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An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma 'fireballs' using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to study the stability of plasma jets emanating from blazars.

Professor Ard Louis has been awarded the Institute of Physics Sam Edwards Medal and Prize for pioneering the development of novel mathematical and numerical models that have contributed to our understanding of soft matter and biological physics.

Professor Julia Yeomans OBE FRS from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize.

An international team has introduced a novel class of twistable quantum materials, opening up a broader landscape for quantum simulation and discovery.

Scientists could turn to black holes to complement facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe’s deepest secrets, a new study by Oxford researchers suggests.

Professor Shivaji Sondhi has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society. He is the Wykeham Professor at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University.

Dr Robert J Ewart has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award; he is the seventh winner from the University of Oxford in recent years.

Researchers have unveiled an innovative experimental approach using an X ray free electron laser (XFEL) to probe for axions – elusive particles that may make up dark matter.

The Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce the establishment of the Denys Firth Scholarship in Theoretical Physics.

Professor Binney awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal for his lifetime achievements in the study of the structure and evolution of galaxies.

Professor Ard Louis is a theoretical physicist here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics; he shares the story of oxDNA, the most successful and widely adopted coarse-grained model for DNA self-assembly.

DPhil student Jonathan Classen-Howes was awarded the Early Career Researcher Poster Prize at the Theory of Condensed Matter Group Meeting organised by IOP.