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Read moreMPLS researchers win Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Awards
Read moreMPLS academics recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Congratulations to the MPLS academics whose pioneering work has been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Read moreMPLS award winners announced at Summer Reception
Read moreSir Andrew Wiles awarded Copley Medal by Royal Society
Read moreThe solar-powered observatory bringing astrophysics to rural India
A worldwide network of observatories established by Professor Katherine Blundell from the Department of Physics is helping young people, especially girls, in the developing world to engage with science education.
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The last survivors on Earth
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