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Meet...Vlatko Vedral We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 July 2022
Commentary: Dr Berislav Buca on quantum eggs In a letter published in Physical Review Letters, Dr Berislav Buca claims: an egg can actually unscramble itself – if it is quantum. 11 March 2022
Laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster plasma An international team led by the Department of Physics at Oxford, University of Rochester, and University of Chicago has been able to unravel the inner workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters 9 March 2022
Péter Juhász to present research in Parliament Péter Juhász is to present his physics research in Parliament to a panel of expert judges and politicians, as one of the finalists in STEM for BRITAIN 2022. 24 February 2022
Dr Chappell awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr James Chappell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 14 February 2022
A quantum-inspired perspective on turbulence A recent publication in Nature Computational Science describes a new route of attack on the yet unsolved problem of turbulence. 13 January 2022
Professor Deutsch recognised by IOP 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 29 November 2021
Quantum Dice wins IOP business award Oxford University spin-out, Quantum Dice, has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Business Start-up Award 2021. 18 November 2021
Improving repetition rate of laser-driven plasma accelerators 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 9 November 2021
Meet...Elliot Bentine We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 November 2021
Inauguration of new beamline at European XFEL 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. 1 September 2021
Laser fusion at the threshold of ignition The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US has reached the threshold of realising controlled thermonuclear fusion in the laboratory 18 August 2021