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Clockwise from top left: Sneha Malde, Gavin Dalton, Paolo Radaelli, Aris Karastergiou and Matt Jarvis

Excellence in research supervision

Five academics in the Department of Physics have been recognised in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division’s inaugural Awards for Outstanding Research Supervision.

18 January 2023

Oxford experiment in space

Oxford students successfully send an experiment into space

In November 2021, a team of graduate students from Oxford teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to turn the ideas of secondary school children into real experiments for launch to the International Space Station.

20 December 2022

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Pressure stabilises delicate electromagnetic state at room temperature

An international team of researchers has recently discovered that a subtle magnetic and electric hybrid response that is observed in some magnetic insulators can be strongly enhanced by application of pressure.

8 December 2022

Professor Henry Snaith, Professor Moritz Riede, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Louise Richardson and Professor Ian Shipsey in the National Thin-Film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional Materials in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford

Building the future: developing next-gen materials at Oxford

World-class vacuum deposition capabilities to develop next-gen advanced functional materials

23 November 2022

Professor Michael Johnston, centre, with his group at Oxford

Professor Michael Johnston recognised by APS

Professor Michael Johnston has been made a 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society for the development of a new platform for terahertz photonics based on semiconductor nanowires.

19 October 2022

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Dr Jani recognised by Institute of Physics Singapore

Dr Hariom Jani has been awarded the Emerging Investigator Medal and Prize 2021 by the Institute of Physics Singapore.

18 October 2022

Professor JC Séamus Davis

Professor Séamus Davis awarded the Buckley Prize

Professor J C Séamus Davis has been awarded 2023 Oliver E Buckley Prize by the American Physical Society, one of the most prestigious awards in world science.

11 October 2022

Atomic-scale visualisation of superconductivity

‘Holy Grail’ physics discovery could open the way to super-efficient quantum electronics

An international team of researchers led by Professor JC Séamus Davis, has announced results that support one of the leading theories explaining the atomic-scale mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity

7 September 2022

Professor Henry Snaith

Professor Snaith awarded Louisville’s renewable energy prize

Professor Henry Snaith has been awarded the University of Louisville’s 2021 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy.

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Physics spin-out gets investment injection

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a spin-out company from Oxford’s Department of Physics has announced investment of £38 million (US $46.45 million) in the first close of an ongoing Series A funding round.

Solar cells

New Rudolf Peierls Scholarship to help advance photovoltaic research

A new graduate scholarship has been established in the Department of Physics following a gift of £86,000 from alumnus Nick Greenwood.

Professor Amalia Coldea

Commentary: Professor Coldea on the quantum world of iron-based superconductors

Professor Amalia Coldea takes a look at the basics of superconductivity research, advances made in understanding iron-based superconductors and the challenge of room temperature superconductivity.