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How many Physicists does it take to hang a banner? Come find out at our Open Day today.
30/09/2023

How many Physicists does it take to hang a banner? Come find out at our Open Day today.

Quantum Memories are a fundamental device for the future Quantum Internet. Dr Mazzera is leading the exploration of thes...
14/04/2023

Quantum Memories are a fundamental device for the future Quantum Internet. Dr Mazzera is leading the exploration of these devices at HWU.
Find out more here:
https://qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk/?page_id=1103

Thanks to Dr Libby Jones (an STFC Webb Fellow at the Astronomy Technology Centre) for giving our 2nd-year Astrophysics s...
13/02/2023

Thanks to Dr Libby Jones (an STFC Webb Fellow at the Astronomy Technology Centre) for giving our 2nd-year Astrophysics students a special lecture on early results from the James Webb Space Telescope.
More special lectures are to come on this course this semester.

'Will I need a light licence?'One of our academic team is back at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for 2022 with an in-pers...
12/07/2022

'Will I need a light licence?'

One of our academic team is back at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for 2022 with an in-person show about how our frivolous use of light is causing harm to our health, our ecosystem, and, most importantly, his research in measuring quantum states of light!

In this new video, find out more about satellite quantum communications and the exciting research work by one of the aca...
04/07/2022

In this new video, find out more about satellite quantum communications and the exciting research work by one of the academic teams here in the Heriot-Watt Physics Department.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yocfFT1XeAo&ab_channel=RossDonaldson

A big shout out to Vivomotion team for developing this content.

There are many challenges in creating the global quantum communications network. Here at Heriot-Watt University, we are conducting research to meet those cha...

One of our academics is engaging with an Institute of Physics workshop today discussing views on “covid-keeps” vs return...
30/06/2022

One of our academics is engaging with an Institute of Physics
workshop today discussing views on “covid-keeps” vs returning to traditional methods from across the country.

Volume 2, Issue 2 of our student-led Physics Department newsletter is now available online for everyone to read. This fe...
09/06/2022

Volume 2, Issue 2 of our student-led Physics Department newsletter is now available online for everyone to read. This features articles on entangled photons, quantum encryption, and light pollution, amongst other things.
Follow the link: https://tinyurl.com/2p9kxnub

We were thrilled to have our final year project students presenting their work in person to other students and staff. Lo...
16/05/2022

We were thrilled to have our final year project students presenting their work in person to other students and staff. Looking forward to many more face-to-face events. 🥳🥳🥳

We look forward to welcoming prospective students to our campus on this glorious day. A great day for a tour of the depa...
26/03/2022

We look forward to welcoming prospective students to our campus on this glorious day. A great day for a tour of the department and the campus. ☀️☀️☀️

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective students to our Applicant Open Days on the 12th and 26th of March. Hopef...
28/02/2022

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective students to our Applicant Open Days on the 12th and 26th of March. Hopefully, see you there. 🔬🤓🔭👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

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