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

A reflection on the public engagement course for graduate students

A new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), Intelligent Earth, will train almost 100 PhD students to develop and apply cutting-edge AI technologies to tackle urgent environmental crises.

DPhil student Jack Harrison has been awarded the European Materials Research Society’s Young Researcher Award (E-MRS YRA) for his PhD research presented at the 2023 Fall edition of the E-MRS conference.

The Department of Physics is welcoming applications for the Royal Society’s brand new Career Development Fellowship pilot aimed at researchers of Black heritage.

Researchers from the University of Oxford's Department of Physics have contributed to an international effort to identify the neutron star merger responsible for an exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst.

University of Oxford partners with Breakthrough Prize Foundation in search for life beyond Earth.

A global team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars.

Professor Ian Shipsey FRS, Head of Department, has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his leadership in experimental particle physics.

Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics.

Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics.

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