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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.

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.

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

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.