Physics and Astronomy
Latest news: The most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of Exeter. Called GraphExeter, the material could revolutionise the creation of wearable electronic devices, such as clothing containing computers, phones and MP3 players....Read full story
Latest news: A University of Exeter team is adapting the UK Met Office’s weather and climate model to study the atmospheric properties of planets orbiting other stars. The team, led by Professor Isabelle Baraffe of the University of Exeter, comprises astrophysicists, climate scientists and meteorologists....Read full story
The new nanophotonics fabrication facility laboratory - allows us to create a wide range of structures with well defined features right down to the nanometre level.
Interdisciplinary research - to develop new materials and techniques in functional materials.
The Astrophysics Group is one of the largest groups in the UK studying star formation and extra-solar planets with a wide variety of observational and theoretical programmes.
Physics at Exeter is ranked 8th in the UK for world-leading and internationally excellent research in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Our academics are committed to supporting all students in fulfilling their academic potential and we achieved a 95% rate in satisfaction with teaching quality in the latest National Student Survey.
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Colloquia and seminars
- Wednesday 16 May 2012: Exploring the Local Universe with Massive Stars
- Thursday 17 May 2012: FMG Seminar: Carbon nanotube filter, a promising solution
- Friday 18 May 2012: Colloquium: From Ultra-fast AFM to the Holo Assembler to 4pi AFM
- Friday 25 May 2012: Colloquium: Quantum Dots as Tools for Quantum Information
