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Physicists at the University of Oxford have led a breakthrough study which has recorded the first observation of carbon-neutrino interactions; the findings open new frontiers in nuclear and particle physics.

Researchers from the University of Oxford have played a major role in one of the most precise studies yet of the Higgs boson — the mysterious particle that helps explain why everything in the universe has mass.

UK scientists, including from the University of Oxford, have played a key role in solving a neutrino mystery that has challenged researchers for decades.

On 30 October, the Department of Physics participated in International Dark Matter Day - celebrating the invisible mater that makes up 85% of all mass in the cosmos

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Researchers at the University of Oxford and the MicroBooNE collaboration have recently performed the first ever measurement of electron neutrino interactions on argon producing outgoing charged pions.

Oxford Sparks looks to explore and discover the scientific research happening at the University of Oxford, and in this episode, they ask the question, how do you detect a particle that emits no light - in other words, something invisible?

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Dr Samuel Henry and DPhil students Ruben Hönscheid and Nathan Baudis joined the University of Oxford's Oxplore festival in Bradford and Warrington in July.

The first images from the extraordinary NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory have been made public today.

Professor Daniela Bortoletto has been awarded the European Physical Society’s Emmy Noether Distinction 2024 recognising her work in revolutionising silicon detector technology and in supporting women in physics.

On Saturday 15 March, particle physicists from the Department of Physics were tasked with sharing their love of fundamental physics with the wider public for the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology.