Oxford physicists are simulating the strange world of quantum mechanics, a breakthrough that could lead to innovations in superconductors and other technologies. Read the article in full: link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/simulating-strange-world-quantum-mechanics

New research from Oxford Physics provides the first direct evidence of the Big Bang's effect on radio emissions from distant galaxies. Read the full article and see one of the images: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/distant-galaxies-reveal-hidden-effect-big-bang

🎙️PODCAST | Check out this interview from one of our Mathematical and Theoretical Physics students, Anjali Waghmare. In this episode, Anjali interviews Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell on her groundbreaking discovery of pulsars and her experiences as a woman in science. Listen: https://youtu.be/jvvgsu9D0DQ

A few places left, register soon! 🔍'Seeing the quantum nanoworld' by Professor Stephen Blundell, in person and online, 23 Sept at 6pm BST. This is a public lecture open to all. More info: link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/seeing-quantum-nanoworld

New video! The 2025 Wetton Lecture by Professor Patrick Brady (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) entitled 'Black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves' is now available to watch in our YouTube channel. Link in bio or click https://youtu.be/aeBdqHHBatU?si=2G2brNizPIqPiNKZ

A new AI tool is helping astronomers spot supernovae in a noisy sky by filtering thousands of alerts. It reduces manual work by 85%, freeing up scientists for new discoveries. ✨ Read news in full: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-tool-helps-astronomers-find-supernovae-sky-full-noise

Join us for a public open day this Sunday at Green Templeton College, during Oxford Open Doors. The event will include space-themed stalls and crafts, as well as tours of the Radcliffe Observatory for the whole community. More info: https://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/oxford-open-doors-2025-events

Explore black holes with Sir Roger Penrose and Professor Janna Levin who will discuss these elusive phenomena at the 30th Hintze Lecture. Free, open to all. In person and online, more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/30th-hintze-lecture-professor-janna-levin-professor-sir-roger-penrose

The Oxford Spintronics and Magnetism Workshop will be held at Oxford Physics in the summer '26. The event will feature world-leading researchers in the field as distinguished speakers, including Physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Albert Fert. For more information, please visit: https://oxmas.web.ox.ac.uk.

The Physics Department welcomes Assoc. Professor Natalia Chepiga, who received a prestigious €1.5M European Research Council (ERC) grant to research quantum systems and phase transitions. More via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/department-physics-welcome-associate-professor-chepiga

Join us at Drapers’ Hall, London, for a new alumni reception and talks! Hear from Professors Andrew Boothroyd, J.C. Séamus Davis, and Dr Péter Juhász. Please note this is an event for University of Oxford alumni only. Link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/alumni-reception-drapers-hall

University of Oxford researchers made the first direct measurement of electron neutrino interactions on argon, a key step for the upcoming DUNE experiment, as reported in Physical Review Letters. Read in full: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/first-measurement-key-neutrino-interaction-process

Quantum Materials Public Lecture 'Seeing the Quantum Nanoworld' by Prof Stephen Blundell. 23 Sep, 6pm (in person), Martin Wood Complex. Everyone is welcome to attend this free lecture. More info https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/quantum-materials-public-lecture-seeing-quantum-nanoworld #IYQ2025

🌌 Universal Secrets: Unpacking Particle Physics 🧪✨ Explore muons, neutrinos and dark matter? 📅 Thurs 11 Sept 🕑 14:00–15:00 📍 The Tung Auditorium, @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🎟️ Free/drop-in 🧠 With @britsciassoc.bsky.social #CERN britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Tonight - 6pm BST - in person or online The 2025 Wetton Public Lecture 'Black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves: from a whisper to a symphony' by Prof Patrick Brady (Univ. of Wisconsin). Full details: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/black-holes-neutron-stars-and-gravitational-waves

Celebrating the DPhil journey at Oxford Physics. A fun, quirky tradition that honours a PhD's twists and turns. A unique, celebratory tradition in research labs worldwide. Read the full story: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/alternative-world-quantum-phd-hat

When floods, storms, or wildfires cause destruction, who is accountable? Shirin Ermin and Dr. Antje Weisheimer discuss climate science in the courtroom. Watch the video in full here: https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/videos/right-here-right-now-climate-science-law-and-justice/

💼Come work with us! 🔬See below our current vacancies at the Department of Physics. More info, scan the QR code or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/work-us For all University of Oxford jobs, visit https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/

'Seeing the Quantum Nanoworld' by Prof Stephen Blundell. 23 Sep/6pm/Martin Wood Lecture Theatre. Part of the 2025 Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 'Frontiers in Quantum Macroscopy'. More:  https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/quantum-materials-public-lecture-seeing-quantum-nanoworld

A chance to listen to the 'Queen of Pulsars' TONIGHT BBC4 The Sky at Night - 22hrs BST - Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 🌟  More information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002h45s  Image copyright BBC

New video: 'Professor Ian Shipsey FRS: a remarkable scientific legacy' recorded last March when people came together to celebrate the scientific legacy of Professor Ian Shipsey FRS who passed away suddenly in October 2024.  Watch now:

Our colleagues hosted engaging outreach activities in Bradford and Warrington to attract students from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to pursue physics. Read more: Link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/particle-physics-road

Join the Wetton Series to hear Professor Patrick Brady discuss gravitational waves from black holes and neutron stars. Attend in person or online! More information: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/black-holes-neutron-stars-and-gravitational-waves

The Wetton Series presents Professor Patrick Brady on 'Gravitational waves, from the first whisper to a symphony of signals'. Join us in person or online on Sept 6th, 6pm BST. More information: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/black-holes-neutron-stars-and-gravitational-waves

Oxford physicists found evidence of low-temperature spin dynamics in a Dirac spin liquid candidate, published in Physical Review Letters. Read more via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/quantum-spin-liquid-identified-through-its-spin-dynamics

Professor Hannah Christensen received the IAMAS Early Career Scientist Medal for her work on weather and climate modelling. Read the article in full via link in bio or: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-christensen-recognised-iamas

Registration for the free COMPOS 2025 program for 14-17 year olds is now open, with increased spaces thanks to a donation. Read more and register: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/register-now-free-specialist-tuition-14-17-year-olds or link in bio 📝

UK research has benefitted from talent and ideas from around the world and at the Trust we are proud to have supported eighteen Leverhulme International Professors to date. Learn more and listen to some of them as they share their experiences 👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/leve...

@oxfordphysics.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk ‬ @royalholloway.bsky.social @emmawaterton.bsky.social ‪‪ @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social @york.ac.uk ‬‬‬‬‬ @huddersfielduni.bsky.social‬‬‬

Physics topped the ‘Outstanding ED&I Champion – Staff’ category in the @mplsoxford Divisional ED&I Awards 2025 @ox.ac.uk . Prof. Sonia Antoranz Contera won, Dr. Jon Bath commended. Congratulations!💫Read in full to learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/physics-staff-championing-edi

Fab news: The University of Oxford received a £6.25M gift to boost STEM outreach for disadvantaged students incl COMPOS, an innovative online school for 14-19-year-olds to study maths & physics deeply. Read more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/donation-help-physics-outreach-project-compos

'Black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves' by Prof Patrick Brady, Univ of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Join us for the 2025 Wetton Public Lecture, on 2 Sept, 6pm, in person and online. More details, please visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/black-holes-neutron-stars-and-gravitational-waves

Oxford Physics shines at the MPLS Impact Awards! Congrats to Adam Lowe (Technician Impact), Dr. Eimear Conroy (Early Career Public Engagement for Big Data: ATLAS), & Dr. Shuaifeng Hu (Commercial Impact in perovskite solar tech). More:

Dr. Matthew Hopkins predicted interstellar objects defending his DPhil – then 3I/ATLAS appeared!. This comet, likely from the Milky Way's thick disk & over 7.5bn yrs old, offers a unique look into another star system. More:

Oxford astrophysicists were part of an international team revealing new insights into PSR J1023+0038, a rare "transitional millisecond pulsar." Polarization data suggests synchrotron radiation & a second acceleration zone!. Read more:  https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-insights-rare-pulsar

Researchers unveiled a novel class of twistable quantum materials based on unexplored M-points, published in @Nature. Read more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-class-moire-materials-unlocks-uncharted-quantum-behaviour

Congratulations Dr Sophia Vaughan on winning the @RoyalAstroSoc Michael Penston Thesis Prize. Her ground-breaking thesis on characterizing #exoplanets via reflected light paves the way for discovering Earth-like worlds. Read more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-vaughan-awarded-ras-thesis-prize

To celebrate Intl Year of Quantum Science & Technology the NQCC has convened partners from across the UK to build an exhibit for the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition. Find us at the Quantum Zone until 6 July! Read more https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/summer-science-exhibition-2025-the-quantum-zone/

We're at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition! ✨ Our video shows highlights from "Unveiling the Universe," where you can explore radio astronomy & the SKA telescopes. See real hardware, try VR, meet experts! Join us by July 6th! #SKAO #STFC #SummerScience #Astronomy

We are looking forward to meeting prospective #physics students on our 2nd Open Day Thu 3 July 2025 - 10am to 4pm. Read more about what goes on in the Department of Physics @UniofOxford and join us!: https://physics.ox.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/how-apply/open-days   #LovePhysics #OxOpenDays

Unveiling the Universe! 🔭 ✨ We're at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition until July 6th! Explore radio astronomy, meet our experts, and discover the cutting-edge SKA telescopes. #UnveilingTheUniverse #SKA #RadioAstronomy #Science

Join us Wed and Thu for #OxfordOpenDays - the perfect time to come if you are considering studying at #Oxford. All info for the Physics Department is at www.physics.ox.ac.uk/study/underg... For general @ox.ac.uk #OpenDays info visit www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u...

🌍 | Dr Antje Weisheimer, NCAS Research Fellow @oxfordphysics.bsky.social and senior scientist @ecmwf.int, has dedicated her career to unravelling the intricate relationship between weather and climate. Learn more about her work ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-... #OxfordClimate

Oxford Physics at @ox.ac.uk is part of the @royalsociety.org ’s Summer Science Exhibition (1 - 6 July, London). Come explore the Quantum Zone and Unveiling the Universe! Meet our scientists, try VR, and dive into quantum tech and cosmic discovery. Read more: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/royal-s...

'Science and science fiction' - The 2025 Astor Visiting Lecture will be delivered by Professor Robert Scherrer, Vanderbilt University 25 June 5pm BST. Open to general public, will be live streamed. Get more info via link in bio or https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/science-and-science-fiction

🔭 First images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory released today. Learn how @ox.ac.uk  astrophysicists contributed to this landmark achievement: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/first-look-trailer-rubins-movie-sky (or link in bio). Congratulations to everybody around the world on team Rubin! 🔭

Follow www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am... live now if you can't join us in person. This is the Rubin Observatory YouTube channel streaming live now.

Most full-time postgraduate courses at Oxford University are covered by the #RhodesScholarship! #RhodesScholar Sam O'Sullivan shares how she was able to explore new avenues in her Physics DPhil (PhD) thanks to the flexibility and generosity of the Rhodes Scholarship. @oxfordphysics.bsky.social

Mon 23 June, 6pm, Martin Wood lecture theatre. In person. Join us for a celebration of the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a revolutionary new telescope which will produce a movie of the sky.  Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/vera-rubin-observatory-first-look

Meet Deaglan Bartlett  Job title: Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow 🔭 Read the full interview on our website. Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meetdeaglan-bartlett