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 A new angle on skyrmions In a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Diamond Light Source, a technique has been developed that allows for the measurement of the skyrmion Hall angle in the skyrmion lattice state. 11 May 2021 Professor Frank Close OBE elected Fellow of the Royal Society Emeritus Professor Frank Close OBE has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his extraordinarily effective work in explaining profound concepts in physics at all levels of society including in parliament and to the general public. 6 May 2021 Meet...Jiri Kucera Five minutes with Jiri Kucera, graduate student in Atomic and Laser Physics 4 May 2021 Hints of new scientific phenomena The Fermilab Muon g−2 experiment has released its first results showing the muon magnetic dipole moment differs from the theoretical prediction by a significant margin, confirming the results of an earlier experiment. 9 April 2021 Prince Philip’s visit to the Department of Physics As Buckingham Palace today announces the death of Prince Philip aged 99, our archivist, Professor Stephen Blundell describes a recorded visit to the Department of Physics on 4 November 1960. 9 April 2021 Ancient ‘fossil’ galaxies offer insight into formation of the Universe Dr Chiara Spiniello from Oxford’s Department of Physics is leading work to study 'fossilised' galaxies – galaxies frozen in time from when they were formed almost 10 billion years ago. 30 March 2021 Coldest recorded cloud temperature measured by satellite A new paper led by Dr Simon Proud at the Department of Physics, describes a unprecedentedly cold temperature measured atop a severe thunderstorm cloud in the Pacific by an Earth-orbiting satellite. 27 March 2021 Growing hints of lepton-universality violation The LHCb collaboration reveals strengthening evidence of a particle decay that deviates from the Standard Model. 23 March 2021 Obituary: David Brink FRS The Department of Physics is sorry to announce the death of Professor David Brink FRS on 8 March 2021. 17 March 2021 A tale of two detectors As the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) reveals more details about its so-called ‘near detector’ at Fermilab, we take a look at what it is and what it might mean for physics. 15 March 2021 An insight into astrophysical magnetic fields An international collaboration has conducted experiments that captured for the first time a physical mechanism thought to be responsible for generating and sustaining astrophysical magnetic fields. 11 March 2021 IceCube detection of ‘Glashow resonance’ proves 60-year-old theory 'Glashow resonance' event observed in IceCube Neutrino Observatory. 10 March 2021 Load More
A new angle on skyrmions In a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Diamond Light Source, a technique has been developed that allows for the measurement of the skyrmion Hall angle in the skyrmion lattice state. 11 May 2021
Professor Frank Close OBE elected Fellow of the Royal Society Emeritus Professor Frank Close OBE has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his extraordinarily effective work in explaining profound concepts in physics at all levels of society including in parliament and to the general public. 6 May 2021
Meet...Jiri Kucera Five minutes with Jiri Kucera, graduate student in Atomic and Laser Physics 4 May 2021
Hints of new scientific phenomena The Fermilab Muon g−2 experiment has released its first results showing the muon magnetic dipole moment differs from the theoretical prediction by a significant margin, confirming the results of an earlier experiment. 9 April 2021
Prince Philip’s visit to the Department of Physics As Buckingham Palace today announces the death of Prince Philip aged 99, our archivist, Professor Stephen Blundell describes a recorded visit to the Department of Physics on 4 November 1960. 9 April 2021
Ancient ‘fossil’ galaxies offer insight into formation of the Universe Dr Chiara Spiniello from Oxford’s Department of Physics is leading work to study 'fossilised' galaxies – galaxies frozen in time from when they were formed almost 10 billion years ago. 30 March 2021
Coldest recorded cloud temperature measured by satellite A new paper led by Dr Simon Proud at the Department of Physics, describes a unprecedentedly cold temperature measured atop a severe thunderstorm cloud in the Pacific by an Earth-orbiting satellite. 27 March 2021
Growing hints of lepton-universality violation The LHCb collaboration reveals strengthening evidence of a particle decay that deviates from the Standard Model. 23 March 2021
Obituary: David Brink FRS The Department of Physics is sorry to announce the death of Professor David Brink FRS on 8 March 2021. 17 March 2021
A tale of two detectors As the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) reveals more details about its so-called ‘near detector’ at Fermilab, we take a look at what it is and what it might mean for physics. 15 March 2021
An insight into astrophysical magnetic fields An international collaboration has conducted experiments that captured for the first time a physical mechanism thought to be responsible for generating and sustaining astrophysical magnetic fields. 11 March 2021
IceCube detection of ‘Glashow resonance’ proves 60-year-old theory 'Glashow resonance' event observed in IceCube Neutrino Observatory. 10 March 2021