News
November 2025
New Study Reveals Hidden Diversity in How Bacteria Respond to Antibiotics
Centre for Molecular Cell Biology
12 November 2025Researchers at the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology and Experimental and Applied Physics together with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College London have uncovered a new mechanism that helps bacteria survive antibiotic treatment. Published in Nature Communications, their research shows that RNA repair in E. coli not ... [more]
May 2025
QMUL's Centre for Electronics to play key role in new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing
8 May 2025The UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing will receive £5.6 million over four years from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aiming to establish itself as an international hub for collaboration and fundamental research in this groundbreaking field. With Aston University leading the Centre, the involvement of world-leading researchers from Queen Mary ... [more]
March 2025
The quest for room-temperature superconductors
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
5 March 2025In a new development that could help redefine the future of technology, a team of physicists has uncovered a fundamental insight into the upper limit of superconducting temperature. This discovery, accepted for publication in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, suggests that room-temperature superconductivity – long considered the "holy grail" of condensed ... [more]
February 2025
A Night of Science and Engineering: exploring Tomorrow's World at Queen Mary
Faculty of Science and Engineering
24 February 2025Queen Mary University of London's third annual Night of Science and Engineering brought together leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public for an evening of discovery, innovation, and collaboration. Held in the historic Octagon venue on 20 Feb, this year's event, themed 'Tomorrow's World', showcased groundbreaking research that is ... [more]
January 2025
New Royal Society URF awardee to lead exoplanet research project
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
27 January 2025Dr Andrew Winter has been awarded £1.8 million grant from the Royal Society's University Research Fellowship (URF) programme. He will join Queen Mary's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences in April and lead a groundbreaking project investigating the influence of neighbouring stars on planetary system formation. "The observed exoplanet population is ... [more]
December 2024
Queen Mary University of London data centre waste heat to provide hot water and heating for campus
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
9 December 2024Waste heat from the Tier 2 data centre at Queen Mary University of London is now being repurposed to provide heating to the Joseph Priestley Building and the district heating system in the Mile End campus, thanks to the completion of an innovative carbon reduction refurbishment. The project, implemented in collaboration ... [more]
November 2024
Queen Mary lecturer appointed co-spokesperson of MINERvA, a major international particle physics experiment.
Centre for Fundamental Physics
25 November 2024Queen Mary University of London's Abbey Waldron, Lecturer in Particle Physics, has been appointed as co-spokesperson (one of two scientific leaders) of MINERvA, a significant international particle physics experiment. Based at Fermilab near Chicago, MINERvA investigates how neutrinos interact with a range of nuclei in materials spanning from lead to ... [more]
August 2024
Queen Mary University of London seeks 30 new academics in AI, Machine Learning and Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Engineering
26 August 2024Queen Mary University of London is renowned for its cutting-edge research, ranked 14th in the world and 5th in the UK for the quality of our research (THE World University Rankings 2024) and in the top 100 universities worldwide according to the US News & World Report rankings. Home to world-renowned researchers, Queen ... [more]
June 2024
Queen Mary chooses cryogenic technology from Oxford Instruments NanoScience to support quantum research
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
13 June 2024To support the expansion of its quantum research activities, The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, has installed a dilution refrigerator from Oxford Instruments NanoScience. Since installing the ProteoxMX, the team can perform more experiments at millikelvin temperatures, enabling the research necessary for the ... [more]
Expression of Interest for Royal Society University Research Fellowships
Centre for Fundamental Physics
12 June 2024The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London is looking to support applicants for the Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF). The URF is a prestigious fellowship programme offered by the Royal Society to support outstanding scientists in the early stages of their careers. It ... [more]
Expression of Interest for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellowships
Centre for Fundamental Physics
12 June 2024The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London is looking to support applicants for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA). The MSCA Fellowships support researchers who are in the early stages of their careers. To be eligible, researchers must have a PhD and ... [more]
April 2024
SaeJune Park Leads on Breakthrough in Microplastic Detection using Future Telecommunications Technology
26 April 2024Dr SaeJune Park, a Lecturer in Terahertz (THz) Electronics and the Head of the THz Laboratory in the Centre for Electronics and the Antennas & Electromagnetics Research Group at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London, is leading a groundbreaking project to develop novel ... [more]
Welcome Dr Junjie Liu
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
4 April 2024We are pleased to welcome Dr Junjie Liu to Queen Mary University of London. Junjie Liu completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Florida in 2012. During his PhD he investigated quantum tunnelling of magnetisation in molecular nanomagnets. His pioneering work included the first discovery of transverse anisotropy-induced slow ... [more]
March 2024
QMUL Experts Working with Researchers at UGM Indonesia to Explore Cost-effective Future Telecommunication Technologies
27 March 2024QMUL and UGM launched an international research team to explore cost-effective future telecommunication technology and delivered two international research workshops Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) academics have recently launched an international research team led by Dr SaeJune Park (Centre for Electronics, QMUL) and Dr ... [more]
Quantum interference could lead to smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient transistors
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
25 March 2024Researchers develop new single-molecule transistor that uses quantum interference. An international team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the University of Oxford, Lancaster University, and the University of Waterloo have developed a new single-molecule transistor that uses quantum interference to control the flow of electrons. The transistor, which ... [more]
Welcome to Dr David Ayuso
14 March 2024We are pleased to welcome Dr David Ayuso to Queen Mary University of London and the Centre for Chemical Research. David Ayuso obtained his PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2015, with Alicia Palacios and Fernando Martín. His PhD focused on modelling ultrafast electronic dynamics in molecules driven ... [more]
A Night of Science and Engineering: Queen Mary showcases cutting-edge research and innovation
Faculty of Science and Engineering
3 March 2024Queen Mary University of London held its second annual Night of Science and Engineering last evening at the university's Octagon venue. The event brought together over 200 leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public, for an evening of exploration, engagement, and celebration of Queen Mary's Faculty of Science and ... [more]
New video celebrating Queen Mary's outstanding science and engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering
1 March 2024A new video has been released featuring academic staff, post doctural research assistants and PhD students talking about the amazing science and engineering that they undertake at Queen Mary University of London and how this is underpinned by our diversity and core values. [more]