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 Professor Palmer awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Tim Palmer has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his long and remarkable career 29 November 2021 Dr Hillier recognised by IOP Dr Judith Hillier from the Department of Education has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Marie Curie-Sklowdowska Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. 29 November 2021 Obituary: Sir Martin Wood FRS Sir Martin Wood FRS (1927-2021) 24 November 2021 Quantum Dice wins IOP business award Oxford University spin-out, Quantum Dice, has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Business Start-up Award 2021. 18 November 2021 Latest NASA mission key for climate Oxford physicists are delighted to hear that NASA has confirmed its latest Earth science mission: Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS). 18 November 2021 Commentary: Dr Watson-Parris on AI for climate good Dr Duncan Watson-Parris and Professor Philip Stier in the Department of Physics are bringing together leading researchers from around the world for a United Nations ITU AI for Good: AI for Climate Science 16 November 2021 Improving repetition rate of laser-driven plasma accelerators A team from Oxford has had a breakthrough in improving the repetition rate and efficiency of laser-driven plasma accelerators; these accelerators could revolutionise many areas of science and technology as they can accelerate particles to high energies in 9 November 2021 Dr Alexandra Ramadan receives Research Visionary Award Dr Alexandra Ramadan is one of six early career researchers to be awarded a Rank Prize Research Visionary Award. 5 November 2021 Meet...Elliot Bentine We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 November 2021 Professor Yeomans recognised by Royal Society of Chemistry Professor Julia Yeomans has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Lennard-Jones Lectureship 2021. 2 November 2021 Commentary: Sherrington on Parisi and the Nobel Emeritus Wykeham Professor David Sherrington comments on Giorgio Parisi’s Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 2 November 2021 Obituary: Professor Graham Ross Professor Graham Ross, theoretical particle physicist, passed away on 31 October 2021. 2 November 2021 Load More
Professor Palmer awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Tim Palmer has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his long and remarkable career 29 November 2021
Dr Hillier recognised by IOP Dr Judith Hillier from the Department of Education has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Marie Curie-Sklowdowska Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. 29 November 2021
Quantum Dice wins IOP business award Oxford University spin-out, Quantum Dice, has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Business Start-up Award 2021. 18 November 2021
Latest NASA mission key for climate Oxford physicists are delighted to hear that NASA has confirmed its latest Earth science mission: Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS). 18 November 2021
Commentary: Dr Watson-Parris on AI for climate good Dr Duncan Watson-Parris and Professor Philip Stier in the Department of Physics are bringing together leading researchers from around the world for a United Nations ITU AI for Good: AI for Climate Science 16 November 2021
Improving repetition rate of laser-driven plasma accelerators A team from Oxford has had a breakthrough in improving the repetition rate and efficiency of laser-driven plasma accelerators; these accelerators could revolutionise many areas of science and technology as they can accelerate particles to high energies in 9 November 2021
Dr Alexandra Ramadan receives Research Visionary Award Dr Alexandra Ramadan is one of six early career researchers to be awarded a Rank Prize Research Visionary Award. 5 November 2021
Meet...Elliot Bentine We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 November 2021
Professor Yeomans recognised by Royal Society of Chemistry Professor Julia Yeomans has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Lennard-Jones Lectureship 2021. 2 November 2021
Commentary: Sherrington on Parisi and the Nobel Emeritus Wykeham Professor David Sherrington comments on Giorgio Parisi’s Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 2 November 2021
Obituary: Professor Graham Ross Professor Graham Ross, theoretical particle physicist, passed away on 31 October 2021. 2 November 2021