The MSI Colloquia is back! Our first session sees Dr Ed Laird of Lancaster Physics talk about electromechanics at the quantum frontier with vibrating carbon nanotubes⚛️ Completing the line up is Adeelah Che of BLS Lancaster University, as recipient of the MSI Young Scientist Travel Award🎉

A quick trip to Barbican Centre for the QT team from Lancaster University before it’s time for the Times Higher Education awards tonight. Wish us luck! Ben Robinson @michaeldtsa Sam Jarvis Alex Robson

Journey into the quantum world with Random Revolution Barbican Centre until Sunday 15th December. The Royal Society Lancaster University Lancaster Physics Video © Cellule

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It's chilly up in here! 🥶❄️👨‍🔬 Our physics students have been busy with #lego in the Low Temp Lab this winter. Institute Of Physics (Lancashire And Cumbria) Institute of Physics

PhD position on atomically engineered heterostructures for quantum IDs, led by Sam Jarvis in collaboration with my group - findaphd.com/phds/project/a… #phd2020 #Quantum

Back at Diamond Light Source for 7 days of time awarded to run x-ray standing wave experiments on I09. Easy to forget the sheer scale of this place! Diamond Light Source

BEAM ON. Starting hard x-rays at beamline I09 Diamond Light Source. This time running temperature dependent x-ray standing wave to watch how our molecules move with picometer precision.

Another poster prize! Well done Sophie! soph Ben Robinson Lancaster Physics MSF_Lancaster

The International Conference on Molecular-Scale Charge and Thermal Transport was a real success. Thanks to EMPA for the excellent organization and to all participants for the great talks and discussions.

Excited to announce that we have 9 #PhD #studentships in material science fields available for an October 2020 start as part of the new Lancaster University #ERDF GISMO project!👨‍🔬👩‍🔬👩‍🎓 Find out more on the topics, T&Cs of the studentship, and how to apply here➡️ bit.ly/2vyL45S

For me, this chart is the most alarming of the latest batch. US & UK daily death tolls are accelerating in a straight line on a log scale chart, i.e still increasing exponentially. ~All other countries had begun slowing the rate of increase in deaths by now.

NEW: in yesterday’s UK gov press conf, we heard UK road traffic had risen We’ve been tracking this at Financial Times for weeks using data from TomTom, and it’s true: Londoners are on the roads much more than people in many foreign cities Live version: ft.com/content/0c1375…

Want to do some cool science? Come and join LancasterPhysics for a fully funded PhD in hybrid materials for green energy or quantum security applications. High industry engagement and an enhanced stipend for 36 months - tiny.cc/gnt4mz contact me for further details

We did it!🍾Our film "The World's Coolest LEGO Set" has won the Science Fact Amateur category at the Bristol Science Film Festival! brisscifilm.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/bsf… Bristol Science Film Festival Lancaster Physics Dr. Joshua Chawner Dmitry Zmeev

In 2017, at the @RoyalSociety's #SummerScience exhibition we showed how imperfections in nanomaterials can be used to identify them. Now for 2020's #SummerScience online, we're proud to show how far the tech has come in the fight against counterfeiting! youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgC4…

What is quantum tunneling? Why is it important? How is it crucial for life on Earth? Enjoy the video below, made by two of my talented interns, which explains the strange world of quantum mechanics using magic, circus and animation! youtu.be/Vgnxt3gJJN4 #Quantum Lancaster University

By me Forbes and Forbes Europe: Can #passwords be replaced by 'unbreakable' #quantum IDs containing 1,000 trillion atoms? #Kudos Professor Ben Varcoe, Mark C. and Rob Young for lending me their brains #infosec #tech #Science #SupplyChain forbes.com/sites/daveywin…

Want to see physics explained using magic and circus tricks?! Head over to youtube.com/channel/UCHqkH… to learn about quantum entanglement, tunnelling and dark matter! #magicofphysics #science #magic #circus