Department of Physics at the University of Oxford
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Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) Open Day 2025
Online, 2 Dec, 1:30-4pm
Meet academics plus drop-in sessions with ample opportunity for you to ask questions.
Fill in the form via https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/dphil-atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics
Online, 2 Dec, 1:30-4pm
Meet academics plus drop-in sessions with ample opportunity for you to ask questions.
Fill in the form via https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/dphil-atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) Open Day 2025
Online, 2 Dec, 1:30-4pm
Meet academics plus drop-in sessions with ample opportunity for you to ask questions.
Fill in the form via https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/dphil-atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics
Online, 2 Dec, 1:30-4pm
Meet academics plus drop-in sessions with ample opportunity for you to ask questions.
Fill in the form via https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/dphil-atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics
Today we remember Henry Moseley, the Oxford physicist whose X-ray spectroscopy work reshaped our understanding of the elements. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, aged just 27.
🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays
🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today we remember Henry Moseley, the Oxford physicist whose X-ray spectroscopy work reshaped our understanding of the elements. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, aged just 27.
🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays
🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays
Professor Peter Norreys has been honoured with the Prix Fernand Holweck for his seminal work on high-energy density plasmas using petawatt-class lasers. Read more here: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Professor Peter Norreys has been honoured with the Prix Fernand Holweck for his seminal work on high-energy density plasmas using petawatt-class lasers. Read more here: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...
Join us 🔍for #DarkMatterDay 6 to 8pm - Thursday 30 October - Open to all, including families. Booking is now closed, but if you'd like to join last minute, please write to engage@physics.ox.ac.uk by Thu noon.
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Join us 🔍for #DarkMatterDay 6 to 8pm - Thursday 30 October - Open to all, including families. Booking is now closed, but if you'd like to join last minute, please write to engage@physics.ox.ac.uk by Thu noon.
Meet Harriet ✨Oxford’s new MSc in Quantum Technologies offers interdisciplinary training in computing, sensing, and communications. The course features strong industry links and a four-month research project. Learn more on our website! 🚀
www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/launch-...
www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/launch-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Meet Harriet ✨Oxford’s new MSc in Quantum Technologies offers interdisciplinary training in computing, sensing, and communications. The course features strong industry links and a four-month research project. Learn more on our website! 🚀
www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/launch-...
www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/launch-...
The @crick.ac.uk's podcast 'A Question of Science' hosted by Prof Brian Cox, is out today, entitled: ‘Who Owns Space?'. Listen to Dr Carly Howett, Assoc Prof of Space Instrumentation here at @ox.ac.uk
Watch the episode here www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10... or listen via your chosen podcast channel.
Watch the episode here www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10... or listen via your chosen podcast channel.
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The @crick.ac.uk's podcast 'A Question of Science' hosted by Prof Brian Cox, is out today, entitled: ‘Who Owns Space?'. Listen to Dr Carly Howett, Assoc Prof of Space Instrumentation here at @ox.ac.uk
Watch the episode here www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10... or listen via your chosen podcast channel.
Watch the episode here www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10... or listen via your chosen podcast channel.
Full house last Sat, for the Michaelmas Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics 'The Quantum Strong Force', guest speakers Prof Fabrizio Caola, Alan Barr and Gavin Salam, FRS (on the image with Prof Andre Lukas, Head of Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics and host on the day.
#IYQ2025
#IYQ2025
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Full house last Sat, for the Michaelmas Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics 'The Quantum Strong Force', guest speakers Prof Fabrizio Caola, Alan Barr and Gavin Salam, FRS (on the image with Prof Andre Lukas, Head of Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics and host on the day.
#IYQ2025
#IYQ2025
Meet Shirin Ermis: DPhil student "hacking" weather models to see how extreme UK windstorms are changing with climate change. Fascinating stuff! Read her full quick-fire interview here:
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meetshirin-ermis
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meetshirin-ermis
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Meet Shirin Ermis: DPhil student "hacking" weather models to see how extreme UK windstorms are changing with climate change. Fascinating stuff! Read her full quick-fire interview here:
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meetshirin-ermis
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meetshirin-ermis
You are invited to International Dark Matter Day! Join the Oxford Physics Department to celebrate the historic hunt for the unseen. Register here: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/dark-matter-day-2025
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You are invited to International Dark Matter Day! Join the Oxford Physics Department to celebrate the historic hunt for the unseen. Register here: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/dark-matter-day-2025
Last month, Oxford, IBM, and partners offered a new quantum information perspective on dispersion forces, showing entanglement governs attractions between molecules. Read the complete article: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/quantum-information-theory-gives-new-perspective-dispersion-forces
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Last month, Oxford, IBM, and partners offered a new quantum information perspective on dispersion forces, showing entanglement governs attractions between molecules. Read the complete article: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/quantum-information-theory-gives-new-perspective-dispersion-forces
This coming Saturday we are hosting our popular *alumni* event: Morning of Theoretical Physics. The topic this time will be 'The Quantum Strong Force' and the guest speakers are Professor Fabrizio Caola, Professor Alan Barr and Professor Gavin Salam, FRS.
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This coming Saturday we are hosting our popular *alumni* event: Morning of Theoretical Physics. The topic this time will be 'The Quantum Strong Force' and the guest speakers are Professor Fabrizio Caola, Professor Alan Barr and Professor Gavin Salam, FRS.
Oxford spin-out QFX successfully secures £2M seed funding to advance next-generation modular quantum technologies for computing, sensing, and secure comms.
Read in full via link in bio, or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/latest-oxford-quantum-spin-out-announces-successful-seed-funding
Read in full via link in bio, or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/latest-oxford-quantum-spin-out-announces-successful-seed-funding
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oxford spin-out QFX successfully secures £2M seed funding to advance next-generation modular quantum technologies for computing, sensing, and secure comms.
Read in full via link in bio, or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/latest-oxford-quantum-spin-out-announces-successful-seed-funding
Read in full via link in bio, or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/latest-oxford-quantum-spin-out-announces-successful-seed-funding
The 30th #Hintze Lecture recording – with guest speakers Professor Sir Roger #Penrose (University of Oxford) and Professor Janna #Levin (Columbia University): 'A Universe of #Black #Holes'’ is now available to watch in our YouTube channel, link in bio or:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r-ZhwGlWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r-ZhwGlWc
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Student Digital Skills Hub: Your one-stop guide to digital confidence. Choose a goal-matching pathway, follow the steps, and try practical tools. Read more about this student initiative here:
https://skills.it.ox.ac.uk/article/student-digital-skills-hub-your-onestop-guide-to-digital-confidence
https://skills.it.ox.ac.uk/article/student-digital-skills-hub-your-onestop-guide-to-digital-confidence
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Student Digital Skills Hub: Your one-stop guide to digital confidence. Choose a goal-matching pathway, follow the steps, and try practical tools. Read more about this student initiative here:
https://skills.it.ox.ac.uk/article/student-digital-skills-hub-your-onestop-guide-to-digital-confidence
https://skills.it.ox.ac.uk/article/student-digital-skills-hub-your-onestop-guide-to-digital-confidence
The mathematical masterpiece: Sir Roger Penrose's black hole discovery drawing. Join Prof Janna Levin and him for their lecture later today (link in bio or previous articles).
Read this wonderful article by Prof. Levin in full: https://jannalevin.substack.com/p/the-drawing-that-earned-sir-roger-f3b
Read this wonderful article by Prof. Levin in full: https://jannalevin.substack.com/p/the-drawing-that-earned-sir-roger-f3b
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The mathematical masterpiece: Sir Roger Penrose's black hole discovery drawing. Join Prof Janna Levin and him for their lecture later today (link in bio or previous articles).
Read this wonderful article by Prof. Levin in full: https://jannalevin.substack.com/p/the-drawing-that-earned-sir-roger-f3b
Read this wonderful article by Prof. Levin in full: https://jannalevin.substack.com/p/the-drawing-that-earned-sir-roger-f3b
Professor Ard Louis wins the 2025 IOP Sam Edwards Medal and Prize! He's honoured for pioneering mathematical and numerical models in soft matter and biological physics.
Read more via link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-louis-awarded-iop-sam-edwards-medal
Read more via link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-louis-awarded-iop-sam-edwards-medal
October 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Professor Ard Louis wins the 2025 IOP Sam Edwards Medal and Prize! He's honoured for pioneering mathematical and numerical models in soft matter and biological physics.
Read more via link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-louis-awarded-iop-sam-edwards-medal
Read more via link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-louis-awarded-iop-sam-edwards-medal
Professor Julia Yeomans OBE FRS of Oxford Physics wins the 2025 IOP Paul Dirac Medal! She's honoured for work on the collective behaviour of active matter🌟 Read the article in full via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-yeomans-awarded-iop-paul-dirac-medal
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Professor Julia Yeomans OBE FRS of Oxford Physics wins the 2025 IOP Paul Dirac Medal! She's honoured for work on the collective behaviour of active matter🌟 Read the article in full via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-yeomans-awarded-iop-paul-dirac-medal
Congrats to Professor Lvovsky on being named an APS Fellow! This honours his pioneering work in quantum optics and quantum information for future tech. Read more: via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-lvovsky-elected-aps-fellow
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Congrats to Professor Lvovsky on being named an APS Fellow! This honours his pioneering work in quantum optics and quantum information for future tech. Read more: via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-lvovsky-elected-aps-fellow
Oxford’s BEBOP thermal camera has been selected for ESA's 2032 Mars mission! It'll provide critical weather data to boost the safety of future robotic and human explorers. Read the full article: Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-instrument-lined-esa-mars-mission
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oxford’s BEBOP thermal camera has been selected for ESA's 2032 Mars mission! It'll provide critical weather data to boost the safety of future robotic and human explorers. Read the full article: Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-instrument-lined-esa-mars-mission
Breakthrough! Researchers from MPSD and Oxford used circularly polarised terahertz light to switch ferroaxial states on demand, a platform for next-gen non-volatile memory. More: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/light-controlled-switching-ferroaxial-states-opens-path-ultrafast-data-storage
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Breakthrough! Researchers from MPSD and Oxford used circularly polarised terahertz light to switch ferroaxial states on demand, a platform for next-gen non-volatile memory. More: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/light-controlled-switching-ferroaxial-states-opens-path-ultrafast-data-storage
AI breakthrough! 🤯 Oxford and Google researchers used Gemini LLM to spot cosmic events with 93% accuracy and explain its reasoning—a game-changer for astronomy🔭✨ Read more via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-breakthrough-helps-astronomers-spot-cosmic-events-just-handful-examples
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
AI breakthrough! 🤯 Oxford and Google researchers used Gemini LLM to spot cosmic events with 93% accuracy and explain its reasoning—a game-changer for astronomy🔭✨ Read more via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-breakthrough-helps-astronomers-spot-cosmic-events-just-handful-examples
Physics innovation in action! IonQ's $1.075B acquisition of Oxford Ionics, a spinout founded by two #Oxford physicists, is a record-breaking quantum computing deal.
Read more about innovation at #Oxford: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/ #quantum #physics #innovation #spinout #innovation
Read more about innovation at #Oxford: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/ #quantum #physics #innovation #spinout #innovation
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Physics innovation in action! IonQ's $1.075B acquisition of Oxford Ionics, a spinout founded by two #Oxford physicists, is a record-breaking quantum computing deal.
Read more about innovation at #Oxford: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/ #quantum #physics #innovation #spinout #innovation
Read more about innovation at #Oxford: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/ #quantum #physics #innovation #spinout #innovation
We’re proud to have Myles Allen,Nicholas Leach, and Olivia Ayim contributing to the @childrenandclimate.bsky.social and Climate Initiative. This global consortium will show, for the first time, how climate change is impacting the development of children around the world. Follow them & see progress!
🌍 Nearly 1 billion children live in countries at high risk from the impacts of climate change but we have very little evidence to link this to their health and development. The Children and Climate Initiative will address this gap.
👉 Follow us to stay updated: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/chi...
👉 Follow us to stay updated: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/chi...
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We’re proud to have Myles Allen,Nicholas Leach, and Olivia Ayim contributing to the @childrenandclimate.bsky.social and Climate Initiative. This global consortium will show, for the first time, how climate change is impacting the development of children around the world. Follow them & see progress!
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The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for their work on superconducting quantum chips, which has helped inform the creation of today's quantum computers.
Nobel prize for physics goes to trio behind quantum computing chips
The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to three researchers, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, whose work has led to the development of today's quantum computers
www.newscientist.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for their work on superconducting quantum chips, which has helped inform the creation of today's quantum computers.
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30 years ago was the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. This discovery kickstarted a whole new field of Astrophysics. Here is me in 2016 on an observing run at the observatory where it all happened. Little did I know I’d still be studying exoplanets nearly a decade later!
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
30 years ago was the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. This discovery kickstarted a whole new field of Astrophysics. Here is me in 2016 on an observing run at the observatory where it all happened. Little did I know I’d still be studying exoplanets nearly a decade later!