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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.

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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)!

YouTube video by University of Glasgow University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection

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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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.

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.
By @jtimaging.bsky.social

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.

Congratulations on the award!

A selection of space scenes simulated with the SIMply tool developed by Dr George Brydon of the School of Physics & Astronomy

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.

Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

A portrait of Professor Sir James Hough

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.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

YouTube video by University of Glasgow University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection

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

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."

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...

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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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...

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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

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.

Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

The LHC tunnel at point 1 (Image: CERN)

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.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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...

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

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.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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…

"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.

Read more here: www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2529...

Good Morning Scotland - 15/07/2025 - BBC Sounds The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.

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.

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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...