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Fully automated analysis software takes on Euclid's 100,000 strong gravitational lens challenge

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The European Space Agency's Euclid satellite, due for launch in 2020, will set astronomers a huge challenge: to analyse one hundred thousand strong gravitational lenses. In preparation for Euclid's challenge, researchers fromThe University of Nottingham have developed 'AutoLens', the first fully-automated analysis software for strong gravitational lenses.

Sixty Symbols – Institute of Physics Kelvin Prize for outstanding public engagement

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The Sixty Symbols YouTube Channel features 290 videos, boasts more than 570,000 subscribers, has had more than 54 million views and is regularly the focus of attention in school classrooms across the world.

Maths undergraduate helps students have safer nights out

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Mathematics undergraduate student Maddy Ellis has launched the country's first night-time pastoral service for students' safety and well-being on nights out – Nottingham Night Owls.
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Upcoming events

Seeing the invisible: Capturing Electrical "Conversations" Between Living Cells

Date
19/03/2026 (18:00-19:00)
Location:
B1 Physics Building, University Park Campus
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Join us for our March Science Public Lecture with Dr Sidahmed Abayzeed from the University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering. Sidahmed is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Optics and Photonics at the Faculty of Engineering. His talk will explore how cutting-edge light microscopes can now visualise the faintest whispers of electricity as they pass between living cells.

Open Day 4 July 2026

Date
04/07/2026 (09:00-14:00)
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