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Flagship degrees
Immerse yourself in cutting-edge research on one of our exciting flagship degrees. Join a prestigious global organisation as part of your degree, such as CERN or Harvard, and work alongside leaders in the field.
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Athena SWAN
We are tackling gender inequality in science and engineering
IoP Juno Champion
We are working to address the under-representation of women in university physics
SEPnet
We are part of the South East Physics Network
I chose to study at Southampton because the University offers a flagship degree course for top performers to spend a year abroad at CERN.
Centres of Excellence
Researchers from across Engineering and Physical Sciences are addressing national and global challenges in four new Centres of Excellence. These Centres are cross-disciplinary and will forge new links that transform the research landscape.
Continuous Digital Chemical Engineering Science
CDCES is developing smarter, greener and more efficient processes for the discovery and manufacture of new chemicals and materials.
Future of Human Communication
FHC is dedicated to developing digital technologies that will help people to communicate better.
In-situ and Remote Intelligent Sensing
IRIS is the world’s only research hub dedicated to developing intelligent, connected, self-powered sensing systems.
Re-engineering for Electric Mobility
RE4EM is accelerating the development of sustainable, interconnected electric transport systems.
Rare blast of light reveals star's dramatic...
Astronomers have recorded a rare glimpse of a star being shredded into thin streams of spaghetti-like material by a supermassive black hole.
Read MoreBlack hole vanishing act offers new insight...
The mysterious disappearance of a black hole some 300 million light-years from Earth may have been caused by a runaway star being torn apart in a new space phenomenon.
Read MorePolaritonics research develops new artificial...
An international research collaboration led by physicists from the University of Southampton has demonstrated a non-invasive optical method to access quantum physics in artificial lattices.
Read MoreRT @SotonAstrodome: That was a great Monday seminar by Dominic @AstroPhysSoton …I very much enjoyed learning/revising my knowledge of Q… https://t.co/sI4tOXJqat
Death by #spaghettification Loving that ⭐Tomás E. Müller-Bravo⭐ @unisouthampton post-grad is part of the internatio… https://t.co/3sDo0nP32J
Morning all! Some vanishing #blackhole research from @unisouthampton @poshakgandhi and Dr Diego Altamirano to go wi… https://t.co/VIOm65hfUo
Latest P&A Publications
Spectrotemporal Gain Bandwidth Measurement in an InGaAs/GaAsP Quantum Well Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Semiconductor Laser - S. Hoogland, A. Garnache, K.G. Wilcox, Z. Mihoubi, S. Elsmere, A. Quarterman and A.C. Tropper
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| IEEE
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High intensity photodegradation of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals - Peter J. Shaw, Thomas M. Mercier, Christopher G. Bailey, Antonios G. Kanaras, Pavlos G. Lagoudakis and Martin D.B. Charlton
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| 2020
| SPIE
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Spatial and temporal evolution of different-scale ionospheric irregularities in central and East Siberia during the 27–28 May 2017 geomagnetic storm - V. B. Ovodenko, M. V. Klimenko, I. E. Zakharenkova, A. V. Oinats, D. S. Kotova, A. V. Nikolaev, I. V. Tyutin, D. D. Rogov, K. G. Ratovsky, D. V. Chugunin, P. A. Budnikov, J. C. Coxon, B. J. Anderson and A. A. Chernyshov
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| 2020
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Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 2. Response to solar wind power input and relationships with solar wind dynamic pressure and magnetospheric flux transport - Mike Lockwood, Kathryn A. McWilliams, Mathew J. Owens, Luke A. Barnard, Clare E. Watt, Chris J. Scott, Allan R. MacNeil and John C. Coxon
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| 2020
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Scaling effect and optimization of SOI dual-waveguide optical trapping - Xiangming Xu, Hendrik Ulbricht, David Thomson, Goran Mashanovich and Jize Yan
Type: Conference or Workshop Item
| 2020
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