24 July 2023
\n \n \n \nSix Oxford Mathematicians and two Theoretical Physicists and their collaborators have been awarded Frontiers of Science Awards for their respective research papers at the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science Conference which took place in Beijing, China.
\n \n\n \n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nOne of the most celebrated cosmologists of our time, Professor Joseph Silk (now Emeritus Savilian Professor in the Department of Physics) has made seminal discoveries on the early evolution of the Universe, the nature of dark matter and how we may detect it, and galaxy formation.
\n \n\n \n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nAn international team involving four University of Oxford researchers has harnessed the exquisite sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the first precise characterisation of interstellar dust during the early stages of the Universe.
\n \n\n \n \n3 July 2023
\n \n \n \nSubir Sarkar, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, on the first view of the Milky Way through particles rather than different wavelengths of light.
\n \n\n \n \n21 June 2023
\n \n \n \nEight scientists from the Departments of Physics, Materials and Engineering Science, and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, have participated in the Physics Zone of \u2018I\u2019m a Scientist... Get Me Out of Here\u2019, a STEM enrichment activity for school students.
\n \n\n \n \n16 June 2023
\n \n \n \nThe discovery of a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system \u2013 only the second one known \u2013 provides a new understanding into the role of magnetic fields in stellar evolution. The research was led by the University of Warwick and supported by, among others, Dr Ian Heywood from the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Physics.
\n \n\n \n \n17 May 2023
\n \n \n \nA study published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the maximum temperature of the hottest days is increasing at twice the rate of the maximum temperature of average summer days. The results highlight the need for urgent action by policy makers to adapt essential infrastructure to the impacts of climate change.
\n \n\n \n \n26 April 2023
\n \n \n \nNicholas Leach, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Predictability of Weather and Climate group, Department of Physics, writes about the Pacific Northwest heatwave of 2021 and what it says about the probability of extreme heatwave events.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nMatthew Wright, DPhil student in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the Department of Physics, writes about the need to ensure the UK\u2019s energy system is prepared for and resilient to future weather extremes.
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Vlatko Vedral from the Department of Physics contributes to a podcast discussing the need for a theory that unites quantum mechanics and general relativity, and whether we are anywhere near achieving that goal.
\n \n\n \n \n5 April 2023
\n \n \n \nThe NASA James Webb Space Telescope discovers of four of the most distant galaxies found to date \u2013 confirmed using key instruments developed by the instrument science team with Oxford physicists.
\n \n\n \n \n29 March 2023
\n \n \n \nChiara Marletto from the Department of Physics talks to The Conversation about constructor theory, a generalisation of the quantum theory of information.
\n \n\n \n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nListen to Natalia Ares, a thermodynamics researcher in the Department of Engineering Science on the Great Mysteries of Physics podcast from The Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Tim Palmer has today received the Royal Astronomical Society\u2019s 2023 Gold Medal for Geophysics for his outstanding work in advancing the understanding and prediction of climate and weather.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThree University of Oxford spinouts, including two from MPLS, have raised significant investment to scale their companies in vehicle automation, quantum computing and medical imaging respectively.
\n \n\n \n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \nIn November 2021, a team of graduate students from Oxford teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to turn the ideas of secondary school children into real experiments for launch to the International Space Station.
\n \n\n \n \n19 December 2022
\n \n \n \nNuclear fusion and the hope of a source of clean, abundant energy may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development.
\n \n\n \n \n15 December 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years, as part of a multi-institutional agreement supporting cutting-edge research in the science of weather and climate prediction.
\n \n\n \n \n13 December 2022
\n \n \n \n\u2018With ignition now achieved, not only has fusion energy been unlocked, but also a door has been opened to new science,\u2019 said Professor Gregori, Department of Physics.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2022
\n \n \n \nNew findings confirm that Webb has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe as an international team of astronomers, including scientists from Oxford, has today reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe.
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