Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment 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 Yeomans appointed OBE 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. 2 January 2024 Professor Nynke Dekker joins University of Oxford Professor Nynke Dekker has been appointed to the Professorship of Biophysics in the Department of Physics with effect from 1 January 2024. 14 December 2023 The physics of antimicrobial resistance Researchers including Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics, have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes. 21 November 2023 Dr Gruszka named Vallee Scholar Dr Dominika Gruszka from the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery has been named as one of six 2023 Vallee Scholars. 7 September 2023 Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023 Meet...Yuanmin Zhang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 August 2023 Professor Manjit Dosanjh: a profile Professor Manjit Dosanjh's pioneering work to apply physics to the medical domain is changing the field in cancer treatment; find out more about her here. 27 April 2023 New AI virus diagnostic test Scientists from the Department of Physics have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab. 6 February 2023 Commentary: Professor Ard Louis on symmetry in evolution Professor Ard Louis is a theoretical physicist here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics; he explains the work behind his latest paper 28 March 2022 Meet...Nicolas Shiaelis We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2022 Meet...Jasmine Nirody We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2022 New home for nanoscience Over the last few months, four groups from the Department of Physics have moved to join the newly founded Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery; we take a tour and find out more 7 March 2022 Load More
Professor Yeomans appointed OBE 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. 2 January 2024
Professor Nynke Dekker joins University of Oxford Professor Nynke Dekker has been appointed to the Professorship of Biophysics in the Department of Physics with effect from 1 January 2024. 14 December 2023
The physics of antimicrobial resistance Researchers including Professor Achillefs Kapanidis from the Department of Physics, have reported advances towards a novel and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that can return results within as little as 30 minutes. 21 November 2023
Dr Gruszka named Vallee Scholar Dr Dominika Gruszka from the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery has been named as one of six 2023 Vallee Scholars. 7 September 2023
Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023
Meet...Yuanmin Zhang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 August 2023
Professor Manjit Dosanjh: a profile Professor Manjit Dosanjh's pioneering work to apply physics to the medical domain is changing the field in cancer treatment; find out more about her here. 27 April 2023
New AI virus diagnostic test Scientists from the Department of Physics have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab. 6 February 2023
Commentary: Professor Ard Louis on symmetry in evolution Professor Ard Louis is a theoretical physicist here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics; he explains the work behind his latest paper 28 March 2022
Meet...Nicolas Shiaelis We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2022
Meet...Jasmine Nirody We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2022
New home for nanoscience Over the last few months, four groups from the Department of Physics have moved to join the newly founded Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery; we take a tour and find out more 7 March 2022