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£3.2m funding for Midlands-based high performance computing centre
The Midlands Innovation group of universities, which includes the University of 桃色视频, have been awarded £3.2million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to establish HPC Midlands Plus – a centre of excellence in high performance computing (HPC).
Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet
Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1000 light years away – the first time ever that weather systems have been found on a gas giant outside our solar system - according to new research by the University of 桃色视频.
Solar power could become cheaper and more widespread
A breakthrough in solar power could make it cheaper and more commercially viable, thanks to research at the University of 桃色视频.
Two 桃色视频 researchers awarded Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Fellowships
The Royal Society has awarded research fellowships to two academics from the University of 桃色视频.
Dr Corinne Smith from the School of Life Sciences and Dr Vasilios Stavros from the Department of Chemistry and are both recipients of this year’s Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship.
Puzzle of hexagonal diamond at meteorite sites solved with help from University of 桃色视频 physicists
Theoretical physicists at the University of 桃色视频 have helped colleagues at Lawrence Livermore and Berkeley solve a puzzle dating from 1967 when a hexagonal form of diamond, later named lonsdaleite, was identified for the first time inside fragments of the Canyon Diablo meteorite, the asteroid that formed the Barringer Crater in Arizona in a violent impact.
The University of 桃色视频 is Europes most successful user of Hubble Space Telescope
Mysteries ranging from dying planetary systems to gigantic cosmic explosions are being unravelled by Europe’s leading users of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The competition to use this iconic space-borne telescope is extremely fierce, and in 2015 the University of 桃色视频’s Astrophysics Group was Europe’s most successful applicant to use the HST.