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 JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b Dr Jake Taylor from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of a team of scientists led by the Université de Montréal to analyse data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system. 25 September 2023 Professor Peter Norreys recognised by ANS Professor Peter Norreys has been awarded the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award. 19 September 2023 Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023 Meet...Sophie Paszynska We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 September 2023 Dr Gruszka named Vallee Scholar Dr Dominika Gruszka from the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery has been named as one of six 2023 Vallee Scholars. 7 September 2023 Inspiring the next generation of quantum physicists Year 12 students get a taste for a career in quantum technologies 4 September 2023 New insights into Neptune's dark spot Astronomers, led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford, have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. 24 August 2023 Professor Radaelli recognised by IOP Professor Paolo Radaelli has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ and the Italian Physical Society’s Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize. 23 August 2023 Exciting new fellowship opportunities for theoretical physicists We are looking for the most talented early-career theoretical physicists worldwide to join us here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford. 22 August 2023 Oxford University-built instrument ready to map water on the Moon A thermal imaging camera built by the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics will form an integral part of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission, scheduled to launch in 2024. 21 August 2023 Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023 Meet...Yuanmin Zhang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 August 2023 Load More
JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b Dr Jake Taylor from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of a team of scientists led by the Université de Montréal to analyse data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system. 25 September 2023
Professor Peter Norreys recognised by ANS Professor Peter Norreys has been awarded the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award. 19 September 2023
Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023
Meet...Sophie Paszynska We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 September 2023
Dr Gruszka named Vallee Scholar Dr Dominika Gruszka from the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery has been named as one of six 2023 Vallee Scholars. 7 September 2023
Inspiring the next generation of quantum physicists Year 12 students get a taste for a career in quantum technologies 4 September 2023
New insights into Neptune's dark spot Astronomers, led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford, have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. 24 August 2023
Professor Radaelli recognised by IOP Professor Paolo Radaelli has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ and the Italian Physical Society’s Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize. 23 August 2023
Exciting new fellowship opportunities for theoretical physicists We are looking for the most talented early-career theoretical physicists worldwide to join us here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford. 22 August 2023
Oxford University-built instrument ready to map water on the Moon A thermal imaging camera built by the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics will form an integral part of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission, scheduled to launch in 2024. 21 August 2023
Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023
Meet...Yuanmin Zhang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 August 2023