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Professor Sonia Contera, biophysics

Oxford Physics’ research excellence recognised by REF 2021

Results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 for UK universities recognise the research excellence of Oxford's Department of Physics.
12 May 2022
Professor Ian Shipsey

Professor Ian Shipsey elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Ian Shipsey, Henry Moseley Centenary Professor of Experimental Physics and Head of Department, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his work in experimental particle physics.
10 May 2022
Dr Becky Smethurst

Celebrating Astronomy Day

Astrophysicist, Dr Becky Smethurst, talks all things astronomy to celebrate Astronomy Day, 7 May 2022.
7 May 2022
Illustration of a one dimensional moire pattern that emerges on twisting a two-dimensional crystal

Unusual new state of matter

Writing in Nature, a team of physicists including three from Oxford - DPhil student Yves Kwan and Professors Shivaji Sondhi and Sid Parameswaran – report the emergence of an unusual new state of matter in a newly-explored moiré system
4 May 2022
Professor Stephen Blundell

Commentary: Professor Stephen Blundell on muons

Professor Stephen Blundell has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant; here he writes about the science behind the award
26 April 2022
Aerial view of the SKAO GHQ, Jodrell Bank, at sunrise

Oxford to work on world's largest radio telescope

A team from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of two from Oxford who will work on the crucial software and computer hardware for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), the world's largest radio telescope.
11 April 2022
The Collider Detector at Fermilab

New measurement challenges Standard Model

A team of scientists have performed the world's most precise measurement of the mass of the force-carrying W boson, which is responsible for nuclear decay and fusion reactions in the sun.
7 April 2022
Daniel Hynds sitting down on the grass reading a book outside with mountains in the background

Meet...Daniel Hynds

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
6 April 2022
Head and shoulders shot of Mark Jones

Meet...Mark Jones

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
6 April 2022
Figure 1: Candidate event for a Higgs decay to charm quarks. The two charm-tagged jets are shown as blue cones, and the two muons from a possible decay of a Z boson are shown in red.

New ATLAS search for Higgs decays to charm quarks

Physicists from Cern's ATLAS experiment have been able to probe the Higgs coupling to b- and c-quarks simultaneously using direct Higgs decays – a huge improvement on previous measurements.
5 April 2022
Girl conducting a science experiment

Girls explore science with Marie Curious

Department runs hands-on and interactive event for girls aged 12-14 years old
4 April 2022
Professor Ard Louis

Commentary: Professor Ard Louis on symmetry in evolution

Professor Ard Louis is a theoretical physicist here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics; he explains the work behind his latest paper
28 March 2022
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