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uofgnews.bsky.social UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 16d
Artist and industrial designer Professor Dugald Cameron has donated two new paintings to @uofgphysastro.bsky.social and @uofgravity.bsky.social in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves.

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Professor Dugald Cameron; Professor Sheila Rowan, director of the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Gravitational Research, and Professor Sir James Hough pose with Professor Cameron’s artwork alongside a model of the mirror suspensions developed and built at the University of Glasgow which made LIGO’s historic first detection of gravitational waves possible
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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What are the differences between neutrinos and antineutrinos? Find out in this Nature paper based on precision measurements conducted by our researchers and collaborators.
uofgnews.bsky.social UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 27d
Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social have played key roles in a breakthrough new measurement of the differences between neutrinos and antineutrinos made by the international T2K and NOvA collaborations.

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T2K in Japan (left) and NOvA in the United States (right) are both long-baseline neutrino experiments, in which an intense beam of neutrinos travels hundreds of kilometres to be detected at a far detector.
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Don't miss this opportunity to do a PhD with us.
diveincdt.bsky.social DiveIn CDT @diveincdt.bsky.social · Oct 20
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Promotional graphic announcing that applications to join the DiveIn CDT 2026 cohort open in November. Includes the message 'Get ready to DiveIn!' with logos of the University of Glasgow, UKRI EPSRC, and DiveIn. Website link: divein.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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diveincdt.bsky.social DiveIn CDT @diveincdt.bsky.social · Oct 17
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October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Congratulations to all, with a special mention to our very own Dr Emma Pearce and PQA (led by our own Prof Andy Harvey)!
uofgstem.bsky.social UofG STEM @uofgstem.bsky.social · Oct 13
We have good reasons to celebrate for being shortlisted to so many Technology Scotland awards:

- Prof Qammer Abbasi: Special Recognition Award

- Photonics & Quantum Accelerator: Collaboration Award

- Dr Emma Pearce: Rising Star Award

Congratulations to all!
October 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Happy #WorldSpaceWeek - an excuse to keep celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first direct detection of gravitational waves!

Our scientists played key roles in the field, including the development of the LIGO detectors' mirror suspensions, which enable detections.
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University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection
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October 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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This is a great opportunity to learn how you can benefit from our 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗯 and 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, among other College research facilities.
uofgstem.bsky.social UofG STEM @uofgstem.bsky.social · Oct 6
How can you benefit from research facilities? Find out more at our 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲.

Join the event to hear about the equipment available, their capabilities, services and how you can access them - and get the chance to visit some of them.

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Research Facilities Showcase By College of Science and Engineering 23 October Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow
October 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Happy #WorldHearthDay- a very difficult organ to image!

In the video you can see how our researchers used 3D microscopy to capture the growing hearts of zebrafish embryos - they were the first to do this while it beats.

This could give us insights into the human heart.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Our very own Dr George Brydon developed an open-source software tool set to transform the way scientists and engineers design imaging systems for space.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Congratulations on the award!
uofg-mcmp.bsky.social MCMP Glasgow @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social · Sep 22
We are delighted to belatedly celebrate winning the Best Image Award at 17MCM in Portoroz, Slovenia. The image of the magnetic domains in a meteorite was acquired in @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social using 4DSTEM DPC. Congratulations to winners Trevor Almeida, Emily Wackan, Josh Einsle and Stephen McVitie!
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A powerful software tool developed at @uofgphysastro.bsky.social capable of accurately modelling how cameras capture light could help democratise the development of new imaging systems for use in space.

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A selection of space scenes simulated with the SIMply tool developed by Dr George Brydon of the School of Physics & Astronomy
September 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Professor Sir James Hough of @uofgphysastro.bsky.social and @uofgravity.bsky.social, one of our longest-serving and most distinguished researchers, will receive the Baird of Bute Innovation Award todayAport for his work in gravitational research.

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A portrait of Professor Sir James Hough
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social & @uofgravity.bsky.social are celebrating the 10th anniversary of @ligo.org's historic first detection of gravitational waves.

Learn more the team’s role in the detection and their ongoing research: gla.ac/45Yeusr
University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection
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September 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Congratulations to Dr Graham Kerr on being awarded a University Research Fellowship by @royalsociety.org. We look forward to welcoming him back to Glasgow to build his own research team, to study eruptions on the Sun (solar flares), which can impact technology on Earth. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Quote by Dr Graham S. Kerr: "The Astronomy & Astrophysics group within the School of Physics and Astronomy are world leaders in solar physics, especially in the field of solar flares. It really is the natural place to take my fellowship."
September 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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We're oblivious to the tiny particles that surround us. Imagine if we could hear them? A musician & a UofG physicist have collaborated to make them audible 🎶

Watch the story behind the ‘Muonophone’: youtu.be/Z-kqc0sXulc

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September 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Researchers from @uofgravity.bsky.social and @uofgphysastro.bsky.social led the analysis of data from 128 gravitational wave detections made by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration.

Read more about the results, published in a new preprint catalogue paper, here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
August 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social working on the
@atlasexperiment.bsky.social at @cern.bsky.social have led a precise new measurement of the mass of the top quark.

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ATLAS Event Display: "Boosted" production of Top Quark Pairs Date: 24-03-2025 Candidate event for the top-antitop-quark pair process with a high-transverse-momentum, hadronically-decaying top quark. The hadronically-decaying top quark is reconstructed from the three particle jets in the upper half of the detector. One of the jets originates from a bottom quark (“b-tagged” in blue cone) and the other two jets (yellow cones) are consistent with being produced from a W-boson decay. The second top quark is reconstructed from the signals in the lower half of the detector: a second b-tagged jet (blue), an additional jet (yellow), a muon (red line) and the missing transverse momentum (not shown). Significant energy deposits are seen in the electromagnetic (green) and hadronic (yellow) calorimeters. Tracks of charged particles in the inner detector are visualised as orange lines. Photograph: ATLAS Collaboration
March 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social are among those honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the Large Hadron Collider collaborations at @CERN.

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The LHC tunnel at point 1 (Image: CERN)
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Prof Sheila Rowan of @uofgravity.bsky.social and @uofgphysastro.bsky.social is chair of DSIT's Quantum Skills Taskforce.

Read the Taskforce's new report, which provides new insights on the skills needed to develop and adopt quantum technologies in the UK, here: www.gov.uk/government/p...
May 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social visited Cardonald Primary yesterday with former pupil and @ligo.org Associate Director and Chief Engineer, Dr Calum Torrie, to present a colourful gravitational-wave themed mosaic made by staff and students.

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Researchers from the University of Glasgow pose with Dr Calum Torrie of LIGO at Cardonald Primary School (left) Dr Andrew Spencer of the University of Glasgow, Cardonald Primary School P2 pupil Harry McGregor (age 6) and P7 pupil Darcie Ayton (Age 10) and (right) Dr Calum Torrie of LIGO with Cardonald headteacher Martin Coogan (clockwise from top left) Dr Calum Torrie of LIGO, Dr Andrew Spencer of the University of Glasgow, Cardonald Primary School P2 pupil Harry McGregor (age 6) and P7 pupil Darcie Ayton (Age 10) Dr Calum Torrie of LIGO with the gravitational wave detection mosaic made by staff and pupils at Cardonald Primary School
June 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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"The #GR24Amaldi16 conference is an opportunity to show the world Glasgow’s scientific expertise," writes @cplberry.bsky.social of @uofgphysastro.bsky.social in @heraldscotland.bsky.social, as gravitational wave researchers gather in the city.

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A chance to show the world Glasgow’s scientific expertise
This week Glasgow welcomes scientists from around the world for the GR–Amaldi conference, the premier meeting for gravitational physics and…
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July 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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With #GR24Amaldi16 underway in the city, Dr Andrew Spencer from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social spoke to Radio Scotland today about the gravitational wave-inspired Scottish country dance he and colleagues have developed with @scienceceilidh.bsky.social.

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July 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Dr David Mahon of @uofgphysastro.bsky.social has teamed up with artist Lomond Campbell to turn cosmic rays into music for a series of performances during the @edfringe.bsky.social.

Read more about their collaboration here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
July 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM