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 EPS recognition for Dr Robert Ewart Dr Robert J Ewart has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award; he is the seventh winner from the University of Oxford in recent years. 22 April 2025 Dr Blackmore awarded Quantum Technology Fellowship Dr Jacob Blackmore from the Department of Physics is one of 11 recipients of an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship, awarded to the most promising early career researchers in the UK. 14 April 2025 Meet...Jin Yao We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 April 2025 Particle physics for the public On Saturday 15 March, particle physicists from the Department of Physics were tasked with sharing their love of fundamental physics with the wider public for the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology. 8 April 2025 Department of Physics celebrates ATLAS Collaboration's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2025 Scientists from Oxford University are among the thousands of researchers worldwide honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) alongside its sister experiments. 8 April 2025 Sparking inspiration: physics for all Through a series of interactive, carefully designed events, the access and outreach team reached almost 1,000 young people and some 900 members of the public in March. 7 April 2025 Oxford community gathers to watch partial solar eclipse Astrophysicists, in collaboration with the Oxford University Space and Astronomy Society, organised an eclipse viewing event outside the Said Business School in Oxford on Saturday 29 March 1 April 2025 Commentary: Professor Glazer on Dame Kathleen Lonsdale Dame Kathleen Lonsdale was one of the first women to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society 80 years ago. Emeritus Professor Mike Glazer was one of her last PhD students; here, he reflects on his time with her and her remarkable legacy. 27 March 2025 Citizen science helps make space discoveries in new satellite data New data from a satellite one million miles from Earth has helped UK scientists shed light on how mysterious forces shaped the evolution of the Universe. 19 March 2025 Obituary: Bill Hayes It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Bill Hayes; he passed away peacefully on 16 March aged 94. 17 March 2025 Two-star system explains unusual astrophysical phenomenon An international team of astrophysicists led by the Netherlands and the UK have discovered that radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes are due to two stars coming together – rather than emissions from a single star. 12 March 2025 Meet...Duncan Lyster We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 March 2025 Load More
EPS recognition for Dr Robert Ewart Dr Robert J Ewart has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award; he is the seventh winner from the University of Oxford in recent years. 22 April 2025
Dr Blackmore awarded Quantum Technology Fellowship Dr Jacob Blackmore from the Department of Physics is one of 11 recipients of an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship, awarded to the most promising early career researchers in the UK. 14 April 2025
Meet...Jin Yao We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 April 2025
Particle physics for the public On Saturday 15 March, particle physicists from the Department of Physics were tasked with sharing their love of fundamental physics with the wider public for the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology. 8 April 2025
Department of Physics celebrates ATLAS Collaboration's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2025 Scientists from Oxford University are among the thousands of researchers worldwide honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) alongside its sister experiments. 8 April 2025
Sparking inspiration: physics for all Through a series of interactive, carefully designed events, the access and outreach team reached almost 1,000 young people and some 900 members of the public in March. 7 April 2025
Oxford community gathers to watch partial solar eclipse Astrophysicists, in collaboration with the Oxford University Space and Astronomy Society, organised an eclipse viewing event outside the Said Business School in Oxford on Saturday 29 March 1 April 2025
Commentary: Professor Glazer on Dame Kathleen Lonsdale Dame Kathleen Lonsdale was one of the first women to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society 80 years ago. Emeritus Professor Mike Glazer was one of her last PhD students; here, he reflects on his time with her and her remarkable legacy. 27 March 2025
Citizen science helps make space discoveries in new satellite data New data from a satellite one million miles from Earth has helped UK scientists shed light on how mysterious forces shaped the evolution of the Universe. 19 March 2025
Obituary: Bill Hayes It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Bill Hayes; he passed away peacefully on 16 March aged 94. 17 March 2025
Two-star system explains unusual astrophysical phenomenon An international team of astrophysicists led by the Netherlands and the UK have discovered that radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes are due to two stars coming together – rather than emissions from a single star. 12 March 2025
Meet...Duncan Lyster We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 March 2025