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Binks Trust gift to boost photovoltaic research

The Department of Physics has received a significant philanthropic donation from the Binks Trust, which will be used to enhance its solar energy research over the coming years.

16 June 2021

Female students in a red bubble with Professor Katherine Blundell looking up at the night sky through a telescope

Global Jet Watch: discovery of jets in classical novae

Scientists at the University of Oxford have discovered that classical nova explosions are accompanied by the ejection of jets of oppositely-directed hot gas and plasma, and that this persists for years following the nova eruption.

11 June 2021

Artist's impression of what the two-planet system might look like

Citizen scientists identify nearby two-planet system

Planet Hunters TESS, a citizen science project led by a team at the University of Oxford and hosted by the Zooniverse platform, has discovered a two-planet system around a nearby star.

10 June 2021

View from the floor of the two walls M1 and M2 of the LHCb Muon detector

Subatomic particle first

Physicists have proved that a subatomic particle can switch into its antiparticle alter-ego and back again, in a new discovery.

8 June 2021

Dr Antje Weisheimer awarded Buchan Prize

Dr Antje Weisheimer has been awarded the Buchan Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society

8 June 2021

From physics and photons to Forbes

Department of Physics alumnus Kris Kaczmarek, Head of Product at ORCA Computing, has been named in the Forbes Under 30 Europe 2021 list. Now in its sixth year, the list identifies young innovators – visionaries – on the verge of making it big.

7 June 2021

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8 July 2021

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Women in astronomy panel discussion

Frontiers of astrophysics at Oxford

From black holes to the cosmic chasm via other Earths, we will be exploring the frontiers of astrophysics at the University of Oxford in this...

The Martian - science fiction and science fact

The St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics (HAPP) are hosting this lecture by Dr Jim Green, NASA Chief Scientist, on Zoom.

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Once a physicist, always a physicist...

Our alumni relations office exists to nurture and develop long-lasting relationships between students, staff and friends of the Department of Physics so please do get in touch with ideas, feedback or just to say hello!