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Having celebrated the International Year of Quantum last year, here we speak to people across the Department of Physics to find out how they found their way into quantum, what their days look like now, and how they see the field changing.

Professor David Lucas from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford is to lead one of three new UKRI-funded projects as part of a commitment to deepen the science and tech ties between the UK and Japan.

The Quantum Advantage in Quantitative Quantum Simulation programme, led by the University of Oxford, is advancing analogue quantum simulation to ensure quantum systems can deliver a practical advantage to science or industry.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

As we near the end of the International Year of Quantum, we ask experimental physicist William Cutler to break it down for us...what exactly is quantum computing?

The University of Oxford's brand new MSc in Quantum Technologies had its official launch last week.

QFX builds on world-leading trapped ion quantum computing research at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics and was founded by Associate Professor Joe Goodwin alongside several researchers from his group.

Oxford physicists have developed an AI framework that allows quantum laboratories to run and adapt experiments autonomously.

A new study from teams at the Department of Physics, IBM Research and the University of Hamburg, reported in Physical Review Letters, offers a new perspective on the many-body behaviour of dispersion forces

Oana Bazavan on being a quantum physicist; here she shares an insight into the rollercoaster journey of gaining a doctorate as she explains the tradition of your postdoctoral DIY hat…

Events and activities across the Department of Physics are ensuring that people of all ages get to know about how quantum will potentially impact their lives.

Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation – just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations.