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UCL physicists played a leading role in delivering the first statistically significant detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering from an astrophysical source: the Sun.

The UCL-led exhibit featuring and tiny materials transforming healthcare is among 13 flagship displays open to the public at the 2026 RSSSE

The MAPS Faculty Early Career Researchers Forum is pleased to announce the winners of the MAPS Faculty ECR Forum Awards 2026.

Taking place from 17-20 June 2026, the conference welcomed past, present and future physicists and astronomers from both inside and outside of UCL to celebrate the University's bicentenary.

Life on Mars and the nature of dark energy will be explored at the ‘Your Universe Festival’, part of the UCL200 celebrations, which will include immersive space images and a tour of the night sky.

The fellowship will develop new techniques and approaches to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

The MAPS Faculty ECR Forum Awards recognise and celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions of Early Career Researchers across the Faculty.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which involves UCL researchers, has completed its originally planned mission, observing the light from more than 47 million galaxies and quasars.

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 2026 has been awarded to researchers including a UCL team who measured the magnetic “wobble” of the subatomic muon with ever greater precision

Saturn's magnetic shield is asymmetrical compared to Earth’s, suggests a new study involving UCL researchers, and this is likely a result of its fast rotation and the heavy material it pulls round it

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On 19 March we turned back the clock and encountered 200 years of chemistry at UCL, with an immersive show live from Bloomsbury Theatre.

Professor Guanjie He (UCL Chemistry) has been awarded the 2026 IChemE Nicklin Medal following a unanimous decision by the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Medals & Prizes Committee.

The MAPS faculty held a Grant Idea Workshop on Friday 6 March 2026, bringing together UCL researchers to explore innovative applications of AI in scientific research.

UCL Doctoral Researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy collaborated with The Guardian to produce a striking analysis of immigration sentiment in parliamentary rhetoric.