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An international team of scientists, led by the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has developed a novel way to experimentally produce plasma ‘fireballs’ on Earth, opening up a new frontier in laboratory astrophysics.

Einstein has been proved correct with a key prediction about black holes, an international team led by researchers from the Department of Physics at Oxford.

Professor Siddharth Parameswaran from the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics, has been awarded a much sought-after European Research Council Consolidator Grant; he shares his plans for his future research.

Dr Toby Adkins has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award; he is the sixth winner from the University of Oxford in the last ten years.

A team from Oxford’s Department of Physics, Oxonians Reloaded, secured first place at this year’s preliminary of the international theoretical physics competition, PLANCKS.

The Department of Physics’ mentoring programme, aimed particularly at early career researchers, provides both mentors and mentees alike with a range of opportunities and positively benefits all those involved.

Professor Julia Yeomans from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to physics.

Professor Fabrizio Caola has been awarded a sought-after ERC Consolidator Grant; he talks about his quest to develop extremely sophisticated theoretical predictions to match the exquisite precision of the LHC data…

Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics.

Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics.

Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

We are looking for the most talented early-career theoretical physicists worldwide to join us here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford.