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E coli bacteria

The physics of antimicrobial resistance

Researchers including Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics, have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes.
21 November 2023
Dr Dominika Gruszka

Dr Gruszka named Vallee Scholar

Dr Dominika Gruszka from the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery has been named as one of six 2023 Vallee Scholars.
7 September 2023
The orange dots denote the phenotype robustness of different RNA secondary structure phenotypes for length 15 RNA strands versus the fraction f of the total space of sequences that map to that phenotype.  The maximum robustness curve (a fractal line) is exactly achieved by some of the RNA secondary structure phenotypes.

Number theory and evolutionary genetics

An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics.
3 August 2023
Yuanmin Zhang

Meet...Yuanmin Zhang

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
2 August 2023
Professor Manjit Dosanjh

Professor Manjit Dosanjh: a profile

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.
27 April 2023
An image of the Pictura Bio machine in a GP surgery

New AI virus diagnostic test

Scientists from the Department of Physics have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab.
6 February 2023
Professor Ard Louis

Commentary: Professor Ard Louis on symmetry in evolution

Professor Ard Louis is a theoretical physicist here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics; he explains the work behind his latest paper
28 March 2022
Nicolas Shiaelis

Meet...Nicolas Shiaelis

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
8 March 2022
Jasmine Nirody

Meet...Jasmine Nirody

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
8 March 2022
New Biochemistry Building, home to the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery

New home for nanoscience

Over the last few months, four groups from the Department of Physics have moved to join the newly founded Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery; we take a tour and find out more
7 March 2022
Figure showing cell displacements and tissue flows during gastrulation

Using physics to transform our understanding of life

Nine ambitious multidisciplinary projects will receive funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome Physics of Life Strategic Priorities Fund including ‘Early-stage Embryo as an Active Self-tuning Soft Material’.
17 February 2022
Professor Julia Yeomans

Professor Yeomans recognised by IOP

Professor Julia Yeomans FRS has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Sam Edwards Medal and Prize 2021 in recognition of her personal contribution to the advancement of physics as a discipline and a profession.
29 November 2021
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