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In a study published today in Nature Communications, researchers from the Quantum Magnetism group in the Department of Physics have developed an innovative approach to synthesise and study rare-earth magnetic materials.

Professor Michael Johnston has been awarded the Max Born Medal and Prize 2025 for his pioneering research on nanoscale semiconductors and devices across the electromagnetic spectrum.

A project led by Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics is one of six to share £2m funding from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI).

Professor Laura Herz from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal and Prize.

Professor Stephen Blundell from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize.

Research led by Dr Shuxiang Cao introduces a new methodology that can enhance the efficiency of characterising quantum systems which could greatly impact the ability to scale quantum computers.

Dr Peter Leek has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford University spin-out Oxford Quantum Circuits. He will split his time between the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and OQC.

Muhammad Hamza Waseem has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Award for his innovative approach to teaching quantum science to high school students.

Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera has been awarded the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom Merit Award 2024 for her pioneering and exceptional international career in the fields of nanotechnology and biological physics.

Professor Andrea Cavalleri has been awarded the European Physical Society’s Europhysics Prize 2024 for his pioneering studies of photo-induced emergent phases of quantum materials.

Professor Laura Herz has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for her study of light-harvesting and energy-conversion pathways in emerging semiconducting materials.

The Macroscopic Quantum Matter Group at the University of Oxford has made a significant discovery, identifying and visualising a long-predicted new phase of matter in high-temperature superconductors.