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'The price is right' for undergraduate project

In a tremendous final-year project, two Durham undergraduates apply data-analysis techniques taught as part of their Physics degree to another real world data set - house prices.
Digits and Deviation - Benfords Law

Durham quasar physicist Vicky takes Silver Medal in parliamentary scientific research competition

Durham quasar physicist Vicky takes Silver Medal in parliamentary scientific research competition. Victoria Fawcett, a postgraduate research student at Durham University has won Silver for the excellence of her physics research in a national competition, receiving a £750 prize and a medal.
Photograph of Vicky Fawcett

The annual Gareth Roberts lecture returned on Wednesday 9 March with Dame Sue Ion - watch online

The Honorary President of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) and member of the ONR Independent Advisory Panel, Dame Sue Ion, delivered this year's annual Gareth Roberts Lecture on Wednesday 9 March at 4.30pm.
Gareth Roberts Lecture 2022 (image montage of Sue Ion with power station cooling towers and wind turbines)

New simulations shed light on origins of Saturn’s rings and icy Moons 

A new series of supercomputer simulations has offered an answer to the mystery of the origins of Saturn’s rings - one that involves a massive collision in the recent history of the 4.5 billion year old Solar System.
A simulation of an impact between two icy moons in orbit around Saturn, ejecting debris that could evolve into the planet's iconic and remarkably young rings

COAT 2025 - Communications and Observations through Atmospheric Turbulence

7 April 2025 - 9 April 2025
8:00 AM - 8:00 AM
A multidisciplinary workshop to address the biggest challenges in free-space optical propagation from astronomy to optical satellite links.
Image of a portion of the earth taken from space

CfAI Seminar with Peter Wizinowich (KECK)

23 April 2025 - 23 April 2025
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL - Speaker is Peter Wizinowich (KECK). Title is TBC.
Mosaic of instrumentation images

CfAI Seminar with Ellen Schallig (University of Oxford)

7 May 2025 - 7 May 2025
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY - Speaker is Ellen Schallig (University of Oxford). The seminar is titled 'Knitting together the WEAVE Large IFU'.
Mosaic of instrumentation images

CfAI Seminar with Doug McDonald (Fraunhofer IOSB)

21 May 2025 - 21 May 2025
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 21 MAY - Speaker is Doug McDonald (Fraunhofer IOSB). Title is TBC.
Mosaic of instrumentation images