As Britain\u2019s weather grows increasingly unpredictable, the energy grid is under pressure to keep up. Greater flexibility in how power is produced, stored and used can help balance supply and demand, support more renewable energy and keep costs down.
A new study co-led by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has shown how general-purpose AI can accurately classify real changes in the night sky - such as an exploding star, a black hole tearing apart a passing star, or a fast-moving asteroid - and explain its reasoning, without the need for complex training.
A new fully funded DPhil studentship has been created at the University of Oxford thanks to support from AlbaCore Capital Group, one of Europe\u2019s leading alternative credit specialists. The award will support the advancement of research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, climate and the environment.
A new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers\u2019 workload by 85% \u2013 filtering through thousands of data alerts to identify the few genuine signals caused by supernovae. The findings have been published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth\u2019s with a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core, potentially resolving a longstanding mystery explains Kevin Olsen from the Department of Physics.
Global multi strategy investment manager Qube Research and Technologies (QRT) has pledged to support students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds at the University of Oxford.
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory represents a step change in researchers\u2019 ability to study the cosmos. Scientists from the Department of Physics helped to make the progress possible through more than a decade of sustained involvement.
The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the MPLS Division and wider University.
Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation \u2013 just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations.
Scientists could turn to black holes to aid the search for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe\u2019s deepest secrets, a new study by Oxford physicists suggests.
A collaborative research study has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing with the potential to end a decades-long search for inexpensive materials that can host unique quantum particles.
Seven academics from the University of Oxford, including five from the Mathematics, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been elected as Royal Society Fellows.
Oxford marks a significant milestone in its quantum advancement with the Department of Physics' Professor Ian Walmsley appointed as Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute. Professor Walmsley has also joined the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, which advises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Ten new Fellows have joined the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship programme at the University of Oxford. Now entering its third year, the programme is helping to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to research across the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematical sciences.
Department of Physics researchers have been at the forefront of studies working with thousands of members of the public to sift through the immense quantities of data from Euclid to shed light on how mysterious forces shaped the evolution of the Universe.
A breakthrough from researchers at the Department of Physics addresses quantum\u2019s \u2018scalability problem\u2019: a quantum computer powerful enough to be capable of processing millions of qubits.
The Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce the establishment of the Denys Firth Scholarship in Theoretical Physics, made possible by a generous gift from Denys Firth (Oriel College, 1969, Physics).
The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier. This result, drawing on over two decades of observations, opens a window to future studies of Earth-like exoplanets that may have conditions suitable for life.
Researchers from the Department of Physics report in The Conversation on how global temperatures passed the critical 1.5\u00b0C milestone for the first time in 2024.
Professor James Binney from the Department of Physics, has received the Royal Astronomical Society\u2019s 2025 Gold Medal for Astronomy for his lifetime achievements in the study of the structure and evolution of galaxies.
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