Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesInternational Year of QuantumDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Major advance in study of quantum materials Professor JC Séamus Davis has discovered that an elusive state of quantum matter is in fact a ubiquitous and important property of nature – not a unique phenomenon in the cuprates 25 June 2021 Binks Trust gift to boost photovoltaic research The Department of Physics has received a significant philanthropic donation from the Binks Trust, which will be used to enhance its solar energy research over the coming years. 16 June 2021 Dr Suhas Mahesh awarded Schmidt Science Fellowship Dr Suhas Mahesh is one of 28 early-career scientists awarded a Schmidt Science Fellowship joining a global lifelong community of 84 fellows working at the intersection of disciplines to advance science for the public benefit. 7 June 2021 A new angle on skyrmions In a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Diamond Light Source, a technique has been developed that allows for the measurement of the skyrmion Hall angle in the skyrmion lattice state. 11 May 2021 The promise of perovskites The latest findings of a team of researchers at Oxford's Department of Physics add further weight to perovskites earning their status as wonder-materials in the world of semiconductors. 3 March 2021
Major advance in study of quantum materials Professor JC Séamus Davis has discovered that an elusive state of quantum matter is in fact a ubiquitous and important property of nature – not a unique phenomenon in the cuprates 25 June 2021
Binks Trust gift to boost photovoltaic research The Department of Physics has received a significant philanthropic donation from the Binks Trust, which will be used to enhance its solar energy research over the coming years. 16 June 2021
Dr Suhas Mahesh awarded Schmidt Science Fellowship Dr Suhas Mahesh is one of 28 early-career scientists awarded a Schmidt Science Fellowship joining a global lifelong community of 84 fellows working at the intersection of disciplines to advance science for the public benefit. 7 June 2021
A new angle on skyrmions In a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Diamond Light Source, a technique has been developed that allows for the measurement of the skyrmion Hall angle in the skyrmion lattice state. 11 May 2021
The promise of perovskites The latest findings of a team of researchers at Oxford's Department of Physics add further weight to perovskites earning their status as wonder-materials in the world of semiconductors. 3 March 2021
