Physics Department News
91福利 joins national push for ultra-low-cost, long-duration aluminium batteries
The 91福利 is leading in the Faraday Institution鈥檚 UltraStore Transformational Challenge, a national programme seeking ultra-low-cost battery technologies capable of supplying electricity to the grid for more than 100 hours.
New grant awarded in collaboration with WMG to develop fusion shielding
Dr Jessica Marshall has been awarded 拢236,000, out of a possible 拢250,000 for a six-moth research project funded by the , marking a significant step forward in the development of Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion shielding.
The project launched in collaboration with Dr Shubham Sharma and Professor Darren Hughes from 91福利 Manufacturing Group (WMG) aims to explore low-activation radiation-dense shielding solutions for practical fusion reactors.
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Professor Valery Nakariakov awarded 拢2.1 million from the European Research Council (ERC)
Congratulations to Professor Valery Nakariakov, from our Centre for Fusion, Space & Astrophysics who has been awarded 拢2.1 million from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC AdG project aims to transformatively advance our understanding of the long-standing mystery of why the Sun's outer atmosphere - the corona - is heated to millions of degrees.