Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustryGeneral publicResearchSchoolsUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Most sensitive search for intelligent life beyond our galaxy to date Breakthrough Listen announce findings from the most sensitive search to date for ‘technosignatures’ – signs of intelligent life – beyond the Milky Way. 6 December 2023 Diamonds and Rust give us ‘impossible’ particles Researchers have discovered a new class of emergent magnetic monopoles in the quantum material known as hematite – the main component of rust. These elusive emergent particles could pave the way to greener and more powerful computing technologies. 5 December 2023 Scaling perspective on a 2-D quantum gas Experimental physicists at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, along with theorists from the University of Hamburg, have made a new observation of vortex-antivortex unbinding dynamics. 29 November 2023 Commentary: Professor Caola on LHC's exquisite precision Professor Fabrizio Caola has been awarded a sought-after ERC Consolidator Grant; he talks about his quest to develop extremely sophisticated theoretical predictions to match the exquisite precision of the LHC data… 23 November 2023 The physics of antimicrobial resistance Researchers including Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics, have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes. 21 November 2023 Professor Amalia Coldea recognised by APS Professor Amalia Coldea has been made a 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society for her pioneering studies of the electronic structure and the nematic and superconducting orders of iron-based superconductors. 20 November 2023 Professor Radu Coldea recognised by APS Professor Radu Coldea has been made a 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society for his significant contributions to the understanding of quantum magnetism and quantum phase transitions using both neutron and resonant x-ray scattering techniques. 20 November 2023 Extraordinary new space phenomenon mystifies scientists Astrophysicists at the University of Oxford have helped to discover a spectacularly bright and unusual explosion in a galaxy 4.4 billion light-years away. The findings have been published in the journal Nature. 15 November 2023 Physics lite: games console Our columnist takes an alternative look at day-to-day life in the Department of Physics and this month, she puts a new spin on the idea of a games console... 9 November 2023 Meet...Saqlain Choudhary We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 November 2023 Graduate journeys in public engagement A reflection on the public engagement course for graduate students 6 November 2023 New Intelligent Earth CDT A new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), Intelligent Earth, will train almost 100 PhD students to develop and apply cutting-edge AI technologies to tackle urgent environmental crises. 31 October 2023 Load More
Most sensitive search for intelligent life beyond our galaxy to date Breakthrough Listen announce findings from the most sensitive search to date for ‘technosignatures’ – signs of intelligent life – beyond the Milky Way. 6 December 2023
Diamonds and Rust give us ‘impossible’ particles Researchers have discovered a new class of emergent magnetic monopoles in the quantum material known as hematite – the main component of rust. These elusive emergent particles could pave the way to greener and more powerful computing technologies. 5 December 2023
Scaling perspective on a 2-D quantum gas Experimental physicists at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, along with theorists from the University of Hamburg, have made a new observation of vortex-antivortex unbinding dynamics. 29 November 2023
Commentary: Professor Caola on LHC's exquisite precision Professor Fabrizio Caola has been awarded a sought-after ERC Consolidator Grant; he talks about his quest to develop extremely sophisticated theoretical predictions to match the exquisite precision of the LHC data… 23 November 2023
The physics of antimicrobial resistance Researchers including Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics, have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes. 21 November 2023
Professor Amalia Coldea recognised by APS Professor Amalia Coldea has been made a 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society for her pioneering studies of the electronic structure and the nematic and superconducting orders of iron-based superconductors. 20 November 2023
Professor Radu Coldea recognised by APS Professor Radu Coldea has been made a 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society for his significant contributions to the understanding of quantum magnetism and quantum phase transitions using both neutron and resonant x-ray scattering techniques. 20 November 2023
Extraordinary new space phenomenon mystifies scientists Astrophysicists at the University of Oxford have helped to discover a spectacularly bright and unusual explosion in a galaxy 4.4 billion light-years away. The findings have been published in the journal Nature. 15 November 2023
Physics lite: games console Our columnist takes an alternative look at day-to-day life in the Department of Physics and this month, she puts a new spin on the idea of a games console... 9 November 2023
Meet...Saqlain Choudhary We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 November 2023
Graduate journeys in public engagement A reflection on the public engagement course for graduate students 6 November 2023
New Intelligent Earth CDT A new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), Intelligent Earth, will train almost 100 PhD students to develop and apply cutting-edge AI technologies to tackle urgent environmental crises. 31 October 2023
