News
October 2025
Dr Christopher Chen appointed as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Centre for Fundamental Physics
10 October 2025We are delighted to announce that Dr Christopher Chen, Reader in Space Plasma Physics in the Astronomy Unit of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, has been made a Fellow of the American Physical Society. This prestigious honour recognises Dr Chen's "…outstanding use of in-situ solar-wind spacecraft observations to ... [more]
July 2025
New research reveals presence of helicity barrier the the near-Sun solar wind
Centre for Fundamental Physics
9 July 2025New research utilising data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as the "helicity barrier" in the solar wind. This discovery, published in Physical Review X by Queen Mary's Astronomy Unit researchers, offers a significant step towards understanding two long-standing mysteries: how ... [more]
May 2025
Dr Florian Koller Awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work in the QMUL Astronomy Unit
Centre for Fundamental Physics
30 May 2025QMUL Astronomy Unit member Dr Florian Koller has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue working in the AU's space plasma group. Dr Florian Koller, a current postdoctoral researcher in the Astronomy Unit of Queen Mary University of London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been ... [more]
April 2025
A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near the solar system
Centre for Fundamental Physics
28 April 2025An international team, including members from the QMUL Astronomy Unit, uncovers a hidden celestial structure using innovative far-ultraviolet techniques. An international team of scientists, led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist and including Dr Thomas Haworth of Queen Mary University of London, has discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is ... [more]
Queen Mary particle physicists lead pioneering study of high-mass W-bosons at CERN
Centre for Fundamental Physics
25 April 2025Particle physicists at Queen Mary have used data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN to help measure a key elementary particle, known as the W-boson, in mass regions never explored before. Their work explores previously uncharted mass regions, offering fresh clues about the forces that shape our universe. The ... [more]
Queen Mary Physicists Share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Physics
Centre for Fundamental Physics
12 April 2025Physicists at Queen Mary University of London are celebrating this week after being named among the winners of the prestigious 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The award honours the global scientific collaborations behind the ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland – the ... [more]
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Particle Physicists Share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Centre for Fundamental Physics
11 April 2025Particle Physicists Share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Particle Physicists at Queen Mary University of London are celebrating this week after being named among the winners of the prestigious 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The award honours the global scientific collaborations behind the ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE experiments at ... [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]
New study furthers our understanding about the origins of energetic cosmic particles in the universe
Centre for Fundamental Physics
13 January 2025A new study, published today in Nature Communications by a team including members from the QMUL Astronomy Unit, has shed new light on how shock waves throughout the Universe can accelerate electrons to high energies. Cosmic ray particles are ultra-relativistic particles traveling near the speed of light, permeating the universe. ... [more]