

Are you entering QUB for the first time to undertake a primary degree?

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS2019-20
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS 2019-20
26 August, 2019

Queen’s Women Graduates’ Scholarship 2019
Queen’s Women Graduates’ Scholarship 2019

Are you a female first time undergraduate student on a modest income? Have you had a gap of at least 5 years since attending post-primary school? If YES, you may be eligible to receive a Queen’s Women Graduates’ Scholarship to a value of up to £1,000

ULSTER GIFT FUND SCHOLARHSIP 2019-20
ULSTER GIFT FUND SCHOLARHSIP 2019-20
26 August, 2019

Ulster Gift Fund 2019

Students' Union Education Awards 1
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR HANNAH MITCHELL!

Teaching Awards
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR GARETH TRIBELLO!! who won the Rising Stars Category at the QUEEN'S

APS PHYSICS
Congratulation to Gabriele De Chiara, CTAMOP, who has been appointed Associate Editor of Phys. Rev.

Theresa Dodoo 3
Well done to Theresa Dodoo who is a Level 3 student in Maths and Finance.

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International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society in Belfast
5 September, 2019

Dr Lisa McFetridge was the Programme Chair of the International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society which came to Belfast from 2-5 September. 2019

PDC Postdoc Prizes
REWARDING POSTDOCTORAL EXCELLENCE!

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our Prize-winning Post Docs who outshone all the rest at the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) Awards

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The call for applications to the 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prizes has been issued
9 September, 2019

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Get-together to say thank you to Dr Ramsbottom

gas molecules in comet
New frontier for science as astronomers detect gas molecules in comet from another star
27 September, 2019

An international team of astronomers, including Queen's University Belfast researchers, have made a historic discovery, detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled into our solar system from another star.

Physics David Bates Prize
Dr Dermot Green awarded 2019 Institute of Physics David Bates Prize
17 October, 2019

EPS Mathematics & Statistics Helpdesk (MASH)

QUB Maths Student Andrew Joyce wins Hamilton Day 2019 Prize

Queen's expert to advise Scottish Government
Queen's expert to advise Scottish Government
8 November, 2019

Queen’s University Belfast academic, Professor Robert Bowman, has been appointed as a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC).

Queen's expert to advise Scottish Government
Queen's expert to advise Scottish Government
8 November, 2019

Queen’s University Belfast academic, Professor Robert Bowman, has been appointed as a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC).

QUB Maths Competition for Schools 2019
QUB Maths Competition for Schools 2019
27 November, 2019

Our Maths competition for years 13-14 pupils will be held on Friday 6 December this year in the Great Hall.

2019 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
2019 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
29 November, 2019

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Dunville Scholarship- Mr Ethan Hawthorne

PhD student, Mr Ethan Hawthorne (Mathematics - Research) has been awarded this year’s Dunville Scholarship.

Royal Statistical Society
Dr Lisa McFetridge has been been nominated and elected to the Council of the RSS

60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
Scientist leads international team to crack 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
9 December, 2019

Maths Competition
Maths Competition 2019
11 December, 2019

Winter Graduation Reception 5
School Winter Graduation Reception
13 December, 2019

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Interview on BBC Newsline on QUB school experience research experience
16 January, 2020

Detailed images of the Sun
The sun as we've never seen it before - clearest and most detailed images of the Sun revealed
30 January, 2020

The clearest and most detailed images of the Sun have been captured by the largest telescope in the world.

Changing night sky
Public to help researchers capture largest ever movie of the changing night sky
6 February, 2020

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are looking for UK citizens to help contribute to world-leading research on capturing the largest ever movie of the changing night sky.

Dr Anita Sands
Dr Anita Sands delivered the Mary McAleese Diversity Lecture at Queen’s
13 February, 2020

Global technology and business leader Dr Anita Sands recently delivered the Queen’s Management School Mary McAleese Diversity Lecture, in association with the Chief Executives’ Club at Queen’s.

Game changing
‘Game-changing’, powerful plasma accelerator now closer to becoming a reality
27 February, 2020

The conclusion of a major international design study brings a plasma accelerator closer to becoming a reality, having potentially revolutionary implications for scientific research, and medical practices.

UCAS Applicant Visit Days  at the School of Mathematics and Physics
UCAS Applicant Visit Days at the School of Mathematics and Physics
11 March, 2020

Science at Queen's
PARENTS’ EVENING WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2020, 6.00 – 9.30PM
11 March, 2020

Stephen Smartt
Queen’s academic elected Fellow of the Royal Society 2020
30 April, 2020

Prof Stephen Smartt
Astronomer at Queen University is 'delighted' by UK science honour
30 April, 2020

DOMINIC GATES
GRADUATE DOMINIC GATES WINS PULITZER PRIZE FOR WORK ON TWO BOEING 737 MAX AIR CRASHES
8 May, 2020

Sky at Night
School Astrophysicists Locked down but Looking up
13 May, 2020

Celebrating the 800th episode of the BBC’s, The Sky at Night

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Livestream Lessons - Smarttscience.com
13 May, 2020

Professor Stephen Smartt has been giving eight live-streamed lessons every Tuesday at 11AM from 12th May 2020.

Semsum complete Outstanding KTP Project
Semsum complete ‘Outstanding’ KTP Project
27 May, 2020

Sensum Ltd recently completed their second Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and was awarded an ‘Outstanding’ classification by Innovate UK.

Asteroid Day 1
Happy Asteroid Day
30 June, 2020

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Queen’s PhD student finds a white dwarf star ripped apart by its companion
24 July, 2020

A second year PhD student from Queen’s University Belfast has recently published a paper  on the study of an extremely fast evolving astronomical transient, which turns out to be the first of its kind.  

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French scientific magazine, La Recherche - Interview with Dr. Gianluca Sarri
27 July, 2020

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Professor H R J Walters PhD CPhys MRIA FInstP
10 September, 2020

Queen’s Astronomer Part of International Team to Capture Stellar Winds in Unprecedented Detail
21 September, 2020

A team of astronomers from around the world has discovered an explanation for the mesmerising shapes of planetary nebulae.

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Welcome to our New Undergraduate Students
22 September, 2020

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Nominees And Winners EPS - 2020 WINNERS
25 September, 2020

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Hamilton Lecture 2020: The Cosmic Distance Ladder
5 October, 2020

John Bell Day Lecture 2020
16 October, 2020

Dr Raymond McQuaid awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship from UKRI
16 October, 2020

A lecturer from the School of Mathematics and Physics has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship as part of a £109 million investment from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Emily Gribbin awarded Hamilton Prize in Mathematics 2020
19 October, 2020

A student from the School of Mathematics and Physics was awarded the prestigious undergraduate Hamilton Prize in Mathematics this year by the Royal Irish Academy.

Natasha Bailie awarded British Society for the History of Mathematics Undergraduate Essay Prize 2020
19 October, 2020

A student from the School of Mathematics and Physics was awarded first place in the annual British Society for the History of Mathematics Undergraduate Essay Competition this year.

Athena SWAN Silver Award Logo
Athena SWAN Silver Award for the School of Mathematics and Physics Renewed
19 October, 2020

The School of Mathematics and Physics are delighted to announce the recent renewal of their Athena SWAN Silver Award until 2025.

ARC-led Collaboration Confirms Discovery of New Minimoons in Next Decade
25 November, 2020

A global collaboration led by a research fellow from the School of Mathematics and Physics which detected only the second minimoon ever recorded earlier this year has confirmed that many more will be found in the next decade.

2020 School Maths Competition
2020 QUB Maths Competition for Schools
17 December, 2020

Mauro Paternostro
New Head of School for the School of Mathematics and Physics
25 August, 2020

Athena SWAN 2020 Celebration Event
18 December, 2020

Professor Stephen Smartt
Professor Smartt announced as the Winner of the Herschel Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society
8 January, 2021

A School of Mathematics and Physics professor has been announced as the winner of a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society.

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Emeritus Professor Derrick Crothers
15 January, 2021

EuPRAXIA 1
EuPRAXIA: A revolutionary particle accelerator in Europe
2 February, 2021

Artificial intelligence
New Queen’s scholarship opportunities will explore impact of AI on science and society
5 February, 2021

Thirty funded doctoral scholarships announced by Queen’s University Belfast are set to provide a unique opportunity to explore the challenges of Artificial intelligence (AI) for every area of science and society.

DfE Careers Occupational Information Unit bulletin - Spotlight on Physics
Careers Spotlight on Physics

Astronomers detect new chemical signature in an exoplanet’s atmosphere
Astronomers detect new chemical signature in an exoplanet’s atmosphere
27 April, 2021

CPP academic publishes book for Institute of Physics
CPP academic publishes book for Institute of Physics
10 May, 2021

PROFESSOR MICHAEL W. FINNIS
Mike Finnis nominated Fellow of the Royal Society
11 May, 2021

ATHENA SWAN STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION
ATHENA SWAN – FIRST STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION
18 May, 2021

WHO IS YOUR INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN?

Queen’s University Belfast scientists unlock another mystery of the Sun
Queen’s University Belfast scientists unlock another mystery of the Sun
26 May, 2021

Eclipse chasing
I’m a solar eclipse chaser – here’s what to expect from this week’s partial eclipse
8 June, 2021

Asteroids and Comets
Asteroids vs Earth – researchers aim to move an asteroid
29 June, 2021

An asteroid strike on Earth could be prevented by new technology launching into space this year, involving a Queen’s University Belfast scientist.

Python course
Python course
26 July, 2021

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Work Experience
26 July, 2021

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Professor Robert Bowman, leading the Queen’s University project - £60m Smart Nano NI Consortium
22 July, 2021

Queen’s University Belfast has an integral role in a Northern Ireland nano technology consortium, which has been awarded £60m to develop new technology for medical devices, communication and data storage.

STEM Competition 2021
STEM #Unfiltered 2021, sponsored by the IoP Ireland
16 July, 2021

We are excited to announce our second STEM photography competition!

quantum experiments to space
Queen’s experts call for international collaboration to take quantum experiments to space
3 August, 2021

Experts at Queen’s University Belfast are calling for scientific, engineering, industrial and political communities to join forces and take quantum experiments to space.

Five of our School Postdocs have been shortlisted for PDC Postdoc Prizes!
10 August, 2021

Congratulations to Brian Cunningham, Jiajia Liu, Andrew Swann, Aodhan McIlvenny and Matthew Streeter.

Queen’s platform will bring the first motion picture of the Universe to global audience
12 August, 2021

Queen’s University Belfast is playing a key role in ensuring that people across the world can view the first inventory of the Universe recorded by the world’s largest digital camera.

CPP members publish perspective in Nature journal
1 September, 2021

Knighthood honour for Dr Margarone
1 September, 2021

Scientists reveal extreme exoplanet is even more exotic than they thought
Science | 6 October, 2021

The fiery and inferno-like exoplanet WASP-76b, an ultra-hot Jupiter, may be even more sizzling than scientists thought.

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Queen's University experts track how COVID-19 started and spread in Northern Ireland
Research News |

A group of experts at Queen’s University Belfast have been using mathematical modelling to track the course of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland so that preparations can be made for future variants and diseases.

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Emma Herd Awarded Prestigious Hamilton Prize in Mathematics 2021
The future of maths is bright |

The future of maths is bright!

Calling For Volunteers To Come Forward To Search For Extrasolar Planets!

Epic 10km Model of Our Solar System - Our Astrophysics Research Centre Teams up with Oliver Jeffers

Careers Spotlight on Maths

Researchers discover new tool to investigate more effective cancer treatment
Science | 4 November, 2021

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered a new tool, which will help to investigate more effective forms of cancer treatment.

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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
25 November, 2021

The search for extraterrestrial life is going to look at our nearest galactic neighbour - Scientists are starting to look for life in our galactic backyard.

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Winter Graduation 2021
An Incredible Achievement | 9 December, 2021

Today the 2021 cohort from the School of Maths & Physics celebrate their success at the Winter Graduation ceremony.

Period Poverty Initiative
Period Freedom in the School of Maths & Physics: A Gender Equality Initiative
Take a stand against Period Poverty! |

Graduation Celebration Event
An Incredible Achievement | 17 December, 2021

Today marks the date when students from the School of Mathematics and Physics who graduated virtually during 2020 and Summer 2021 enjoy a celebration event on campus.

Alan Fitzsimmons awarded George Darwin Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society.

The George Darwin Lecture is given annually by an authoritative and engaging speaker on a suitable topic in astronomy. The award is named after the astronomer Sir George Darwin, the son of Charles Darwin.

CPP research highlighted in Physics Today magazine
26 January, 2022

Research from Prof. Borghesi’s group in the Centre for Plasma Physics has been profiled in the January 2022 issue of Physics Today, magazine published by the American Physical Society.

School Physicist Recognised with Prestigious Institute of Physics Award
29 November, 2021

Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis, Head of Centre, at the School Astrophysics Research Centre, has been awarded the 2021 Institute of Physics Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize for distinguished contributions to plasma, solar or space physics.

Fellowship of the Young Academy of Europe for Dermot Green
Congratulations |

Congratulations to Dr Dermot Green on his recognition from the Fellowship of the Young Academy of Europe.

Maths Competition 2022
It was fantastic to welcome the Mathletes bac | 11 February, 2022

It was fantastic to welcome the Mathletes back on campus for the 2021-22 Maths Competition.

STEM Photography Competition 2021 is on at NI Science Festival
#STEMUnfiltered2021 |

STEM Photography Competition 2021 is on at NI Science Festival

Queen’s researchers to play key role in developing new tech for UK space missions
25 February, 2022

Scholarship success for PhD students
18 February, 2022

Congratulations to Sinead Mannion and Matthew Charlwood!

A Little Light Listening – the podcast

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Queen's statement in response to the conflict in Ukraine

Queen’s University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Greer has issued the following statement in response to the conflict in Ukraine.

International Women's Month is here!

The beginning of March marks the start of Women’s History Month, a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society. In addition, International Women’s Day will be taking place on 8 March.

Celebrating the success of Staff on IWD 2022
Celebrate women's achievement. |

Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality.

Recent Mathematics graduate wins two prestigious awards

Dr Michael Rosbotham, who completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Martin Mathieu in the Mathematical Sciences Research Centre.

Researchers analyse paint jets on a bass speaker to answer questions about the Sun

A team of researchers from across the UK and India have discovered a connection between fluid vibrating on a bass speaker and the small jets of plasma that originate from the surface of the Sun.

Congratulations to Tadgh and Eoin.

Just as you are waiting on an Undergraduate of the Year finalist to come along, two arrive at once!

LINAS team win the Best Teamwork Award at Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

Our Place in Space. A public talk at Queen's University with a discussion afterwards.
Our Solar System and Beyond. | 19 May, 2022

As part of the "Our place in space project", in which Queen's University is a supporting partner, we will host a public talk at Queen's and discussion with world leaders in sky surveys and planetary defense. Entry is free, but tickets are required.

URANIA Visit

ARC welcomed guests from URANIA recently.

Professor Stephen Smartt CBE
Congratulations!! |

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Next generation of researchers awarded £98 million to tackle global issues
UNIVERSITY NEWS | 15 June, 2022

A key research talent in condensed matter physics will return to the UK to take up a prestigious fellowship at Queen’s University Belfast as part of a £97.8 million UK-wide programme.

From the Sun to Dark Energy with Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt & Lucie Green

Join us for an explorative journey through the Universe with Professor Lucie Green and Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt which will be chaired by TV presenter Mark Langtry.

Queen's supports the Our Place in Space festival
29 June, 2022

The solar system has arrived on the top of Divis Mountain.

Summer Graduation July 2022

Class of 2022 you have been amazing!

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