A breakthrough in understanding how the quasi-particles known as magnetic monopoles behave could lead to the development of new technologies to replace electric charges. SPS … Read more
Category: research
HOYS-CAPS projects engages its 1000th audience member
The citizen science project HOYS-CAPS (Hunting for Outbursting Young Stars with the Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science) is engaging with amateur astronomers to study … Read more
MSc by Research Projects Available for 2019/20
At the School of Physical Sciences, we are a dynamic research community, producing innovative and interdisciplinary research. Our work has application in many industries, including … Read more
SPS staff join forces with Discovery Planet to offer a vision for a future without plastic pollution
Dr Rob Barker from SPS, is leading a team researching the potential of cellulose – a natural polymer – to create “plastic-like” materials. In a … Read more
Public Engagement in the School of Physical Sciences
Dr Vicky Mason tells us more about what Public Engagement is, and why it should be integral to life here at SPS. “Having just returned … Read more
Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz shortlisted for experiment with the international space station
Dr Wozniakiewicz is developing a project for a new type of dust particle collector that would sit outside the space station and collect orbital debris. … Read more
Dr Chris Serpell secures £65k funding for collaborative project with BioSciences to fight challenging diseases
Working alongside Prof. Michelle Garrett at the School of Biosciences, I will be laying the groundwork for a very different way to tackle difficult diseases … Read more
Kent’s Applied Optics Group hosts Image Guided Therapies Network Meeting
Last month, Prof Adrian Podoleanu and other members of the Applied Optics Group (AOG) hosted around 50 participants in Darwin Conference Centre for an Image Guided … Read more
Kent physicist leads new understanding of “spin” in particles
A quantum mechanics expert at the University has unlocked the secret of why electrons have a mysterious property called ‘spin’. Professor Paul Strange, of the … Read more
SPS and BioSciences researchers showcase the green future of batteries
University of Kent researchers Sofia Villar-Perez from the School of Physical Science’s Functional Materials Group (FMG) and Misty Peterson and Viktorija Makarovaite from BioScienes Kent … Read more