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 Tim Palmer recognised by Royal Irish Academy Pioneering weather and climate modeller, Professor Tim Palmer from the Department of Physics at Oxford, has been elected Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. 26 May 2023 Hottest days are hotting up A study published today in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the maximum temperature of the hottest days is increasing at twice the rate of the maximum temperature of average summer days. 17 May 2023 Meet...Antje Weisheimer We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 10 May 2023 Professor Myles Allen elected Fellow of the Royal Society Professor Myles Allen has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking contributions to the quantitative understanding of climate change. 10 May 2023 Mysterious planet seen in new light Brand new intel on mysterious planet GJ 1214 b has been gleaned thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. 10 May 2023 £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for climate prediction Professor Hannah Christensen has received a £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for research that focuses on characterising and reducing uncertainty in weather forecasts and climate predictions 28 February 2023 Meet...Jake Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. Here, we meet postdoc Jake Taylor. 2 February 2023 Professor Tim Palmer recognised by RAS Professor Tim Palmer from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics has today received the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2023 Gold Medal for Geophysics for his outstanding work in advancing the understanding and prediction of climate and weather. 13 January 2023 Professor Tim Palmer: revolutionising weather and climate prediction On 6 December, the Department of Physics held a symposium to celebrate the remarkable career of Professor Tim Palmer CBE FRS 8 December 2022 New JWST data reveals exoplanet atmosphere first University of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 23 November 2022 New analysis of Winchcombe meteorite Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which fell to Earth last year. 17 November 2022 Research excellence continues with Met Office-Oxford partnership The University of Oxford has successfully renewed its membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years. 9 November 2022 Load More
Professor Tim Palmer recognised by Royal Irish Academy Pioneering weather and climate modeller, Professor Tim Palmer from the Department of Physics at Oxford, has been elected Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. 26 May 2023
Hottest days are hotting up A study published today in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the maximum temperature of the hottest days is increasing at twice the rate of the maximum temperature of average summer days. 17 May 2023
Meet...Antje Weisheimer We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 10 May 2023
Professor Myles Allen elected Fellow of the Royal Society Professor Myles Allen has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking contributions to the quantitative understanding of climate change. 10 May 2023
Mysterious planet seen in new light Brand new intel on mysterious planet GJ 1214 b has been gleaned thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. 10 May 2023
£1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for climate prediction Professor Hannah Christensen has received a £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for research that focuses on characterising and reducing uncertainty in weather forecasts and climate predictions 28 February 2023
Meet...Jake Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. Here, we meet postdoc Jake Taylor. 2 February 2023
Professor Tim Palmer recognised by RAS Professor Tim Palmer from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics has today received the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2023 Gold Medal for Geophysics for his outstanding work in advancing the understanding and prediction of climate and weather. 13 January 2023
Professor Tim Palmer: revolutionising weather and climate prediction On 6 December, the Department of Physics held a symposium to celebrate the remarkable career of Professor Tim Palmer CBE FRS 8 December 2022
New JWST data reveals exoplanet atmosphere first University of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 23 November 2022
New analysis of Winchcombe meteorite Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which fell to Earth last year. 17 November 2022
Research excellence continues with Met Office-Oxford partnership The University of Oxford has successfully renewed its membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years. 9 November 2022
