News

On this page we highlight a number of recent news stories from the School of Physics and Astronomy.  Major news items are also published on the University's news pages.

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Scotland celebrates 70 years of particle physics at CERN

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT

On Sunday 6th October, the particle-physics research groups the the University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh came together at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh to celebrate 70 years of the CERN laboratory, with family-friendly events, games and research displays.

Dr David Miller talking to the Masterclass about theories of New Physics
Dr David Miller talking to the Masterclass about theories of New Physics

Scottish schools collide with Glasgow particle physics

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:03:29 BST

The University of Glasgow's particle-physics research groups experiment and theory have hosted 120 secondary-school students and staff for a "masterclass" in the frontiers of physics.

Glasgow P&A researchers to work on Open MetaAnalysis in Particle Physics (OpenMAPP) project

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:48:40 GMT

The CHIST-ERA consortium, a coordination and co-operation activity of national and regional research funding organisations mainly in Europe, has announced the Open MetaAnalysis in Particle Physics (OpenMAPP) project involving Glasgow P&A researchers as one of nine multinational projects in its Open and Re-usable Research Data and Software (ORD) activity area.

CHACAL bringing France and South Africa closer together
CHACAL bringing France and South Africa closer together

CHACAL: bringing France and South Africa closer together

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:39:46 GMT

Prof Andy Buckley has joined particle-physics colleagues from France, the UK, US, and South Africa in a new graduate school to bring subject expert training to African countries, particularly in advanced computing techniques for physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, and similar future machines.