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 Commentary: Sophia Vaughan on searching for an exo-rainbow DPhil student Sophia Vaughan comments on her work with an international collaboration on how the search for exo-rainbows could soon reveal an Earth-like planet. 31 July 2023 The dust of ages The James Webb Space Telescope detects interstellar dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time 20 July 2023 Why we need to go back to the Moon Emeritus Professor Joe Silk on why we need to go back to the Moon 20 July 2023 Oxford theorists recognised with Frontiers of Science Award A team of physicists from Oxford’s Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has received a Frontiers of Science Award at the First International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, China. 17 July 2023 Celebrating Professor Roger Davies On 30 June 2023, more than 100 people gathered in the Martin Wood lecture theatre to celebrate the contributions, achievements and career of Professor Roger Davies. 17 July 2023 Alumnus Dr Kwan recognised by IOP Dr Yves Kwan has been named runner up in the Sam Edwards Thesis Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics’ Theory of Condensed Matter Group. 17 July 2023 Peter Drmota receives EPSRC Doctoral Prize Peter Drmota has been awarded a University of Oxford EPSRC Doctoral Prize for his work in ion trap computing. 12 July 2023 Dr Shuqiu Wang ‘Rising Star’ in physics Dr Shuqiu Wang from the Department of Physics has been selected as a Rising Star in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley 10 July 2023 Meet...Kathryn O’Brien Skerry We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 July 2023 Meet...Shuxiang Cao We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 July 2023 Smartt learning Professor Stephen Smartt from the Department of Physics has collaborated with renowned author and illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, to produce a suite of learning resources to challenge kids to think about life, earth and the universe in a whole new way. 5 July 2023 Successful launch for Euclid The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday 1 July 2023 3 July 2023 Load More
Commentary: Sophia Vaughan on searching for an exo-rainbow DPhil student Sophia Vaughan comments on her work with an international collaboration on how the search for exo-rainbows could soon reveal an Earth-like planet. 31 July 2023
The dust of ages The James Webb Space Telescope detects interstellar dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time 20 July 2023
Why we need to go back to the Moon Emeritus Professor Joe Silk on why we need to go back to the Moon 20 July 2023
Oxford theorists recognised with Frontiers of Science Award A team of physicists from Oxford’s Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has received a Frontiers of Science Award at the First International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, China. 17 July 2023
Celebrating Professor Roger Davies On 30 June 2023, more than 100 people gathered in the Martin Wood lecture theatre to celebrate the contributions, achievements and career of Professor Roger Davies. 17 July 2023
Alumnus Dr Kwan recognised by IOP Dr Yves Kwan has been named runner up in the Sam Edwards Thesis Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics’ Theory of Condensed Matter Group. 17 July 2023
Peter Drmota receives EPSRC Doctoral Prize Peter Drmota has been awarded a University of Oxford EPSRC Doctoral Prize for his work in ion trap computing. 12 July 2023
Dr Shuqiu Wang ‘Rising Star’ in physics Dr Shuqiu Wang from the Department of Physics has been selected as a Rising Star in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley 10 July 2023
Meet...Kathryn O’Brien Skerry We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 July 2023
Meet...Shuxiang Cao We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 July 2023
Smartt learning Professor Stephen Smartt from the Department of Physics has collaborated with renowned author and illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, to produce a suite of learning resources to challenge kids to think about life, earth and the universe in a whole new way. 5 July 2023
Successful launch for Euclid The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday 1 July 2023 3 July 2023
