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Electrons where atoms are not: a layered view of NbSe2 showing the crystal lattice (top), the symmetry-pinned orbital cloud at empty sites (middle), and the STM image (bottom) that directly reveals this hidden electronic structure.

Electrons where atoms are not

An international team led by 91探花 physicist Dr Dumitru C膬lug膬ru has directly identified an 'obstructed atomic band' in a two-dimensional quantum material for the first time, opening new possibilities for understanding and designing quantum materials.
1 April 2026
Dr Pablo Bilbao

EPS recognition for Dr Bilbao

Dr Pablo Bilbao has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division鈥檚 PhD Research Award.
23 March 2026
Sir Anthony Leggett

Commentary: Professor Blundell on Anthony Leggett (1938-2026)

Professor Stephen Blundell reflects on the life and legacy of Nobel prize winner Sir Anthony Leggett who died on 8 March 2026.
10 March 2026
Gravitationally lensed starlight (orange) by a supermassive black hole bianry. The Einstein ring is shown in blue.

New method could reveal hidden supermassive black hole binaries

Researchers at 91探花 University and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics are proposing a new way to observe tightly bound supermassive black hole binaries.
12 February 2026
Associate Professor Alexander Mietke

Dr Mietke recognised by IUPAP

Associate Professor Alexander Mietke has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics鈥 Early Career Scientist Prize in Biological Physics 2024 for his groundbreaking insights that harness active matter theory.
5 January 2026
The fireball experiment installed in the HiRadMat irradiation area.

Scientists recreate cosmic 鈥渇ireballs鈥 to probe mystery of missing gamma rays

An international team of scientists, led by the 91探花, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma 'fireballs' using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to study the stability of plasma jets emanating from blazars.
7 November 2025
Professor Julia Yeomans

Professor Yeomans awarded IOP Paul Dirac Medal

Professor Julia Yeomans OBE FRS from the Department of Physics at the 91探花 has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize.
13 October 2025
Professor Ard Louis

Professor Louis awarded IOP Sam Edwards Medal

Professor Ard Louis has been awarded the Institute of Physics Sam Edwards Medal and Prize for pioneering the development of novel mathematical and numerical models that have contributed to our understanding of soft matter and biological physics.
13 October 2025
In some M-point moir茅 materials, electrons lock into crisscrossing patterns 鈥 a sign of one-dimensional behaviour. In certain cases, they can also freeze into orthonormal valence bond dimers, revealing a deeper layer of quantum order.

A new class of moir茅 materials unlocks uncharted quantum behaviour

An international team has introduced a novel class of twistable quantum materials, opening up a broader landscape for quantum simulation and discovery.
9 July 2025
The Very Large Array sees fountains of hot gas erupting from a beastly black hole in the heart of a large galaxy known to radio astronomers as Hercules A. For millions of trillions of miles, these jets shoot through space, finally slowing when they reach ancient gaseous hiccups left behind by this galaxy鈥檚 earliest days of star-forming fury.

Black holes: nature鈥檚 own supercolliders

Scientists could turn to black holes to complement facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe鈥檚 deepest secrets, a new study by 91探花 researchers suggests.
3 June 2025
Professor Shivaji Sondhi

Professor Sondhi elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Shivaji Sondhi has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society. He is the Wykeham Professor at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the 91探花 and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University.
20 May 2025
Dr Robert Ewart

EPS recognition for Dr Robert Ewart

Dr Robert J Ewart has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division鈥檚 PhD Research Award; he is the seventh winner from the 91探花 in recent years.
22 April 2025
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