Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesInternational Year of QuantumDepartment 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 Physics boosts cancer treatment A new EPSRC-funded research project is bringing together the Department of Physics and the Department of Oncology. 23 April 2026 Dr Timmis awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Robin Timmis from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 22 April 2026 Scientists unlock new route to extreme light intensities An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light. 22 April 2026 Oxford physicists among Fermilab Breakthrough Prize recipients Dr Babak Abi, Dr Farrukh Azfar and Dr Sam Henry have all been recognised for their work reporting the results from the measurement campaigns at Fermilab. 20 April 2026 Professor Maria Vincenzi awarded New Horizons in Physics Prize Professor Maria Vincenzi received a New Horizons in Physics Prize at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles, in recognition of her work building and analysing some of the largest supernova datasets in modern cosmology. 20 April 2026 Telescope reveals true power of black hole jets New research from Curtin University and the University of Oxford has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes. 16 April 2026 Commentary: Professor Foster on Einstein and music Professor Foster's latest book, Einstein: A Life in Science and Music, marries his two passions of particle physics and music and here he reflects on the role music played in Einstein's life. 2 April 2026 Meet...Esme Somerside Gregory We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 April 2026 Electrons where atoms are not An international team led by Oxford physicist Dr Dumitru Călugăru has directly identified an 'obstructed atomic band' in a two-dimensional quantum material for the first time, opening new possibilities for understanding and designing quantum materials. 1 April 2026 Quantum and particle physics meet the public at the ATOM Science Festival Rsearchers from the Department of Physics were involved with the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology. 1 April 2026 Unlocking new secrets of atmospheric turbulence Oxford physicists have recreated the turbulence of Earth's atmosphere in a spinning laboratory tank, uncovering a new link between energy distribution and fluid density that could improve weather forecasting and understanding of other planets' climates 30 March 2026 EPS recognition for Dr Bilbao Dr Pablo Bilbao has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 23 March 2026 Load More
Physics boosts cancer treatment A new EPSRC-funded research project is bringing together the Department of Physics and the Department of Oncology. 23 April 2026
Dr Timmis awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Robin Timmis from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 22 April 2026
Scientists unlock new route to extreme light intensities An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light. 22 April 2026
Oxford physicists among Fermilab Breakthrough Prize recipients Dr Babak Abi, Dr Farrukh Azfar and Dr Sam Henry have all been recognised for their work reporting the results from the measurement campaigns at Fermilab. 20 April 2026
Professor Maria Vincenzi awarded New Horizons in Physics Prize Professor Maria Vincenzi received a New Horizons in Physics Prize at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles, in recognition of her work building and analysing some of the largest supernova datasets in modern cosmology. 20 April 2026
Telescope reveals true power of black hole jets New research from Curtin University and the University of Oxford has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes. 16 April 2026
Commentary: Professor Foster on Einstein and music Professor Foster's latest book, Einstein: A Life in Science and Music, marries his two passions of particle physics and music and here he reflects on the role music played in Einstein's life. 2 April 2026
Meet...Esme Somerside Gregory We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 April 2026
Electrons where atoms are not An international team led by Oxford physicist Dr Dumitru Călugăru has directly identified an 'obstructed atomic band' in a two-dimensional quantum material for the first time, opening new possibilities for understanding and designing quantum materials. 1 April 2026
Quantum and particle physics meet the public at the ATOM Science Festival Rsearchers from the Department of Physics were involved with the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology. 1 April 2026
Unlocking new secrets of atmospheric turbulence Oxford physicists have recreated the turbulence of Earth's atmosphere in a spinning laboratory tank, uncovering a new link between energy distribution and fluid density that could improve weather forecasting and understanding of other planets' climates 30 March 2026
EPS recognition for Dr Bilbao Dr Pablo Bilbao has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 23 March 2026