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

Dr Natalia Chepiga, soon to join the Department of Physics, is one of 11 researchers at the University of Oxford to have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million.

Researchers at the University of Oxford and the MicroBooNE collaboration have recently performed the first ever measurement of electron neutrino interactions on argon producing outgoing charged pions.

Oana Bazavan on being a quantum physicist; here she shares an insight into the rollercoaster journey of gaining a doctorate as she explains the tradition of your postdoctoral DIY hat…

Oxford Sparks looks to explore and discover the scientific research happening at the University of Oxford, and in this episode, they ask the question, how do you detect a particle that emits no light - in other words, something invisible?

When lives or properties are destroyed by floods, storms, or wildfires, can and should anybody be held to account?

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

Dr Samuel Henry and DPhil students Ruben Hönscheid and Nathan Baudis joined the University of Oxford's Oxplore festival in Bradford and Warrington in July.

Scientists from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford have found clear evidence of low-temperature spin dynamics in a Dirac spin liquid candidate.

Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) Early Career Scientist Medal for 2025.

Registration for the Department of Physics Comprehensive Oxford Mathematics and Physics Online School (COMPOS) 2025 programme is now open.

The University of Oxford has received a £6.25 million gift to expand its outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and COMPOS is set to benefit.