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Graduate students at the cutting edge of physics were able to share their work earlier this year at the 2026 Graduate Condensed Matter Physics Conference.

Professor Ramin Golestanian has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the development of the field of active matter.

A new study reveals turbulent flows generated by living matter are 'filtered' out by neighbouring fluids, posing implications for how scientists measure forces in cells and tissues.

Associate Professor Alexander Mietke has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics’ Early Career Scientist Prize in Biological Physics 2024 for his groundbreaking insights that harness active matter theory.

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.

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.

A project led by Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics is one of six to share £2m funding from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI).

Professor Julia Yeomans FRS has been awarded the European Physical Society Condensed Matter Division’s Liquid Matter Prize 2024.

Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera has been awarded the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom Merit Award 2024 for her pioneering and exceptional international career in the fields of nanotechnology and biological physics.

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 Nynke Dekker has been appointed to the Professorship of Biophysics in the Department of Physics with effect from 1 January 2024.