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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 Peter Norreys has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to fundamental studies of high energy density plasmas using high power petawatt-class lasers.

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Researchers at the University of Oxford and the MicroBooNE collaboration have recently performed the first ever measurement of electron neutrino interactions on argon producing outgoing charged pions.

Oxford Sparks looks to explore and discover the scientific research happening at the University of Oxford, and in this episode, they ask the question, how do you detect a particle that emits no light - in other words, something invisible?

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Physicists have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once thought to belong to science fiction; the findings pave the way for real-world laser facilities to experimentally confirm bizarre quantum phenomena.

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 Daniela Bortoletto has been awarded the European Physical Society’s Emmy Noether Distinction 2024 recognising her work in revolutionising silicon detector technology and in supporting women in physics.

On Saturday 15 March, particle physicists from the Department of Physics were tasked with sharing their love of fundamental physics with the wider public for the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology.

Scientists from Oxford University are among the thousands of researchers worldwide honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) alongside its sister experiments.

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.