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Researchers from the University of Oxford have played a major role in one of the most precise studies yet of the Higgs boson — the mysterious particle that helps explain why everything in the universe has mass.

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ‘razor-thin’ string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic filament 140 million light years away.

An international collaboration, including Professor Stephen Smartt FRS MRIA, has been recognised with an Into Change Award by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

UK scientists, including from the University of Oxford, have played a key role in solving a neutrino mystery that has challenged researchers for decades.

Scientists have developed a new material that converts motion into electricity (piezoelectricity) with greater efficiency and without using toxic lead – paving the way for a new generation of devices that we use in everyday life.

Professor Patrick Irwin has been awarded the David Bates Medal by the European Geosciences Union for 2026.

Professor Andrea Cavalleri has been awarded the German Physical Society’s 2026 Stern-Gerlach Medal for his pioneering work on light-based control of quantum materials.

New findings from NASA’s Cassini mission show that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and a top contender for extra-terrestrial life, is losing heat from both poles – indicating that it has the long-term stability required for life to develop.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

On 30 October, the Department of Physics participated in International Dark Matter Day - celebrating the invisible mater that makes up 85% of all mass in the cosmos

On 6 November, the Department of Physics hosted its annual International Observe the Moon Night, inviting members of the public to explore our nearest celestial neighbour through telescopes, experiments, and conversations with planetary scientists.