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 Higgs@10 Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, particle physicists at CERN announced they had independently observed a new particle: the Higgs boson. Oxford researchers were key contributors to the discovery and have continued to play a leading role since. 4 July 2022 Physicists monitor 'unique' submarine volcano eruption A multi-institutional international team of researchers combined extensive satellite data with ground-level observations to show that the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was unique 30 June 2022 Alumni donors visit national fusion lab Alumnus Alan Fox was one of the VIPs on a recent Henry Moseley Circle visit to the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy – the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s national fusion laboratory in Oxfordshire. 23 June 2022 Commentary: Professor Coldea on the quantum world of iron-based superconductors Professor Amalia Coldea takes a look at the basics of superconductivity research, advances made in understanding iron-based superconductors and the challenge of room temperature superconductivity. 23 June 2022 Professor Schekochihin appointed Simons Investigator Professor Alex Schekochihin has been appointed Simons Investigator in Astrophysics by the Simons Foundation, New York. 20 June 2022 Commentary: Professor Neil Bowles on Comet Interceptor As the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission moves from design phase to implementation, Professor Neil Bowles gives an insight into what it’s like to be part of an ambitious, global initiative. 9 June 2022 Comet chaser mission one step closer to launch A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone, moving from the design phase to implementation. 8 June 2022 Professor Herz recognised by Royal Society of Chemistry Professor Laura Herz from Oxford’s Department of Physics has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Mid-Career Award. 7 June 2022 Meet...Katja Klobas We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 June 2022 Meet...Robert Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 June 2022 Physics success in VC Diversity Awards Initiatives and individuals working hard to increase diversity in the Department of Physics have been recognised in this year’s Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards. 3 June 2022 Scientists explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colours New research led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the Department of Physics at Oxford suggests that a layer of haze that exists on both planets is behind the different hues of blue. 31 May 2022 Load More
Higgs@10 Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, particle physicists at CERN announced they had independently observed a new particle: the Higgs boson. Oxford researchers were key contributors to the discovery and have continued to play a leading role since. 4 July 2022
Physicists monitor 'unique' submarine volcano eruption A multi-institutional international team of researchers combined extensive satellite data with ground-level observations to show that the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was unique 30 June 2022
Alumni donors visit national fusion lab Alumnus Alan Fox was one of the VIPs on a recent Henry Moseley Circle visit to the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy – the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s national fusion laboratory in Oxfordshire. 23 June 2022
Commentary: Professor Coldea on the quantum world of iron-based superconductors Professor Amalia Coldea takes a look at the basics of superconductivity research, advances made in understanding iron-based superconductors and the challenge of room temperature superconductivity. 23 June 2022
Professor Schekochihin appointed Simons Investigator Professor Alex Schekochihin has been appointed Simons Investigator in Astrophysics by the Simons Foundation, New York. 20 June 2022
Commentary: Professor Neil Bowles on Comet Interceptor As the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission moves from design phase to implementation, Professor Neil Bowles gives an insight into what it’s like to be part of an ambitious, global initiative. 9 June 2022
Comet chaser mission one step closer to launch A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone, moving from the design phase to implementation. 8 June 2022
Professor Herz recognised by Royal Society of Chemistry Professor Laura Herz from Oxford’s Department of Physics has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Mid-Career Award. 7 June 2022
Meet...Katja Klobas We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 June 2022
Meet...Robert Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 June 2022
Physics success in VC Diversity Awards Initiatives and individuals working hard to increase diversity in the Department of Physics have been recognised in this year’s Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards. 3 June 2022
Scientists explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colours New research led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the Department of Physics at Oxford suggests that a layer of haze that exists on both planets is behind the different hues of blue. 31 May 2022