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Breakthrough Listen’s Dr Brian C Lacki, a theoretical astronomer with the Breakthrough Listen Initiative, has recently published two papers that look at the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in a new light.

Scientists have detected what they believe to be a neutron star spinning at an unprecedentedly slow rate – slower than any of the more than 3,000 radio emitting neutron stars measured to date.

National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour is aggravating major events like floods, heatwaves and storms.

The discovery of the most distant galaxy yet seen was announced today by an international team, with 91̽»¨ astronomers playing a key role

A community engagement project 91̽»¨ed by the Department of Physics was named joint winner of the Vice Chancellor’s Community Partnership Award 2024.

Professor Laura Herz has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for her study of light-harvesting and energy-conversion pathways in emerging semiconducting materials.

Researchers from the Department of Physics have taken a step closer to demonstrating a new generation of high-repetition-rate laser-driven particle accelerators; these compact accelerators could drive myriad applications.

Einstein has been proved correct with a key prediction about black holes, an international team led by researchers from the Department of Physics at 91̽»¨.

The Department of Physics worked with Merton College to 91̽»¨ education charity Physics Partners schools competition: What Lights up your Love of Physics?

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

The Department of Physics welcomes five of this year's 15-strong cohort of Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows

Michel Talagrand has been awarded the highest prize in mathematics, the Abel Prize; of particular note is that drivers of a major part of his work come from physics. Emeritus Professor David Sherrington explains.