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New training centre will bridge the gap between environmental science and AI to address global environmental challenges

Backed by over £15 million funding, the new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for the Environment (The Intelligent Earth Centre) will combine the University’s strengths in artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, and environmental sciences.

University of Oxford partners with Breakthrough Prize Foundation in search for life beyond Earth

Oxford will be the international headquarters for the Breakthrough Listen initiative, the largest ever astronomical programme searching for ‘technosignatures’ - evidence of past or present technology that would signal the presence of life beyond planet Earth.

New study reveals source of largest ever Mars quake

A global team of scientists led by researchers in the Department of Physics have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars. The study rules out a meteorite impact, suggesting instead that the quake was the result of enormous tectonic forces within Mars’ crust.

From The Conversation: How weather ‘blocks’ have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe

Professor Tim Woollings from the Department of Physics discusses the 'blocking events' that have resulted in Europe’s weather getting stuck in long periods of hot, wet or cool weather this summer.

Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Professor John Cardy, Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, has been named as joint winner of the 2024 Breakthrough Prize. The prize recognises his profound contributions to statistical physics and quantum field theory, with diverse and far-reaching applications in different branches of physics and mathematics.

Oxford University-built instrument ready to map water on the Moon

A thermal imaging camera built by the Department of Physics will form an integral part of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission, scheduled to launch in 2024. This aims to map the distribution of the different forms of water on the surface of the Moon to better understand the lunar water cycle and inform future human missions.

From The Conversation: One of 2023’s most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter

Matthew Patterson, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in in Atmospheric Physics, discusses the recent extreme heatwave in the Chilean Andes.

Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time

For the first time, researchers have trained a machine learning model in outer space, on board a satellite. This achievement could enable real-time monitoring and decision making for a range of applications, from disaster management to deforestation.

Six Oxford Mathematicians and two Theoretical Physicists recognised with Frontiers of Science Award

Six 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.

Professor Joe Silk on why we need to go back to the Moon

One 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.

James Webb Space Telescope detects interstellar dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

An 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.

From The Conversation: First ever view of the Milky Way seen through the lens of neutrino particles

Subir Sarkar, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, on the first view of the Milky Way through particles rather than different wavelengths of light.

Oxford physicists connect with school students through ‘I’m a Scientist... Get Me Out of Here!’

Eight scientists from the Departments of Physics, Materials and Engineering Science, and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, have participated in the Physics Zone of ‘I’m a Scientist... Get Me Out of Here’, a STEM enrichment activity for school students.

White dwarf pulsar discovery sheds light on star evolution

The discovery of a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system – only the second one known – 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’s Department of Physics.

Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe

A 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.

From The Conversation: ‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here – we identified the regions most at risk

Nicholas 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.

From The Conversation: How extreme weather threatens to bring down UK’s power lines and halt supply to homes

Matthew Wright, DPhil student in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the Department of Physics, writes about the need to ensure the UK’s energy system is prepared for and resilient to future weather extremes.

From The Conversation: Do we really need a theory of everything?

Professor 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.

Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet

The NASA James Webb Space Telescope discovers of four of the most distant galaxies found to date – confirmed using key instruments developed by the instrument science team with Oxford physicists.

From The Conversation: Great Mysteries of Physics 4: does objective reality exist?

Chiara Marletto from the Department of Physics talks to The Conversation about constructor theory, a generalisation of the quantum theory of information.

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