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Professor Foster's latest book, Einstein: A Life in Science and Music, marries his two passions of particle physics and music and here he reflects on the role music played in Einstein's life.

Dr Joseph Bateman, a DPhil alumnus of the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Medical Physics Group PhD Prize for his thesis on detector development for FLASH radiotherapy dosimetry.

On Saturday 15 March, particle physicists from the Department of Physics were tasked with sharing their love of fundamental physics with the wider public for the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology.

Professor Manjit Dosanjh comments on how physics has a key role to play in tackling the disparity in access to essential radiotherapy treatment and how advances will transform treatment in the future.

Professor Simon Hooker has been selected to become an American Physical Society Fellow for his pioneering contributions to the development of plasma-based, high-power optical waveguides and their application to laser-driven plasma accelerators.

Researchers from the Department of Physics have taken a step closer to demonstrating a new generation of high-repetition-rate laser-driven particle accelerators; these compact accelerators could drive myriad applications.

Researchers at the Department of Physics at the 91̽»¨ have found solutions to two major challenges with laser-plasma accelerators.

91̽»¨ alumnus Dr Laurence Wroe has been awarded the Newcomer Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023.

A grassroots initiative of scientists from a range of disciplines across physics has published a document reflecting on the environmental impact of their collective work.

Professor Manjit Dosanjh's pioneering work to apply physics to the medical domain is changing the field in cancer treatment; find out more about her here.

The John Adams Institute, part of the Department of Physics, is one of the beneficiaries of a major award from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to 91̽»¨ the participation of UK institutions in CERN's AWAKE experiment.

Professor Philip Burrows has been elected Chair of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) Collaboration Board.