IOP Schools Talk: 22nd November 2011

The 2011 Institute of Physics Schools Lecture will be given at the University of Sussex on the 22^nd November.

The lecture, by Dr Michael Wilson of Birmingham University, will tell the amazing story of how physicists have developed sophisticated techniques to allow doctors to see inside the body without the need for surgery, by using x-rays, radioactive molecules and magnetic fields.

This inspiring lecture will be held throughout the day at 1.30pm, 4pm (for schools and colleges) and 7pm (for everyone!). To book a place for your school or college students, please email physicsoutreach@sussex.ac.uk

Click on the image to download a PDF poster for the event, which you can use to advertise the event as you wish.

Sussex physicists named science Student and Lecturer of the Year

Sussex physics graduate Debbie Hill has been named best overall student of the year, and lecturer Dr Mike Hardiman has been named best lecturer of the year, in the 2009 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) awards. Debbie also won the National Physical Laboratory Award for the Best Physics Student.

Mike leads the outreach efforts here at the University of Sussex's Department of Physics & Astronomy, while Debbie is equally enthusiastic, having recently spent a day helping a group of 15 year olds build their own cloud chambers, allowing the students to see cloud tracks created by otherwise invisible radiation.

Mike and Debbie both carry out research on the neutron-EDM experiment, part of a major physics experiment in Grenoble, France. The nEDM experiment ultimately aims to answer the question of why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe, by finding if a small asymmetry exists within the neutron itself.

More details at the University of Sussex news page.