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New technology helps Bristol scientists investigate novel nano-materials

22 April 2013

New technology developed in Physics helped Bristol scientists investigate novel nano-materials.

Institute of Physics reaccreditation

16 April 2013

Physics programmes are accredited by the Institute of Physics.

Nanoscience in Bristol schools

13 February 2013

The Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials (BCFN) has joined together with local schools for an outreach project called NanoX.

A new way to make glass

8 November 2012

Dr Paddy Royall and colleagues build on work by Professor Sir Charles Frank sixty years ago.

Mervyn Miles announced as new Chief Scientific Advisor for IOP Publishing

2 August 2012

Professor Mervyn Miles of the University of Bristol has today been announced as the new Chief Scientific Advisor for IOP Publishing

Seeing at the nanoscale 2012

12 June 2012

Seeing at the nanoscale 2012 is an international meeting where experts across the world will meet to present and discuss groundbreaking results in the fascinating area on Nanoscience.

Bristol teenagers and the ethics of nanotechnology

23 March 2012

Teenagers in a Bristol school joined Dr Annela Seddon and a group of Bristol PhD students in a Europe-wide debate about the ethical, social and legal questions associated with nanoscience on Tuesday 20 March.

IOP poster prize awarded to Bristol student

15 March 2012

Tom Fenech, a second year PhD student with the Nanophysics and Soft Matter group, University of Bristol has been awarded a commendation and prize for his poster at the recent Institute of Physics (IOP) conference.

Outstanding nanophysics

12 December 2011

Two students who graduated from the Nanophysics Group this year had their PhD theses nominated for a prize from the Research Degrees Examination Board.