Between 15th and 17th September, the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University hosted over 50 researchers and experts from around the world for the international workshop, "New Frontiers in Quantum-Enhanced Sensing and Metrology."

Researchers in our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation are helping to develop a pioneering laser power system that could keep high-altitude aircraft operating continuously.

Ariadna Calcines Rosario, Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI) in the Department of Physics, has been selected as a winner in WeAreTechWomen’s TechWomen100 Awards 2026.

The 2026/7 Temple Chevallier Lecture is titled 'Astronomy, God, and the search for elegance' and will be delivered by Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director Emeritus of the Vatican Observatory.

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from our Department of Physics, has observed a seemingly dormant supermassive black hole reawaken.

Our astronomers are part of an international team which has discovered a new object – a mash-up of a black hole and an enormous star.

Dr Emma McCabe, Associate Professor in Condensed Matter Physics, has received recognition for two published pieces of research this week.

Professor Ryan Cooke, from our Department of Physics, has been awarded a £5.6m Royal Society fellowship to investigate the first moments after the Big Bang.

Professor Pippa Petts, from our Department of Physics, has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching and learning.

The Milky Way may have undergone some cosmic gymnastics during its history with a dramatic disc flip, according to new research from our astronomers.

Astronomers from our Physics Department have discovered the earliest known evidence of a galaxy being shaped from the inside out, revealing that key processes in galaxy evolution were already under way when the Universe was still young.

Our physicists are part of one of the most ambitious studies of the Universe ever undertaken.