8 June 2021
\n \n \n \nPhysicists have proved that a subatomic particle can switch into its antiparticle alter-ego and back again. An extraordinarily precise measurement made by Oxford researchers using the LHCb experiment at CERN has provided the first evidence that charm mesons can change into their antiparticle and back again.
\n \n\n \n \n14 May 2021
\n \n \n \nTo date, astronomers have identified more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets but only a fraction have the potential to sustain life. Now, new research is using the geology of early planet formation to help identify those that may be capable of supporting life.
\n \n\n \n \n13 May 2021
\n \n \n \nNature-based solutions (NbS) can contribute to the fight against climate change up to the end of our century, according to new Oxford research in Nature. The analysis suggests that, to limit global temperature rise, we must slash emissions and increase NbS investment to protect, manage and restore ecosystems and land for the future.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2021
\n \n \n \nBen Fernando (Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics) writes about using the Insight mission to detect seismic signals during the landing of Perseverance - the first time that anyone has tried using a spacecraft on the surface of another planet to detect another spacecraft arriving.
\n \n\n \n \n3 February 2021
\n \n \n \nProfessor Paolo Radaelli from Oxford\u2019s Department of Physics, working with Diamond Light Source, has been leading research into silicon alternatives and his group\u2019s surprising findings are published in Nature on 4th February.
\n \n\n \n \n21 January 2021
\n \n \n \nUniversity physicists believe that, for the first time, they might be able to \u2018hear\u2019 a spacecraft land on Mars, when Perseverance arrives at Earth\u2019s \u2018near\u2019 neighbour in about a month\u2019s time around 18 February.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2021
\n \n \n \nOxford\u2019s Department of Physics is playing a key role in three of the seven quantum projects supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2021
\n \n \n \nJocelyn Bell Burnell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society\u2019s highest honour, the Gold Medal 2021. The medal recognises her extraordinary achievements and has been awarded not only for her personal research but also for her contributions to the field of astronomy generally.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2020
\n \n \n \nA new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
\n \n\n \n \n17 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Net Zero initiative, launched this week, draws on the university\u2019s world-leading expertise in climate science and policy, addressing the critical issue of how to reach global \u2018net zero\u2019 \u2013 limiting greenhouse gases \u2013 in time to halt global warming.
\n \n\n \n \n12 November 2020
\n \n \n \nMore than 50 institutes from 17 countries, including the University of Oxford, have been working over the past five years to develop the science goals and design the instrumentation which will enable Ariel to survey a diverse sample of around 1000 planets outside our own solar system.
\n \n\n \n \n6 November 2020
\n \n \n \nIn an article from 'The Conversation', John Lynch in the Department of Physics discusses the necessary changes for bringing agriculture in line with a \u201cnet-zero\u201d world.
\n \n\n \n \n2 November 2020
\n \n \n \nFor the first time, researchers from Oxford\u2019s Departments of Physics and Materials have managed to image hybrid metal halide perovskites with atomic-scale resolution providing new insights into these wonder-materials.
\n \n\n \n \n30 October 2020
\n \n \n \nThree MPLS academics and researchers have been awarded 2020 IOP Medals for their contributions to Physics - two in the Department of Physics and one in the Department of Chemistry.
\n \n\n \n \n26 October 2020
\n \n \n \nPioneering research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, into ancient tides during the Late Silurian - Devonian periods (420 million years ago - 380 million years ago), suggests that large tides may have been a key environmental factor in the evolution of bony fish and early tetrapods, the first vertebrate land-dwellers.
\n \n\n \n \n15 October 2020
\n \n \n \nScientists from the Department of Physics have developed an extremely rapid diagnostic test that detects and identifies viruses in less than five minutes.
\n \n\n \n \n11 September 2020
\n \n \n \nScientists, engineers and technicians from nine UK research organisations, including the University of Oxford, have embarked on a \u00a326M project to help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, on the French/Swiss border near Geneva.
\n \n\n \n \n8 September 2020
\n \n \n \nFive researchers from MPLS Division have been awarded major European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants\u202fto fund cutting-edge projects.
\n \n\n \n \n13 August 2020
\n \n \n \nScientists from the Department of Physics at Oxford University have discovered that the influence of circulation changes on shaping ocean warming will diminish in the future.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2020
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