🔋 Exciting news! The Faraday Institution's SOLBAT programme has received a £15.7M investment.  This is a big step for UK battery tech!  Read more on our website: https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/a-new-phase-for-solid-state-batteries.

Dust, leaves and shade used to be the kryptonite of solar panels - but not for much longer! Hong Kong and Oxford Universities have been working on overcoming this with tandem solar cells. Intrigued? Find out more on our website: https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/next-generation-solar-panels

Imagine photonic chips which are programmable after manufacture. It might seem like science fiction, but Harvard Hem Toftevaag and colleagues have made considerable strides towards achieving this aim. Read more in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Photonics

📢 We’re hiring: Associate Professor or Professor of Materials, in association with Queen’s College.   📅 Closing date: 12 noon, Wednesday 15 April 2026 If you'd like to join us, further information and a link to the application process are below 👇 https://shorturl.at/Zd53W.

📣 Internal event for Oxford University people: 'AI for Materials - From Tools to Autonomous Capability'.  👉 Sign up online (SSO required):  https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=G96VzPWXk0-0uv5ouFLPkWmR0vDKJNlPp_Inn4cckNpUQkRaSDBJN1FVV0pKNThOSE5SR1JTNk8xTi4u. 🕛/🗓️ 1-5pm, 23 April.

Happy Dance!  🎉🎉🎉 James McQueen of this department has won two heats of the IoM3 Young Person's Lecture Competition, and will now go on to the National Final in London on 21 May!   Congratulations, James- and good luck! https://www.iom3.org/events-awards/competitions/yplc.html

What a load of old junk! Consider this - we have space litter speeding around our planet at 20 to 30 times faster than a bullet! Dr Yige Sun champions the case for life-cycle thinking:

A great initiative! It reminds us of Clara Barker's BSL demonstration for the words 'physical environment': www.signbsl.com/sign/physica...

This promises to be a fascinating talk by Yuxuan (in the very friendly and welcoming @radcliffescilib.bsky.social): we heartily recommend it!

We also have PhD scholarships available for UK citizens to work with us as the UCL Plastic Waste Hub. You get to hang out at Institute of Making too which is like enhancing. More info on our general vibe here: UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub - Institute of Making share.google/Y2C03GiZgkMO...

🎉 Meet Dr Clara Barker, a shining star in the LGBTQ+ science community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/lgbtq-history-month-2026-celebrates-the-communitys-contributions-to-stem/nw28rz9.  Q: How was the train in the film powered?  A: https://www.cfas.ox.ac.uk/.   #Superconductivity #CleanEnergy

How can you make solar panels even better, and more sustainable? 🍃🌞💡  Visit: https://materialsoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bn-flakes-on-mwcnts-oxford-researchers-unravel-growth-mechanism for an exciting new paper by Northumbria, Oxford, Warwick and Birmingham. Image by PV Productions on FreePik.

Do you want your laptop and mobile/cell batteries to charge quicker and last longer? 💻📱 Nextrode Project Faraday Institution researchers in this department have made a breakthrough towards making this a reality:  https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/pioneering-technique-invisible-battery-parts.

An exciting day!  #ITVMeridian News visited Dr Clara Barker in her CfAS* lab to film a demonstration on the science which is real-life magic: superconductivity! Keep watching Meridian News to find out more! #MPLS  #OxfordUniversity  (Image by Kara Digby). *https://www.cfas.ox.ac.uk/.

‘We have a world-leading research base...but we’re about to throw it away.’ @oxfordphysics.bsky.social's Prof Chris Lintott responds to plans to cut University funding for astronomy and physics ⬇️

'The decisions we take now will influence the data we create for future generations of scientists.' Dr Heloise Stevance, from @oxfordphysics.bsky.social, discusses the ethics of delegating scientific decision-making to computers ⬇️

The Nanomaterials by Design group at Oxford has taken a deep dive into understanding how confined nanowires form. Visit our webpage to read more:

Our new Thermo Scientific Apreo 2 Scanning Electron Microscope, jointly operated with @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social, is now on-line! The instrument was unveiled today by Prof Jim Naismith, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division @mplsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

The new Thermo Scientific Apreo 2 Scanning Electron Microscope was unveiled this week by Professor Jim Naismith, Head of Division, and will be jointly operated by @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social  and @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social.

Quantum computing sounds mysterious, but it doesn’t have to be. Join physicist William Cutler as he demystifies this technology and its potential for medicine and security. 🎙️Listen to the podcast now: https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/what-is-quantum-computing/

Professor Robert House is an inaugural Green Future Fellow, who will use nanoengineering to develop a new battery that is 4 times more energy dense than current lithium-ion batteries Read more: https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/rob-house-first-cohort-of-green-future-fellows. @raeng.org.uk

This is excellent news! Congratulations to Angus on this very well deserved recognition by @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social. @mplsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk #electronmicroscopy

Congratulations to Nicole Mitchell on winning a Best Poster Award at this year's International Battery Materials Conference (IBA) in Singapore. Nicole's award-winning poster was titled: 'Influence of Ion Size on Structure and Redox Chemistry in Na-Rich and Li-Rich Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes'.

Congratulations to Prof Rob Weatherup on the award of an ERC Consolidator grant for his OPERATE project.  Read more on our website: https://materialsoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk/article/rob-weatherup-and-new-erc-grant-for-special-operando-project. #Operando #ERCCoG

A very cool video about the very cool Saiful Islam @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social @mplsoxford.bsky.social

Come and study science at Oxford!   Applications for graduate study are open across all the scientific subjects - watch this great new film: https://youtu.be/BzvQF6MTDn8.  Looking specifically at Materials? Holly & Justin talk about what it's like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYk-WMc30U.

🎓 Applications are open for the IMAT Centre for Doctoral Training at @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social & @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social! Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk

Ready for a UK-wide competition that puts your students’ problem-solving to the test? Registration for the UK #ChemistryOlympiad 2026 closes 14 January. Don’t let your students miss out on the excitement. Sign up your school (it’s free) ➡️ https://rsc.li/43d6Bhc #EduSky #ChemSky

Calling all @ox.ac.uk folk interested in knowing more about policy outputs, come join me at this hands-on workshop next week!

If you're working on any UK Government missions, consider joining us here in the Department of Materials as an OPEN Visiting Fellow. Our portfolio covers sustainable energy, quantum technologies, structural alloys for nuclear and aerospace environments, and biomaterials.

Oxford's Open Policy Engagement Network Visiting Fellowship scheme is seeking expressions of interest for this opportunity to collaborate with researchers regarding policy challenges. Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨ A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026. 🧵 [1/6]

We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS. Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed. www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

Thinking about postgraduate study? Join us at the Oxford Materials Postgraduate Open Day on 17 Sept 2025 - Meet our students & academics - Tour our labs - Learn how to make a strong application Oxford Department of Materials. Register now: lnkd.in/g_95Ev5z #OxfordMaterials #PostgradStudy #OpenDay

Congratulations to everyone collecting their A Level results today! If you are #GoingToOxford to read Materials Science, let us know - we're looking forward to welcoming you!

We're delighted to be part of the ENLIGHT collaborative group, led by @manchester.ac.uk. A major grant has been secured to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/enli... @mplsoxford.bsky.social #graphite #NuclearPower

Postdocs and Fellows in Materials, the abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Postdoc Research Symposium has been extended to **today**, 22 July 2025 at 12noon. Don’t miss your chance to join this exciting cross-department collaboration opportunity! (SSO login): forms.office.com/e/rCDdqvPaUP

🎈🎉Many congratulations🎈🎉 to Professor Saiful Islam, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Environment Prize & Medal, for deepening understanding of atomistic processes for lithium batteries & hybrid photovoltaics. Read more on rsc.li/prizes. @mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizxes #batteries

🎉🎈Many congratulations🎉🎈 to Professor Mauro Pasta, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Corday-Morgan Prize and Medal, for innovative research on novel battery chemistries. Read more on rsc.li/prizes. @mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizes #batteries #sustainability

Hot off the press!

This paper is a great read, and includes work from our very own Professor Jason Smith: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/...

We have a vacancy for a Departmental Lecturer in Materials Modelling. If the link in the poster below doesn't work, search for vacancy number 179858 on the University of Oxford's vacancies page: www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/academic-res.... The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 13 June:

Professor Hannah Stern and a team from Cambridge have made a breakthrough in quantum sensing, which could herald atomic scale spatial mapping of the magnetic field. Read more online: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/brea....

What can you do with a Materials Science doctorate? Start your own sustainability-focused company & be recognised in Forbes' 30-under-30 before you've even had a chance to attend your degree ceremony. Many congratulations to Dr Chan who did exactly that: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-h...

Congratulations to Neil Young, who is now an Associate Professor of Electron Microscopy. Neil has been managing the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy for over a decade, where his focus is on developing the userbase and encouraging collaboration: www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk

Led by @AstonUniversity, Oxford’s Bhaskaran Lab* is one of the partners in the new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing. @EPSRC has committed to invest £5.6M into the centre: www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps.... *https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/home @MPLS @UniofOfxord

📢 We're Hiring 📢 Associate Professor (or Professor) of Materials at the University of Oxford 📍 Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford 📅 Starting: 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter 🕛 Deadline to apply: 12 noon, 30 May 2025 Click below lnkd.in/dSAYdn-C lnkd.in/dQXhXJKA

Prof Susie Speller has been funded by RAEng to bring her 'Superconductors Inc' game to schools across the UK. The game introduces the students to buying, processing and selling the provided materials for a 'profit', and contains bite-sized educational content throughout. #RAEngIngenious #MPLS

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 Join @UniofOxford as an Associate Professor of Materials 🧪 🔬 Research areas incl. atom-probe tomography, biomaterials, quantum materials, mat processing. 💼 £55.7k–£74.8k + benefits 🗓 Apply by 30 May 2025 👉 www.materials.ox.ac.uk/vacancies #OxfordJobs #STEM #AcademicJobs

Few more (free) tickets left for this #IamNotaTourist @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford panel this Saturday from 3-4pm with @annasulan.bsky.social, Vera Chok and @jennywcreative.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-am-not-a...