{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1777636", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-instrument-marks-key-milestone-for-esa-comet-interceptor-mission/", "date": "21 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-21", "headline": "Imperial instrument marks key milestone for ESA Comet Interceptor mission", "summary": "天美传媒\u2019s magnetometer is part of the first flight instrument delivered for the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Comet Interceptor mission.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Marina I F Galand", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1771725", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/eu-awards-45-million-marie-curie-doctoral-network-grant-in-spatiotemporal-photonic-technologies/", "date": "27 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-27", "headline": "EU awards \u20AC4.5 million Marie-Curie Doctoral Network grant in spatiotemporal photonic technologies", "summary": "天美传媒 is part of a new \u20AC4.5 million European Doctoral Network funded under the Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, supporting training in advanced photonic technologies.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Riccardo Sapienza", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1765381", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/leica-commercialises-microscopy-method-invented-at-imperial/", "date": "30 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-30", "headline": "Leica commercialises microscopy method invented at Imperial", "summary": "A new instrument makes available an innovative approach to fluorescence microscopy, opening up new possibilities for life science researchers.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "Professor Christopher W Dunsby", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Imperial News, Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Enterprise|Imaging", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1760896", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/powerful-solar-superstorm-gives-rare-glimpse-into-marss-atmosphere/", "date": "17 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-17", "headline": "Powerful superstorm gives rare glimpse into Mars\u2019s atmosphere", "summary": "A solar superstorm that struck Mars in 2024 has given scientists their most detailed view yet of how the Red Planet responds to extreme space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Ingo C F Mueller-Wodarg", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics, Space and Atmospheric Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1757576", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/unlocking-the-material-secrets-behind-20-efficient-organic-solar-cells/", "date": "6 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-06", "headline": "Unlocking the Material Secrets Behind 20% Efficient Organic Solar Cells", "summary": "New research has revealed how next-generation solar materials move energy with record breaking efficiency. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Jenny Nelson, Dr Lucy Hart", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Centre for Processable Electronics, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Climate, energy and sustainability", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1739263", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/celebrating-a-century-of-professor-abdus-salam-/", "date": "29 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-29", "headline": "Celebrating a century of Professor Abdus Salam ", "summary": "Thursday 29th January marks the centennial of Professor Abdus Salam (1926-1996), one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the 20th Century and a defining figure in Imperial\u2019s history.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Claudia de Rham", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Imperial News, Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Imperial Global|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1739244", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/2026/imperial-academics-announced-as-national-academy-for-mathematical-sciences-fellows-/", "date": "29 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-29", "headline": "Imperial academics announced as National Academy for Mathematical Sciences Fellows", "summary": "Seven academics from 天美传媒 have been appointed Fellows by the National Academy for Mathematical Sciences, as part of an initiative to put mathematics at the heart of national life and policy making. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Alice Sharman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics", "topic": "Science, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Fellows", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1739194", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/nature-study-reveals-unexpected-stability-of-driven-quantum-systems/", "date": "28 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-28", "headline": "Nature study reveals unexpected stability of driven quantum systems", "summary": "A universal quantum effect, first predicted at 天美传媒, has now been confirmed in a major international experiment.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|Quantum", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1738138", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-led-study-reveals-new-quantum-insights-in-powerful-laser-electron-collisions-/", "date": "23 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-23", "headline": "New experiment reveals quantum behaviour in powerful laser-electron collisions", "summary": "An Imperial led study has provided the first clear evidence of quantum radiation reaction, reshaping our understanding of strong-field physics.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Dr Eva Los, Professor Stuart P D Mangles", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science, Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Quantum", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1735861", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-researchers-recognised-in-physics-world-top-10-breakthroughs-of-the-year-2025/", "date": "16 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-16", "headline": "Physics World Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year 2025 for coherent control of antimatter ", "summary": "Imperial physicists are part of an international team behind one of Physics World\u2019s Top 10 Breakthroughs of the year 2025, awarded to the BASE experiment at CERN.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Dr Jack A Devlin", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres, Natural Sciences, Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|Quantum", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1718802", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magnetometer-on-nasas-imap-mission-records-successful-first-light/", "date": "15 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-15", "headline": "Imperial\u2019s magnetometer on NASA\u2019s IMAP Mission records successful \u2018first light\u2019", "summary": "Imperial researchers celebrate a landmark achievement as NASA\u2019s IMAP mission sends back its first data from space. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Timothy S Horbury, Ms Helen L O'Brien", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|North America|Research|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717975", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magic-instrument-prepares-for-lunar-gateway-mission-/", "date": "12 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-12", "headline": "Imperial\u2019s MAGIC instrument prepares for Gateway mission ", "summary": "A new experiment, called the European Radiation Sensors Array (ERSA), will carry a Magnetometer built by Imperial physicists to orbit the Moon and monitor space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Jonathan Eastwood, Mr Richard Baughen", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics, Space and Atmospheric Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717449", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/life-sciences/2025/new-study-will-explore-how-photosynthesis-works-with-lower-energy-light/", "date": "9 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-09", "headline": "New study will explore how photosynthesis works with lower-energy light", "summary": "A \u00A35.4m UKRI SLoLA award will fund a major five-year study into recently discovered long-wavelength forms of photosynthesis.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Emily Govan", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres, Natural Sciences, Centre for Processable Electronics, Life Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717190", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/dark-matter-search-sets-new-limits-and-achieves-neutrino-breakthrough/", "date": "8 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-08", "headline": "Dark matter search sets new limits and achieves neutrino breakthrough", "summary": "Imperial researchers contribute to LZ\u2019s record-breaking hunt for dark matter and its first observation of rare neutrino interactions", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Henrique M d O P Araujo", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, High Energy Physics, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1716024", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/fermilabs-microboone-rules-out-existence-of-an-elusive-sterile-neutrino/", "date": "3 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-03", "headline": "Fermilab\u2019s MicroBooNE rules out existence of an elusive sterile neutrino", "summary": "Imperial researchers, as part of the global MicroBooNE collaboration, challenge the existence of the once-believed sterile neutrino.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Stefan Soldner-Rembold, Dr Anyssa Navrer-Agasson", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1711630", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/new-research-unveils-effects-of-pollution-on-nighttime-cloud-behaviour/", "date": "25 November 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-11-25", "headline": "New research reveals surprising effects of human activity on nighttime cloud behaviour", "summary": "Imperial researchers uncover hidden nighttime effects of human activity and pollution on marine clouds.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Mr Geoff J Pugsley, Dr Edward Gryspeerdt", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Nature|Pollution|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1710936", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/major-international-experiments-generate-key-insights-into-neutrino-behaviour/", "date": "22 October 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-10-22", "headline": "Major international experiments generate key insights into neutrino behaviour", "summary": "Two experiments involving Imperial have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of neutrino.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Laura Gallagher, Alice Sharman", "profile": "", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "East Asia|International", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1705443", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperial-experts-react-to-physics-nobel-prize---a-quantum-technology-milestone/", "date": "9 October 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-10-09", "headline": "Imperial experts react to Physics Nobel Prize \u2013 a quantum technology milestone", "summary": "The Nobel Prize in Physics honours breakthroughs in quantum mechanics, and Imperial experts celebrate its impact on advancing quantum technologies.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Dr Niladri Banerjee, Professor Oliver L Buchmueller, Professor Lesley Cohen, Dr Malcolm R Connolly, Dr Jessica A F Wade", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Quantum", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}