Category: Research

The Diamond Light Source has received confirmation of £81.5M in UKRI funding for its flagship project, Diamond-II. This will enable the construction five new beamlines, … Read more

Professor Mark Burchell from the department of Physics and Astronomy will join the only UK led team to get access to samples collected from the … Read more

I am delighted to report that our submission to the Horizon Europe programme for MAUVE a space instrumentation  and technology project has been funded with … Read more

What is the REF? The REF is undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies: Research England, the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher … Read more

A team of students from the University of Kent Physics and Astronomy department have been shortlisted as one of five finalists for the government’s Nanosat … Read more

Congratulations to Professor Adrian Podoleanu from the Division of Natural Sciences for his appointment as a member of the executive committee of the International Commission … Read more

Dr Matthias van Ginneken from the School of Physical Sciences of the University of Kent recently participated in a study on microtektites, which are microscopic … Read more

On Friday 23rd July 2021, Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz and Dr Matthias van Ginneken, from the School of Physical Sciences of the University of Kent, went … Read more

Research led by Kent and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has resulted in the discovery of a new rare topological superconductor, LaPt3P. This discovery may be of … Read more

Why would a solar eclipse appear different in Kent? In anticipation of the solar eclipse on 10 June, Michael Smith, Professor of Astronomy in the School of Physical … Read more