@emeegray

Astronomer. All views my own.

Joined June 2011
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Meghan Gray retweeted
UCU@ucuMay 28
Eight Nobel prizewinners just called Nottingham's physics cuts "intellectual vandalism” You don't rebuild a world-leading physics department with the stroke of an accountant's pen. thetimes.com/article/3ca86ef…
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University of Nottingham under fire for cuts to physics department thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…

University of Nottingham under fire for cuts to physics department

Leading scientists, including eight Nobel prizewinners, say a plan to axe jobs amounts to ‘intellectual vandalism and self-harm’

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From now till April 2025, Lakeside Arts will be showcasing "Cosmic Titans", a ground breaking art-science exhibition exploring the quantum universe. Check it out: lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibiti…

Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe

Discover Cosmic Titans, a free exhibition in Nottingham. Immerse yourself in the fascinating worlds of science and art.

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Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Dewey who has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Phillips Award for her contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion @rebecca_penguin @UoN_Physics @SPMIC_UoN @PhysicsNews #IOPAwards2024 🥳 Full story here: ow.ly/Vc3B50TKzVo
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Meghan Gray retweeted
Brady Haran
@BradyHaran25 Sep 2024
By Toutatis - @DeepSkyVideos is back! youtu.be/Oc3jD8incYM
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Replying to @UoN_Physics @sixtysymbols
We also want you to hold your head high if things haven't gone to plan. Our cohort has top exam performers, students who applied through clearing, and people who took a gap year or a foundation year. Day One in the lecture theatre is a fresh start. bit.ly/3WCE8xb
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Delighted to be part of a collective rant against university league tables with @emeegray and Philip Moriarty (including my plea at 20:20 for a @DORAssessment-style initiative to rid us of these parasitic evil entities once and for all). youtu.be/3zSkxkXkJHE

The Problem with Ranking Universities (League Tables) - Sixty Symbols

We discuss the problem with ranking universities using so-called "l...

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Meghan Gray retweeted
Simon Singh@SLSingh5 Jun 2024
We tutor 220 state school kids EVERY week to increase the number & diversity of excellent mathematicians. In Sept we TRIPLE our cohort, so need more great ONLINE tutors. Can you spare at least 5 hrs/week? £27.50/h & it's a good cause. Pls send note & CV to [email protected]
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A jam packed audience at tonight's public science lecture and ArtsLab tour exploring black holes, chaired by Zoe Wilson Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Science with three leading @UniofNottingham professors Nina Hatch, @ClareBurrage and Silke Weinfurtner #WomenInSTEM
Four women standing at the front of a lecture room at the university of Nottingham

ALT Four women standing at the front of a lecture room at the university of Nottingham

Woman stood in front of presentation screen filled with images of stars and galaxies

ALT Woman stood in front of presentation screen filled with images of stars and galaxies

A woman pointing and stood to the side of large white projection screen, which has the image of a large blue vortex

ALT A woman pointing and stood to the side of large white projection screen, which has the image of a large blue vortex

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PhD opportunity (fully funded for applicants with UK fees status) on plant microbial fuel cells: emerging sustainable technology capable of clean energy production and water/soil remediation. Highly interdisciplinary & between Physics and Astronomy, Biosciences and Engineering.
Mike Weir@michaelpweir6 Dec 2023
Super excited to be working on this highly interdisciplinary PhD project with @ScienceAllyF and @HelenaIGomes. If you or someone you know could be the ideal candidate please get in touch or pass it on! bit.ly/3uJFv2B @UoN_Physics @UoNBiosciences @UoNScience

Leverhulme Trust PhD project: Lawn grass microbial fuel cells for widespread energy harvesting

The University of Nottingham is delighted to invite applications for a 42-month, fully funded (U.K.) PhD studentship as part of the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, “Lawn grass microbial fu…

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Meghan Gray retweeted
Anne Green@ultra_wimp1 Dec 2023
Postdoc at the Uni of Nottingham in dark matter (primordial black holes, axion like particles & light scalar fields), and/or dark energy & modified gravity (cosmological constant problem, clockwork gravity & string cosmology). Deadline 12th Jan: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacanc…

Jobs at the University of Nottingham

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Replying to @emmajbradshaw
Agreed. I was a big fan of the way the 4th year physics course was taught and assessed at Nottingham. It shifted away from lectures and exams, to all marks being based on presentations, coursework, and small-group projects. Far better preparation for any career! @FryRsquared
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Anne Green@ultra_wimp1 Nov 2023
Interested in doing a PhD in cosmology in the UK? This list of UK-based research groups which contain people working on cosmology might be useful: anne-green.net/physics/UKCos…

UK Cosmology PhDs | Anne Green

List of UK research groups offering PhDs in cosmology.

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Fantastic to see this archive footage of Sir Peter Mansfield climbing into the first MRI scanner (it was a tight squeeze). Since then it has transformed medicine and helped millions of people - new video coming soon showcasing the work of @SPMIC_UoN @UoN_Physics @UoNScience
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@BBCArchive19 Oct 2023
#OnThisDay 1978: Tomorrow's World gave audiences a true world first as Dr Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham demonstrated the first full body prototype device for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), allowing us to see inside the human body without the use of X-rays.

1978: Dr Peter Mansfield's MRI device - Tomorrow's World

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Check out this amazing timelapse of sunrise over the #ELT construction site by our former @UoN_Physics colleague, now @ESO employee, Boris Haeussler (posted by permission; see youtu.be/08oI3t07tuQ).
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Congratulations to Dr June McCombie on being awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Phillips Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion within physics and the broader #STEM community @PhysicsNews @ChemistryUoN Full story here: tinyurl.com/bde3trr6
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NEW VIDEO as we discuss the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics youtu.be/NfmSjGbnEWk @NobelPrize
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Meghan Gray retweeted
Brady Haran
@BradyHaran25 Sep 2023
New @DeepSkyVideos on Double Quasars with @emeegray from @UniofNottingham youtu.be/YYkoGEa3kiM
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Professor Nina Hatch from @UoN_Physics has received almost £1 million for research to use images from the #Euclid satellite mission to search for orphaned stars in the densest regions of our Universe known as clusters of galaxies @NASA Full story here: ow.ly/OtXW50P1j36
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster. The starlight from the cluster has been artificially coloured blue. We can see faint starlight (darker blue) dispersed between the cluster galaxies (light blue). This faint light is produced by a trillion orphan stars that were stripped from cluster galaxies and now float freely between the galaxies. Credits: NASA, ESA, M. Montes (IAC), and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI)

ALT A Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster. The starlight from the cluster has been artificially coloured blue. We can see faint starlight (darker blue) dispersed between the cluster galaxies (light blue). This faint light is produced by a trillion orphan stars that were stripped from cluster galaxies and now float freely between the galaxies. Credits: NASA, ESA, M. Montes (IAC), and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI)

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