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Dr James Chappell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group.

A recent publication in Nature Computational Science describes a new route of attack on the yet unsolved problem of turbulence.

Professor David Deutsch has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Isaac Newton Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Oxford University spin-out, Quantum Dice, has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Business Start-up Award 2021.

A team from Oxford has had a breakthrough in improving the repetition rate and efficiency of laser-driven plasma accelerators; these accelerators could revolutionise many areas of science and technology as they can accelerate particles to high energies in

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In a milestone for high energy density physics, a new beamline at the European X-Ray Laser (XFEL), was officially opened yesterday, 31 August 2021.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US has reached the threshold of realising controlled thermonuclear fusion in the laboratory

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Emeritus Professor Tony Bell has been awarded this year’s Yodh Prize for his theoretical contributions that led to a breakthrough in understanding the acceleration of cosmic rays by amplified magnetic fields.

The Department of Physics has been recognised in the University of Oxford’s annual Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards: Ramy Aboushelbaya won the Early Career Impact Award while Peter Hatfield won the Public Engagement with Research award..

Department of Physics alumnus Kris Kaczmarek, Head of Product at ORCA Computing, has been named in the Forbes Under 30 Europe 2021 list. Now in its sixth year, the list identifies young innovators – visionaries – on the verge of making it big.