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Dr Moon-Sun Nam has been recognised in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Teaching Awards.

Eimear Conroy and Adam Lowe as well as Shuaifeng Hu were recognised in this year’s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) divisional Impact Awards.

The Department of Physics led the ‘Outstanding ED&I Champion – Staff’ category in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences divisional Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2025.

Physicists from the University of Oxford have been part of an international team who have uncovered new insights into the behaviour of a rare transitional millisecond pulsar.

The discovery of 3I/ATLAS – an interstellar comet shooting through the Solar System – sent astronomers scrambling last week, excited for only their third chance to study a small body from another star.

An international team has introduced a novel class of twistable quantum materials, opening up a broader landscape for quantum simulation and discovery.

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

Dr Sophia Vaughan has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Michael Penston Thesis Prize following her DPhil at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics.

The Department of Physics is taking part in the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition 2025 in London from 1-6 July.

Physicists at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering method for capturing the full structure of ultra-intense laser pulses in a single measurement.

Events and activities across the Department of Physics are ensuring that people of all ages get to know about how quantum will potentially impact their lives.

The first images from the extraordinary NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory have been made public today.