DNA origami is a technique that is used to create nanometre–scale shapes by folding strands of DNA. Writing in the journal Nature, a group of researchers from Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science at Oxford investigate how DNA origami folds.

We are delighted to announce that Dr Roger Johnson has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Dr Johnson has been a post-doc in the Quantum Materials group from November 2010 to June 2015, and he is currently an Instrument Scientist at the ISIS neutron source.

Prof Chris Lintott has been awarded the Institute of Physics 2015 Kelvin Medal and Prize "For his major contributions to public engagement with science through conventional media (especially through television) and by leading citizen science projects through Zooniverse, opening a new chapter in the history of science by enabling hundreds of thousands of people to participate in the process of scientific discovery."

Professor Amanda Cooper-Sarkar has been awarded the Institute of Physics 2015 Chadwick Medal and Prize "For her study of deep inelastic scattering of leptons on nuclei which has revealed the internal structure of the proton."

Further details can be found here

Condensed Matter Physics is delighted to announce that Jack Miller, third year postgraduate student, has been awarded the Nicholas Kurti Prize 2015 for distinguished work by a third year graduate student in Condensed Matter Physics.

Well done, Jack!

June 2015

Condensed Matter Physics is delighted to announce that Noah Waterfield Price, second year postgraduate student, has been awarded the David Ryan Prize 2015 for the best research presentation by a postgraduate student in their second year at the annual poster session.

Well done Noah!

The video-recording of the 55th Cherwell-Simon lecture on Topological Boundary Modes from Quantum Electronics to Classical Mechanics, delivered by Prof Charles Kane (University of Pennsylvania) on 15 May 2015 is now available
here