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 Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023 Study of ‘Brightest of All Time’ provides unprecedented understanding Oxford astrophysicists have led a project in which the earliest stages of the Universe’s most powerful explosions are captured in detail for the first time. 28 March 2023 Making a difference with physics We opened our doors, and our labs, to the public for the annual Physics: Lab to Life event 17 March 2023 Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023 Meet...Charlie Garner We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023 Meet...Wendy Dang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023 Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023 New insights on binary star systems Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon. The study has been published in Nature. 2 March 2023 Oxford undergrads take top spot at PLANCKS 23 The Oxonians from the University of Oxford secured first place at this year’s preliminary of the international theoretical physics competition, PLANCKS 2 March 2023 Dr Picksley awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Alex Picksley from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 2 March 2023 ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023 £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for climate prediction Professor Hannah Christensen has received a £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for research that focuses on characterising and reducing uncertainty in weather forecasts and climate predictions 28 February 2023 Load More
Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023
Study of ‘Brightest of All Time’ provides unprecedented understanding Oxford astrophysicists have led a project in which the earliest stages of the Universe’s most powerful explosions are captured in detail for the first time. 28 March 2023
Making a difference with physics We opened our doors, and our labs, to the public for the annual Physics: Lab to Life event 17 March 2023
Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023
Meet...Charlie Garner We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023
Meet...Wendy Dang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023
Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023
New insights on binary star systems Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon. The study has been published in Nature. 2 March 2023
Oxford undergrads take top spot at PLANCKS 23 The Oxonians from the University of Oxford secured first place at this year’s preliminary of the international theoretical physics competition, PLANCKS 2 March 2023
Dr Picksley awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Alex Picksley from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 2 March 2023
ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023
£1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for climate prediction Professor Hannah Christensen has received a £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for research that focuses on characterising and reducing uncertainty in weather forecasts and climate predictions 28 February 2023