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wifi Successes, setbacks and new Earths with Didier Queloz ​​Together with fellow Nobel laureate Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz was first to discover a planet round another sun, back in 1995. What happened next? On...  Published Tue 17 Dec 2019 Swedish receiver to catch cosmic waves in the world's largest radio telescope ​Just arrived in South Africa, Chalmers’ most advanced radio receiver is Sweden's main contribution to the record-breaking telescope SKA (Square...  Published Thu 21 Jun 2018 Call for nominations: Gothenburg Lise Meitner award 2018 ​The Gothenburg Physics Centre (GPC) is seeking nominations for the 2018 Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award.  Nominations are due on Monday, 5 March, 2018.  Published Wed 24 Jan 2018 Onsala Twin Telescopes: ready for the world ​Two new radio telescopes have been built at Onsala Space Observatory on Sweden’s west coast, and on 18 May 2017 they will be inaugurated. The Onsala...  Published Fri 10 Feb 2017 Searching for water in the universe: First light for Alma’s new receivers ​The Alma telescope in Chile has begun observing in a new range of the electromagnetic spectrum – thanks to technology from Chalmers. With its new...  Published Wed 21 Dec 2016 Turbulent transport of hydrogen fuel in fusion plasmas ​Using large-scale computer simulations, the Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy research group at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences is making...  Published Thu 15 Dec 2016 Newly formed star shoots out powerful whirlwind ​Astronomers led by Per Bjerkeli, Chalmers, have used the telescope Alma to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system. For the...  Published Wed 14 Dec 2016 Measuring volcano gases with drones: Chalmers scientists test new techniques in Papua New Guinea ​Using drones, Chalmers scientists have successfully measured total carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from active volcanoes in...  Published Thu 01 Dec 2016 ​A pair of monster black holes revealed in a nearby galaxy ​The nearby spiral galaxy NGC 5252 contains not one, but two supermassive black holes. The surprise discovery, made using the radio telescope network...  Published Fri 14 Oct 2016 Krauss makes the universe rock ​He is a world known scientist, but also a rock star of science who crosses the borders between physics, art and entertainment. On the 28th of October...  Published Fri 07 Oct 2016