Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustryGeneral publicResearchSchoolsUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment 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 Professor Claire Gwenlan receives teaching award Professor Claire Gwenlan has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards; the scheme celebrates success and recognises and rewards excellence in innovative teaching practice. 29 June 2023 Reflecting on environmental impact of research A grassroots initiative of scientists from a range of disciplines across physics has published a document reflecting on the environmental impact of their collective work. 12 June 2023 Meet...Holly Pacey We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 June 2023 The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023 Professor Manjit Dosanjh: a profile Professor Manjit Dosanjh's pioneering work to apply physics to the medical domain is changing the field in cancer treatment; find out more about her here. 27 April 2023 Meet...Daniel Cervenkov We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023 Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023 Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023 ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023 Excellence in research supervision Five academics in the Department of Physics have been recognised in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division’s inaugural Awards for Outstanding Research Supervision. 18 January 2023 Oxford students successfully send an experiment into space In November 2021, a team of graduate students from Oxford teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to turn the ideas of secondary school children into real experiments for launch to the International Space Station. 20 December 2022 Obituary: Professor Donald Perkins CBE FRS It is with great sadness that we learned Emeritus Professor Donald Perkins CBE, FRS died on 30 October in Oxford. 23 November 2022 Load More
Professor Claire Gwenlan receives teaching award Professor Claire Gwenlan has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards; the scheme celebrates success and recognises and rewards excellence in innovative teaching practice. 29 June 2023
Reflecting on environmental impact of research A grassroots initiative of scientists from a range of disciplines across physics has published a document reflecting on the environmental impact of their collective work. 12 June 2023
Meet...Holly Pacey We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 June 2023
The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023
Professor Manjit Dosanjh: a profile Professor Manjit Dosanjh's pioneering work to apply physics to the medical domain is changing the field in cancer treatment; find out more about her here. 27 April 2023
Meet...Daniel Cervenkov We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023
Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023
Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023
ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023
Excellence in research supervision Five academics in the Department of Physics have been recognised in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division’s inaugural Awards for Outstanding Research Supervision. 18 January 2023
Oxford students successfully send an experiment into space In November 2021, a team of graduate students from Oxford teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to turn the ideas of secondary school children into real experiments for launch to the International Space Station. 20 December 2022
Obituary: Professor Donald Perkins CBE FRS It is with great sadness that we learned Emeritus Professor Donald Perkins CBE, FRS died on 30 October in Oxford. 23 November 2022