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Rick Hamilton completed his PhD on Molecular Electronics in 2003 and immediately joined Merck Chemicals Ltd, where he produced…
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I studied Zoology at Cambridge but always had an affinity for computing since learning to program the ZX Spectrum…
Jennifer is the Director of Statistical Consultancy in Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. She has a…
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When you are a medical student you get to spend time working in each specialty – for example as…
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I am from a family of artists and grew up to think that passion means knowing what you want…
I studied medicine in Edinburgh, and moved to Oxford to train clinically in psychiatry. I became interested in forensic…
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Jane Langdale graduated from the University of Bath in 1982 with a BSc in Applied Biology specializing in microbiology.…
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Inspirational teachers were behind Kit Yates choosing to study maths. He also liked the fact that maths was based…
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I am an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and a tutorial…
Gil McVean is Professor of Statistical Genetics at the University of Oxford and Acting Director of Oxford’s Big Data…
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Barbara is the Director of Lancaster University’s internationally-renowned Centre for Environmental Magnetism & Palaeomagnetism, in the Lancaster Environment Centre.…
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Rachel completed her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford followed by a DPhil in Clinical…
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Quantum physics opens a window to a miraculous world, where extraordinary things happen that cannot be explained by our…
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Dorothy Bishop was always interested in psychology, although she admits she didn’t know much about it until becoming an…
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I’m an evolutionary anthropologist which means I study the influence that evolution has had upon human behaviour, physiology and…
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I work on the optical properties of materials at the Clarendon Laboratory, and I am also a Fellow of The…
Kate Watkins loved the sciences as a student, but wasn’t sure which area to focus on. By choosing to…
Network science is the study of how objects interact with each other. Quite often, even simple behaviour at an…
I didn’t start off as a scientist – rather I majored in English literature at Tufts University in the…
I am a Radcliffe Scholar in Plant Sciences reading for a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Restoring our…
I’m a DPhil researcher in computer science, and a part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security.…
Tim Coulson did his PhD at Imperial College, before conducting post-docs at the Institute of Zoology, London, and the…
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I have always been interested in space and geology, so I am excited to be in a field where…
rom the very early days of investigating the brain we have looked at how damage to different areas of…
Hugh Watkins initially trained in medicine, mostly in London but with a spell in Oxford, with the expectation of…
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Stuart Peirson is an Associate Professor in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and a Group Leader in the Sleep…
I received my BSc and MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence in The Netherlands, at Radboud University Nijmegen. Even though…
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With interests in subjects as diverse as volcanology and marine biology, Anna decided to study Natural Sciences at Cambridge.…
Kieran Clarke is Professor of Physiological Biochemistry and heads the Cardiac Metabolism Research Group in the Department of Physiology,…
Victoria grew up in Lesotho and South Africa and has always had a passion for wildlife and protecting the…
I’ve always been a fish geek, being given an aquarium for my 5th birthday and fascinated by the aquatic…
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I took a roundabout route to get to planetary exploration. I was looking for work with my Physics degree…
I first became interested in neuroscience as an undergraduate student. I discovered a lecture called “Introduction to Neurophysiology” and…
I am a population ecologist. I was born and raised in Spain, where I attended the University of Cadiz…
My research is focused on the development and functions of chloroplasts in plants. Chloroplasts are the subcellular organelles responsible…
I am a marine biologist fascinated by the largest environment on planet Earth: the oceans. As a student, I…
I started out studying Physics at the University of Southampton, and followed that up by working offshore as a…
I have always been interested in nature, growing up in rural Sussex. I did an undergraduate degree at Oxford…
Hindolo is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Energy and Power Group, within Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science. He comes…
Diogo Veríssimo is an Oxford Martin Fellow focusing on the design and evaluation of behaviour change interventions to tackle…
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I studied theoretical physics in Maynooth University, Ireland, and while I loved learning about science, I realised that a…
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As a teenager, Michele Paulatto became curious about how the Earth and the Universe work, so chose to study…
Kylie has always been fascinated by how cells function, and to get a deeper understanding she studied Chemistry at…
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My early research was as a member of the Work Interaction and Technology (WIT) Centre at King’s College London. …
While studying maths for my undergraduate and masters degrees at Cambridge, I was always interested in practical applications of…
Alison is an Associate Professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Oxford where she leads a research team…
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Professor Kia Nobre left her hometown of Rio de Janeiro with great ambivalence to study at a liberal arts…
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I have a background in mathematics (Canterbury University, New Zealand), and now I am a computational scientist at Oxford…
My Story I grew up in Madurai, a small town in the state of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. From…
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I did a maths degree at Oxford but I got increasingly interested in applying maths to other areas of…
I like to call myself a research engineer because I pride myself that I work on real-life engineering projects…
Malcolm John grew up in Penzance, west Cornwall. He had an early interest in maths and physics, which he…
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My name is Nacho and I come from Avila, a little town up the mountains in central Spain. For…
Ever since I was little, I have wanted to be an archaeologist. As soon as I was old enough,…
I became interested in visual neuroscience after a conference I attended whilst studying my A Levels. Before coming to…
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Mat Charles studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge, sidestepping biology by choosing Maths with Physics. He focused on particle physics…
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Before coming to Oxford in 2012, I studied Engineering and Economics at TU Kaiserslautern (Germany) and joined both Lancaster…
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My main research interests are in the development of medical devices that support the repair of damaged or diseased…
Christine completed a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Paris V University (CNRS) on isolation and characterization of…
Eleanor Stride obtained her BEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University College London, where she subsequently appointed to…
I received my PhD in Neuropsychology (summa cum laude, direct track) from the Ben-Gurion University in 2007, and I…
I studied Engineering at Oxford University. Whilst this is a general engineering course, the part that interested me the…
I grew up in the little fishing town of Kilkeel in County Down, at the foot of the Mourne…
Tom is a Mathematician at the University of Oxford where he holds the position of Early Career Teaching and…
My work involves developing particle detectors and other kit for experiments such as the ATLAS project at the Large…
My passion for Geology began at school in the Mendip Hills where I collected fossils and minerals. After school,…
Alan Winfield is Professor of Robot Ethics at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. After spending his childhood…
I was obsessed with animals from childhood and was very lucky to have a parent that happily indulged my…
My passion for physics started in the last two years of high school thanks to the amazing outreach work…
I first became interested in science while working for the Canadian Army as an infantry reservist. I was 19…
I have always been fascinated by the Polar Regions – the harsh but beautiful landscapes, the epic stories of…
I am Professor of Human Centred Computing in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. I…
I am a PhD student studying plant immunology and agricultural biotechnology. My work focuses on the use of essential…
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At school, Dianne Newbury was unsure of her future career path, but she found genetics fascinating and decided to…
As a DPhil candidate in Philosophy, I am based at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. During my…
I’m a mathematician who applies maths to cancer and medicine – I didn’t even realise that existed when I…
One of the most intriguing and complex things for me are other people. I have always wanted to learn…
I was drawn to science after learning about the ‘plastic’ nature of the brain and its implications for brain…
I was always interested in animals and fascinated by animal behaviour. After a PhD at Cambridge University studying parental…
Heidi was not interested in science at school but was interested in human behaviour. She went to the University…
Initially I went to university with ideas of becoming a journalist, embarking on a Joint Honours degree in English…
I started my career as an engineer graduating with a PhD in Engineering from the UCLouvain in Belgium. During…
Kevin Foster is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Oxford and is based between the Department of…
I have always been absolutely fascinated by the fact all the information required to build a human being is…
I received my undergraduate and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Brescia, Italy, where I started…
I’m fascinated by how and why our brains over-remember the memories we most want to forget. I studied at…
I always was interested in science and biology which resulted in me doing a bachelors degree in Animal Genetics…
During his undergraduate physics degree at Imperial College, London, Andrew developed a passion for instrumentation and fundamental physics. He…
I’m a postgraduate fellow at Christ Church College and in the Department of Physics. My academic research is in…
As an 8 year old, Georgie received a chemistry kit and started running her own experiments, using her sister…
My pathway to what I do now is a varied one, but there has always been an interest in…
I chose chemistry as a career partly because, when I was a schoolboy at a state school in rural…
David Pyle was first captivated by volcanoes at the age of seven, while sitting on the freshly erupted deposits…
I studied Zoology at Sheffield and, after working as a research assistant and postman, took up a PhD on sexual…
I am in my 8th year of study in Oxford, having started with a 4 year undergrad Masters in…
The total fertility rate fell from 1.94 in 2010 to 1.55 in 2021, according to data from the Office…
Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University…
Professor Dame Carol Robinson. Photo credit: Carol Robinson. Dame Carol Robinson, Dr. Lee’s Professor of Chemistry and Director of…
The programme is an opportunity to explore, experience, engage and investigate the future possibilities and the ethical implications of…
The SYMPLIFY study is the first large-scale evaluation of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test in individuals who presented…
Professor Matt Cook, the UK’s first Professor of LGBTQ+ History at University of Oxford Taking up his post in…
Published in JAMA Network Open, the findings revealed that smoking abstinence between weeks nine and 24 was associated with…
Oxford’s annual Admissions Statistical Report has been published today and reflects the consolidation of Oxford’s recent progress to ensure that those…
The third annual Spotlight on Spinouts report, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, highlights Oxford’s remarkable achievement in…
The study, published in BMJ Medicine, is the most comprehensive assessment of medication safety during the Covid-19 pandemic in…
Dr Newman probed data on athlete’s height, weight and performance and studied the data on all-time great baseball players,…
The new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of…
Reading among 9–10-year-olds in England has remained consistent despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research today from Oxford University’s Department…
Dr Matthew Patterson. Image credit: University of Oxford. New research led by the University of Oxford has found that…
Baroness Amos, the former politician, diplomat and Master of University College, and Lady Angiolini, the former Lord Advocate of…
His was not the first such intervention. In March, an open letter was circulated, signed by Elon Musk and…
In his new role as the University’s Local and Global Engagement Officer, Professor Alex Betts will work to advance…
The University of Oxford has undertaken a review of its relationship with the Sackler family and their trusts, including…
Developing better connections between ethnic minority patients and health care professionals could deliver more positive health care experiences for…
Oxford University has received the University of Sanctuary award in recognition of its sustained commitment to being a place…
Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, speaking at the launch event for the Centre for Energy…
They have been selected for their substantial contributions to the advancement of science in various fields and are as…
The Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship, attached to St Catherine’s College and created thanks to a generous donation by Sir…
Autoimmune diseases occur when the normal role of the immune system in defence against infections is disturbed, resulting in…
For decades, scientists have been investigating how to recreate the versatile computational capabilities of biological neurons to develop faster…
The new Sanctuary Fair 2023 will provide an opportunity for everyone to learn more about refugee and displacement issues,…
The research, which analysed over 23,000 songs that reached the UK weekly top charts in the last 70 years,…
Widespread use of intelligent algorithmics and dynamic pricing by online retailers, puts the public at risk of ‘adversarial collusion’,…
Scientists are busy preparing. For example, the ‘100 day mission’ involves the aim to develop a vaccine within 100…
Professor James H Naismith FRSC FRSB FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE is to become the new Head of Oxford’s Mathematical,…
Special services and livestreaming events will be held at Oxford University to give thanks and celebrate the historic occasion…
At the Encaenia ceremony, degrees will be awarded to Professor Frances Arnold, Michelle Bachelet, Lyse Doucet, Professor Stephen Furber,…
Scientists believe little more than 10% of the species that live in our seas have been found and that around…
The camps were identified using satellite images. According to the research team, they may have been part of a…
The University of Oxford has partnered with other institutions and investors to agree terms which will greatly increase the…
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, The Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH, has been appointed a Knight…
Intensive pig and chicken farms could be acting as reservoirs of bacteria resistant to both last defence antimicrobial drugs…
Two fully funded scholarships for Black British postgraduate students have been made available through the University of Oxford’s Black Academic…
This week, 35 applicants have received offers to study at the University on a one-year fully funded course that…
Whilst data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees showed that 5.8 million people in Ukraine crossed the…
For many years, researchers have been mystified about how the northern elephant seal, (Mirounga angustirostris), one of the world’s…
Our findings demonstrate that beetles and feathered theropods have interacted since the Mesozoic, and shed light on the evolutionary…
This is one of the first randomized double-blind placebo controlled trials of a potential long COVID treatment – AXA1125.…
This marks the first regulatory clearance for the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine for use in any country. The successful registration…
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced a £12…
Writing in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the researchers developed and tested the tool using the anonymised health records…
The ERC is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research, and the ERC Advanced Grants are amongst…
The ‘Orchestrating Numeracy and the Executive’ (The ‘ONE’) programme bridges educators’ needs and recent evidence, to train early years…
Hampton Gaddy. Image credit: Nuffield College and David Fisher. Historical demographers have thought that the 1918 influenza pandemic caused…
The project, known as ORIGIN (Optimising cultural expeRIences for mental health in underrepresented younG people onlINe), will run from…
Growing the battery industry is vital to positioning the UK as the best location in the world to manufacture…
Over three years and three phases, the team from the Faculty of Law will create an online database that…
Findings showed that while school closures may reduce COVID-19 transmission, they were also associated with negative impacts on children’s…
The Varsity Match – the annual rugby union match between Oxford and Cambridge universities and one of sport’s longest-running…
The companies have raised over £6 billion in investment and created over 9,000 jobs. The milestone cements the University’s…
Cambridge’s men wrestled back their Boat Race title from Oxford in a closely fought event, with their women counterparts…
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act passed into law today, a major step in unlocking growth and innovation in…
Previous studies have shown that use of the combined contraceptive pill, which combines oestrogen and progestogen, is associated with…
Misophonia is a strong negative reaction to common sounds, which are usually made by other people, and include breathing,…
A science-inspired competition inviting entrants to create an artistic response to Oxford research is back for a third year,…
Florence I. ‘Cuppy’ Otedola, an internationally successful DJ and music producer, who has recently completed her graduate studies at…
The research team made up of scientists from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the Max…
When it comes to the conservation of turtles and crocodiles, we are dealing with a critical scenario. Furthermore, our…
In all 15 research studies reviewed for the paper, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, there…
Kate Mavor CBE will become Master of St Cross College from September 2023. Kate Mavor has been the Chief…
Up to 25% of public sector employees in the UK do some form of night work. Similar numbers in…
Next week in Oxford [20-21 March], the first Social Sciences Impact Conference in five years takes place, bringing together…
A drawing in the Ashmolean’s collections that has now been attributed to Albrecht Dürer is just one of the…
Our process combined statistical microbial ecology surveys, remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles, and machine learning to map, model,…
The appointment of Rev Canon Professor Sarah Foot PhD, FRHistS, FSA as Dean of Christ Church, has been approved…
Their study included DNA from 60,600 women with endometriosis and 701,900 without. It revealed compelling evidence of a shared…
Today’s report on promoting safer sleep for babies, particularly focuses on families facing significant adversity, who may be receiving…
The latest findings from the ProtecT trial are presented at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Milan…
Researchers and clinicians in Oxford have begun an evaluation of artificial intelligence software that could help pathologists diagnose prostate…
Lago Morejon with Volcano Uturuncu in the background at the altiplano in Bolivia. Image credit: Shutterstock. The global shift…
It was an honour to present my research in Parliament at STEM for Britain 2023. Personally, this event provided…
One such company is Omass Therapeutics which spun out of the Department for Chemistry in 2016. It utilises high-resolution…
Professor Chas Bountra, Oxford’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, welcomed the announcement, saying, ‘We have incredibly talented social scientists here…
This breakthrough in secure communications promises unprecedented levels of security and efficiency to its users, who may enjoy a…
Spun out of the University of Oxford in 2016 by Professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne, Mind Foundry has…
These findings are a great step forward towards producing next-generation nerve guides that emulate the nervous architecture and possess…
Communications systems research is a critical area that underpins the whole future digital society and forms part of a…
East Africa is much drier than other tropical land regions, including the Amazon and Congo rainforests. The geography of…
The findings demonstrate that fertility is affected by diverse biological mechanisms, which contribute to variations in fertility, and directly…
Scientists tend to move from one country to another to advance their careers. But researchers from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for…
The UK is currently providing a team of roughly 100 emergency medical personnel with a field hospital and clinic…
The University of Oxford has opened applications to the Professor of Poetry, founded in 1708 and regarded as one of…
The University of Oxford has opened applications to the Professor of Poetry, founded in 1708 and regarded as one of…
The largest building project ever undertaken by Oxford University got underway last week (February 23), and now that spades…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and…
Russia’s invasion has been downplayed by states critical of Western policies, as resembling the interventions in Iraq (2003) or…
Helium gas is essential for many essential functions, including the operation of MRI scanners. Image credit: Shutterstock. Dr Anran…
In May 2022, just over two months after the war in Ukraine started, Oxford announced the launch of a…
According to the research, a typical reduction in rainfall of 50mm per month mm can also cause displacement to…
There are two key concerns about coronaviruses that demand better vaccines today. New COVID-19 variants continue to emerge, evade…
Many explanations have been given for why Vladmir Putin decided to launch an invasion, often citing NATO expansion and…
The new research, published today [22 February 2023] in Nature Communications, is the most comprehensive evaluation of the NHS…
Dr Lulu Shi, postdoctoral researcher, Oxford Internet Institute and departmental lecturer, Oxford’s Department of Education, says, ‘Our research suggests,…
In the year since, I have reviewed evidence for the Russian action, such as exists. With hindsight, what seemed…
Professor Richard Walker. Image credit: Dr Claudia Bertoni. Two weeks after the earthquake, the initial frantic race to find…
Oxford expert Dr Vlad Mykhnenko and Dr Manuel Wolff from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have studied the sudden and acute…
Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls…
The deduction is that this is an individual who is prepared to use extreme violence to achieve his goals,…
Wellcome has awarded Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry £16.5 million for the STEP (Stratification & Treatment in Early Psychosis) programme,…
Dr Dan Challender with a Sunda pangolin Manis javanica. Image credit: Dr Dan Challender. Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are…
Easy-to-understand evidence-based information in Turkish and Arabic has been rapidly produced for social media-use, by international parenting experts, to…
Nico Rosberg, sustainability entrepreneur and Formula 1 champion, has launched a new charitable enterprise to support innovation and environmental…
This city-centre construction project is the first launched under the joint venture that led to the formation of Oxford…
Since 24 February 2022, Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine. This attack has led to numerous…
Professor John Tasioulas, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, has been awarded an AI2050…
I vividly remember the day when I counted 16 growth rings in the microscope. I was completely overwhelmed and…
Where once facts, evidence and rationality were the path to knowledge, now the logic of feeling, of ‘my truth’…
The 2022 release of a collared leopard into the North Ossetia (Central Caucasus), Russia. Image Source: Pavel Padalko. As…
Associate Professor Patrick Rebeschini. Image credit: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford. Professor Rebeschini said: ‘The ERC Consolidator Grant…
The new diagnostic test could replace current methods that are limited to testing for only one infection, such as…
Oxford has joined forces with the University of Cambridge to support Target Oxbridge’s Year-10 programme, which offers 14- and…
Early aspirations were for a potentially world-leading law which could keep children safe and tackle the worst online harms.…
The connection between climate change and the spread of infectious disease is often overlooked, or not made at all.…
According to the research, violent deaths are responsible for a high proportion of the differences in lifetime uncertainty between…
Amber Therapeutics, a company spun out from the University of Oxford in 2021, applies a research system which uses…
Researchers from the Herring group in Oxford’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics have developed a blood test that measures…
If authorities succumb to the pressure of the demands for data, clean air/low/zero emissions zones could be at risk…
The study – the largest of its kind – also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion, or traumatic brain…
According to the paper, A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning, ‘We…
According to the paper, A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘The…
A scanning electron microscope image of the shell of the planktonic foraminifera species Globigerinella adamsi. This specimen was collected…
Mrs Tribich had been a child captive and is one of the shrinking number of witnesses and survivors of…
The study indicates that pharmaceutical and public health interventions remain important to protect children and young people against COVID-19.…
A survey of over 2000 British adults has found that public trust in science, particularly genetics, increased significantly during…
Head of Department, Professor David Paterson, said: ‘The Japan Prize is a major international prize that correctly recognises the outstanding…
Oxford is part of a network of 17 ECMCs across the UK which work in conjunction with local NHS…
Despite their small size, insects can be phenomenal jumpers, capable of leaping many times their body length with astonishing…
The lymphatic system is a network of vessels that branch out throughout the body, and play an important role…
More than 20 global CDR experts, led by Dr Steve Smith, from Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the…
To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant on maternal and neonatal outcomes the researchers studied 1,545 pregnant…
The model simulated the movement of both land-based and marine types of plastic pollution across the world’s oceans. This…
Programmable nucleic acid-based therapeutics have come of age at pace during the pandemic, with billions of doses of mRNA…
Professor Perkin’s research focuses on the diverse properties that fluids can exhibit, depending on their chemical composition. Seawater, biological…
Ports are crucial for the economy; they handle the vast majority of globe trade, are important hubs for industry…
The Gold Medal is the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour and can be awarded for any reason, but usually…
The paper, Extended producer responsibility for fossil fuels, was written by an team of international experts, including Oxford Professor…
Globally, many species face severe population declines as a result of human pressures, with African lions being no exception.…
This week sees the launch of two major Oxford SDG Impact Lab programmes in 2023 – the easyJet holidays…
Dr Phil Grünewald (left) and Dr Tina Fawcett (right). EDOL will investigate how energy demands may change in the…
Oxbotica, a leader in autonomous vehicle software for businesses, has raised US$140 million Oxford Ionics, whose innovations are taking…
‘Dear Chancellor, family, friends and colleagues, I stand here today, as surprised as no doubt you are, that after…
‘Irene Tracey is the 273rd Vice-Chancellor of this University since the rollcall began in 1230, and only the second…
Speaking at her Admission Ceremony, Professor Tracey spoke of her pride at being asked to lead her hometown University…
Warming is projected to intensify these hazards ten-fold globally under the highest emission pathway, says the report, published in…
The treatment was, however, associated with a faster recovery time and reduced viral detection and load – participants who…
Professor Marian Knight has been appointed a MBE for services to Maternal and Public Health. Professor Marian Knight, Professor…
A vaccine scientist from the University of Oxford recently received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish…
Last month, the students travelled to the United States with representatives from the education outreach charity to complete final…
A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, finds that logged rainforests are treasure-troves of healthy ecological…
A study involving University of Oxford researchers used high-resolution satellite imagery to investigate how plant diversity affects elephant movements.…
The University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further…
More than 40,000 doses of Oxford’s Ebola vaccine have been manufactured by SII (Serum Institute of India) in just…
The Academic Futures programme, which aims to address under-representation and help improve equality, diversity and inclusion in Oxford’s graduate…
Researchers say more awareness is needed across a range of health, social care, and school-based services in how to…
Researchers and conservation experts reinforce the need for ambitious targets by 2030 to focus, motivate and finance actions to…
Accurate, 3D maps of buildings are valuable assets for many different purposes, from preserving historic sites to mapping disaster…
The app, Haate Haat (which means hand-to-hand in Bengali), was developed as part of a project to explore how…
In the past months, the rapid deployment of generative AI technology such as DALL-E2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have…
The Nature Positive Universities Alliance brings higher education institutions together to use their unique power and influence as drivers…
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt…
Funded via the ESRC Education Research Programme, the project, which is being led by the Department of Education in…
Time is running out to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – international cooperation and governance on biodiversity and nature…
A new study led by the University of Oxford is the first to quantify the day-to-day barriers that conservation…
The new scholarship, enabled by founding and principal donor XTX, launches in memory of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.…
The most recent Economic Activity and Social Change in the UK Reports suggest a slowdown in several labour market…
The new scholarship launches in memory of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani. A £2.48 million gift from founding and principal…
Since COVID-19 reared its head in December 2019, the global scientific community has developed several effective vaccines against the…
Tobacco smoking is projected to cause one billion deaths worldwide this century, mainly in low and middle income countries…
Contemporary artists have shared their thought-provoking responses to six artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections for a new…
Contemporary artists have shared their thought-provoking responses to six artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections for a new…
Polarised Light Microscopy image of polyester textile fibre found in one of the Antarctic samples. Image credit: Nekton 2022.…
The NTCF addresses a key research need by being one of the first facilities in the UK to provide…
A new scholarship scheme providing financial support to graduate students displaced by the war in Ukraine has been made…
Before the pandemic, there had been a steady but notable upward trend in young people’s sense of well-being across…
The telescope’s array of highly sensitive instruments was trained on the atmosphere of a “hot Saturn” – a planet…
This year’s funding totals €636 million, with grants awarded through a highly-competitive process. Overall, just 14% of applications were…
According to the research team, led by Oxford University’s Department of Biology, applying these findings could save lives, as…
Professor Lavanya Rajamani, professor of international environmental law and a country adviser during COP27, said, ‘The establishment of the…
The ceremony represents an important milestone in the single biggest capital project ever carried out at Oxford University. It…
A new study published by University of Oxford researchers in an open-access journal, JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, shows that…
Small particles in the atmosphere also birth clouds, whether they are crystals of sea salt from the Southern Ocean…
A vaccine developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group’s Prof Teresa Lambe and supported in clinical trials and manufacture scale-up…
Meteorites can offer an invaluable window into the early solar system, since most originate from asteroids that formed…
Research led by the University of Oxford, and funded by Cancer Research UK, has found the strongest evidence yet…
Prominent figures from the literary world came together, alongside students from the University of Oxford, for an event in…
‘They should be co-owners and agenda-setters of the climate process, but that is not the case now, gender is…
Next, among the NRI’s top 10, network ready nations, are Singapore, Sweden and the Netherlands. Europe is the leading…
The study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery, describes a new method using human stem cells grown in a…
Glucose metabolites (chemicals produced when glucose is broken down by cells), rather than glucose itself, have been discovered to…
Simon Reuben and David Reuben have been presented with the Sheldon Medal in recognition of their support for students…
Homicide deaths accounted for the largest disparity among young adults, and were 20 times as high for black males…
Kaya Axelsson, who is a technical author for the guidelines, says, ‘People are tired of having the wool pulled…
The study involved analysing social network data from a population of non-captive macaques on the island of Cayo Santiago,…
In a powerful new video message, the Oxford professor of Geosystem Science, who established the need for ‘net zero’…
In a powerful new video message, the Oxford professor of Geosystem Science, who established the need for ‘net zero’…
Only by curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possibly can we tackle the climate and…
Setting out a new roadmap to net zero, the HLEG report states, ‘There have been 29 disasters, which cost…
The research, published in The BMJ and funded by the Wellcome Trust, Royal Society and National Institute for Health…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported findings from a study that investigated whether previously identified correlates…
A collaborative study led by the University of Oxford as part of the UK’s 100,000 Genomes Project, published in…
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-last-best-hope/id1511930470So entrenched have been previous battles between the two parties that, in 1861, it ended in Civil War trenches.…
A phase I/IIa clinical trial that the University of Oxford collaborated on has demonstrated that a T-cell therapeutic HIV…
At 57km high (35 miles), the ash cloud generated by the eruption is also the first to have been…
A new study published in the journal Science Advances sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct…
The European Union will present a united front in favour of ambitious climate action at the forthcoming United Nations climate change conference in…
John has been a director for more than 20 years, collaborating with leading performers, dance companies and visual artists…
In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the University have recorded wishes and…
Fossil specimen (left) and diagram (right) of Gangtoucunia aspera preserving soft tissues, including the gut and tentacle. Image credit:…
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the University of Oxford, in partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Action…
Professor Natalia Ares. Image credit: John Cairns. Quantum technologies are based on a bizarre feature of the subatomic world…
In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the university, have recorded wishes and…
The University of Oxford is hosting Taoiseach Micheál Martin T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland to deliver its annual Romanes…
The University of Oxford is hosting Taoiseach Micheál Martin T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland to deliver its annual Romanes…
Running from October to December 2022, Oxford’s Egypt Season will explore the rich cultural, archaeological, artistic, and political history of…
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced $3 million in new funding for Global.health (G.h) – a first-of-its-kind, open-source platform for…
Illustration showing NASA’s InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. On 24 December…
The consortium will be led by the Pirbright Institute and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, but researchers from across…
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a programme of Schmidt Futures, aims to accelerate the…
Published in world-leading journal Nature Energy, the research was carried out by a team of 40 African researchers and…
It is one of just 29 Synergy grants being awarded by the European Research Council today, from 360 applications.…
The tiny skeleton discovered on the Isle of Skye, called Bellairsia gracilis, is only 6 cm long and dates…
Video evidence from Nekton science cameras aboard the Omega Seamaster II submersible, combined with collected biological samples and extensive…
COVID-19 saw the rapid acceleration of workplace information and communication technologies, and the promise of remote work leading to work…
Excess salt consumption* increases the risk of high blood pressure and is thought to be responsible for at least…
Awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of outstanding research scholars whose future career is…
If you were to travel from Arctic Canada and head south down the Rocky Mountains into the US towards…
The road safety event demonstrates Oxford University’s support for the Oxfordshire County Council’s Vision Zero programme and its aim…
Millions of people around the world must be enabled to leave ‘multidimensional poverty’, shows research published today by the…
COVID-19 has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last…
In their findings published in Nature Medicine, the researchers found people carrying an allele (version) of an HLA gene…
The NIHR Oxford BRC, a partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust,…
Now in its third year, to-date Opportunity Oxford has supported 445 offer-holders in their transition from school or college…
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford has unveiled plans to launch its new ‘Oxford Black Leaders Scholarships’. They are…
The EV Summit returns with the full institutional support of Oxford University, and Oxford City Council to power the…
Since its launch in 2017, more than 1.5 million people, including students and teachers from around the world, have…
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends that patients with monkeypox who have severe disease requiring hospital admission are…
A new online Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research, the first of its kind at Oxford, will offer researchers…
Professor Patel (KJ) will provide scientific leadership for the charity’s activities and ambitions, and he joins at an important…
Lord Patten joined Alastair Locke on October 7 as well as more donors and friends of Wadham College to…
Other illustrious winners of the Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana or the Knight of…
The University of Oxford has been named the best university in the world for a record seventh consecutive year…
Research led by Oxford University is the first of its kind to study tiny dust molecules in the nuclear…
In the study, which is published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection, the researchers took throat swabs and assessed the…
The University of Oxford is to join the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, as part of the…
Human aerosol emissions have a cooling effect on the planet, because they can make clouds brighter by providing extra…
As a respiratory disease, COVID-19 infection mainly affects the lungs. While most people recover completely, a significant number of…
Part of the Government’s research and knowledge exchange body, the Economic & Social Research Council, has today announced the hotly-contested…
Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen, Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellow from Oxford’s Department for Social Policy and Intervention, says, ‘It is well…
Oxford is less set in stone than it looks Colleagues, thank you for being here. I would like to…
The GII report states, ‘Historic data, plus the global economic recession, would have led one to expect a prompt…
Every day, we are asked to rate our feelings on a scale of one to 10: how happy are…
The Russian invasion has precipitated humanitarian challenges not seen in Europe since the Second World War. It has also…
The investment will enable Optellum to scale its base, operations, and commercial launches in the UK and USA; accelerate…
The researchers, led by Senior Clinical Researcher Valeria Frighi at the Department of Psychiatry, looked at rates of fracture…
Main image: Professor Kia Nobre (left) receiving the Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science with Charlene L de Carvalho-Heineken (right),…
In a newly-published study, a team of researchers in Oxford University’s Department of Materials led by Harish Bhaskaran, Professor…
The result of the five-year PEAK Urban project, involving more than 100 international researchers, the course was launched at the…
In a series of three Lectures to be broadcast on BBC Four in late December, Dame Sue will share…
A new study using MRI has revealed structural brain changes in children with developmental language disorder (DLD), a common…
Bluebell Capital Partners has made an initial donation to the Black Academic Futures programme at Oxford University, which will…
What does it take to make a vaccine? How do birds fly? Why would you take a plant to…
Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered previously unknown details about how changes in the brain contribute to…
Now in their 11th year, the Breakthrough Prizes are renowned as the ‘Oscars of Science,’ and were founded by…
This summer, more than 130 students from across the UK experienced what it’s like to undertake postgraduate study at…
When blood pressure is monitored over 24 hours, individuals can be divided into three groups according to their blood…
Published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, the paper is a collaboration between academics from Oxford’s…
Highly Commended These awards recognise work from across the University including the gardens, libraries and museums and represent partnerships…
The University of Oxford has secured a top spot in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023…
Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion,…
Yasin Almalioglu, who completed the research as part of his DPhil in the Department of Computer Science, said: ‘The…
The authors report from a Phase IIb randomised, controlled, double-blind trial conducted at the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro…
The new study, involving the University of Oxford, Imperial College, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, the Centers for…
A project led by the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford is looking for contributions to a…
Led by Dr Michael Fradley, a team of researchers in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North…
Led by Dr Michael Fradley, a team of researchers in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North…
Oxford Open Doors returns this month and once again Oxford University and its Colleges are joining in with numerous…
The inaugural OX to ZERO summit on Thursday 1st September will feature experts from a variety of fields dedicated…
The study demonstrated that muscle pain or weakness is common in adults, regardless of whether they take a statin…
The first Optiver Foundation Scholars will begin their studies at Oxford in October 2023. Scholars will join the Departments…
The planet in question, called WASP-39 b, is a hot gas-giant planet orbiting a sun-like star 700 light-years away…
The Oxford team found that in 2020 life expectancy for Hispanic and Black males saw major set-backs of 4.5…
Taking place between 4 September and 7 October, the Nekton Maldives Mission will deploy two of the most advanced…
• The study, in six countries, followed 3,500 babies and their mothers from early pregnancy to childhood• The growth…
• The study, in six countries, followed 3,500 babies and their mothers from early pregnancy to childhood• The growth…
Monkeypox, a member of the smallpox family of viruses, has historically been rare outside west and central Africa. However,…
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Team receive the Copley Medal, thought to be the world’s oldest scientific prize, for their extraordinary…
The research was undertaken by Dr Caroline Brighton, a post-doc with the Oxford Flight Group in the Department of…
The University of Oxford is delighted to congratulate the many students who have successfully met their Oxford offer, and…
Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, the new study from the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health…
A team of Oxford students have won the StEP Ignite 2022 award, the University of Oxford’s Student Entrepreneurship Programme. …
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Reading – in collaboration with awareness-raising organisation Sensory Spectacle – are hosting…
Understanding which cells give rise to which areas of cancer can improve our understanding of how a tumour has…
The alternative approach to clinical practice, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, was developed by health practitioners and suicide prevention…
A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by…
Every year, almost 7 million potentially serious bacterial infections are estimated to occur in newborns, resulting in more than…
MiroBio, an Oxford biotech spinout focused on therapeutics for inflammatory diseases, is set to be acquired by global biopharmaceutical…
Data from 221 companies, the majority from the FTSE 350, forms the foundation of the report UK Business Values…
The causes of most cases of Alzheimer’s are currently unknown, but there is growing evidence to suggest microbial organisms…
A revolutionary new hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing has been developed by researchers at the…
An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives…
The RAB001 trial was conducted at the University and is the first time the novel rabies vaccine has been…
In an experiment built upon three decades of fundamental research, experimental work at the Department of Physics, University of…
Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Materials, working in collaboration with colleagues from Exeter and Munster have developed an…
This merger presents new opportunities which will further enhance Oxford’s educational and research strengths in bioscience, bringing together world-leading…
Over the past four weeks (26 June to 27 July), approximately 1,200 state school students from across the UK…
Traditionally, investigating this has been challenging due to the lack of reliable methods to measure biological aging. In addition,…
The research, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, found no ‘causal link’ between gaming and poor mental…
A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh has found that wild red deer…
Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It is…
Although Oxford’s meteorological records go back 250 years, to before the French Revolution and even the American war of…
Although Oxford’s meteorological records go back 250 years, to before the French Revolution and even the American war of…
The largest increases in weight loss attempts were seen in boys, older children, Asian children, and children from lower…
Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), the independent investment company created to found, fund and build transformational businesses based on University research, has…
The University believes that this has been – and continues to be – achieved through our partnership with AstraZeneca,…
The new study, published in The Lancet, and funded by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, is the…
Scientists from seven research institutions including the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh have used pioneering bioinformatic…
The Oxford University Racing team joined teams from around the world this month to take part in the IMechE…
Coming as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings major challenges to the sector, the survey report gives an extraordinary ‘peek behind the…
Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Paediatrics have discovered that infection can increase a baby’s sensitivity to pain, which may…
In partnership with the World Jewish Congress, UNESCO and the UN sought to measure the extent of this phenomena…
The Institute spans three research disciplines, cardiovascular science, neuroscience and immunology, and will foster multidisciplinary collaborations. The IDRM is…
Researchers from Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Exeter, Kings College London, University College London and Pennsylvania State University…
Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the 1,900 eminent life scientists in Europe and…
As of July 2022, uncertainty persists as waves of SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge. Over time, new virus variants arise…
The Institute will harness the University’s research excellence as well as its global research collaborations and partnerships developed over…
The Fields Medal recognises outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. Often described…
Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, an international collaboration of particle physicists announced to the world that they…
Researchers led by members of Oxford University’s Department of Biology have found rare colonies of the wild ancestors of…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
Obesity was flagged as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 early in the global pandemic. The UK’s vaccine programme…
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano in January 2022 was one of the most explosive volcanic…
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that hawks control their flight to ensure the safest landing conditions…
Led by Benjamin Goodair and Dr Aaron Reeves, the study found, since 2014, out-sourcing has been associated with an additional 557 deaths…
An Oxford researcher has been honoured by the Muslim community for her outstanding work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sagida…
Josephine Agyeman-Duah, a DPhil student at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, has been named as the…
Thousands of young people from around the UK have visited Oxford over the past two days (29 and 30…
In recent years, improvements in life expectancy have stalled in many high-income countries, and even declined for those in…
Professor Seddon’s intervention comes after the words ‘nature-based solutions’ were left out of the COP26 commitment last November. Nature-based…
DPhil Systems Engineering student Nadja Yang is recognised for the award on International Women in Engineering Day. The 2022…
Encaenia is held annually and is the ceremony at which the University of Oxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished…
Jones and colleagues said their recommendation of 20 minutes per day may be more attainable for teens, as well as…
There is an alternative, of course, but one that vested interests and short-term oriented policymakers, wish to obfuscate: doubling…
In recognition of a lifetime of research into China, the Oxford Emeritus Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology and…
The Governing Body of Regent’s Park College has announced news that Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE is to…
In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method using the…
There is no shortage of examples, ranging from the 2007 attacks against Estonia digital services and 2008 cyber-attack against…
Five Oxford researchers are among 84 of the most promising research leaders across the UK to benefit from £98…
The award follows Oxford’s recent top ranking in the UK for generating spin-out companies and its success in the…
Oxford researchers have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitisation by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord, helping…
Dr Stolz receives a Rising Talent fellowship in Mathematics and Computer Science. L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Rising Talent fellowships…
Alexandra Ramadan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics Alex works towards an inclusive academic environment and mentors younger students within her research group. She…
The findings are based on an analysis of 17 million patient GP records in England during the first phase…
Conducted in collaboration with the University of Exeter, the study is among the largest ever to examine the link…
It is the first reporting randomised data looking at the effect of time interval and prophylactic paracetamol use for…
In a new study on ocean wave breaking, researchers have demonstrated that the breaking behaviour of axisymmetric ‘spike waves’…
A study published today in Cell Reports reveals how populations of a bacterium called Pseudomonas respond to being treated…
The Research and Innovation Prizes celebrate brilliant individuals across industry and academia. The Horizon Prizes celebrate the most exciting,…
The new study published today in Science Advances proves it isn’t just albatrosses that perform the aerial acrobatics needed…
What happens when eight Oxfordshire community groups are given access to the world-class skills, knowledge and resources of the…
The citation for Professor Richardson’s Damehood highlights her key roles in attracting more undergraduates from non-traditional or deprived backgrounds…
Funding to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers has been announced by Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI),…
Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government and Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, was honoured for his…
Neptune and Uranus have much in common – they have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions – yet Neptune…
Since 2010 scientific papers written by remote collaborators are more likely to contain breakthroughs than single-location papers. This follows vast…
On Thursday 26 May Oxford University’s brand new £3.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator…
Dr Mittelstadt is Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute and a leading data ethicist. He says, ‘I…
The Com-COV 3 study has been commissioned through the NIHR and backed by £2.8 million government funding, with support…
Today marks the official launch of an international knowledge-sharing partnership of distribution network operators and community energy enterprises and…
Oxford mathematician Ehud Hrushovski and Noga Alon receive the award for their contributions to discrete mathematics and model theory with interaction…
A study co-led by the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Southampton and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), published…
The generous donation will drive forward several core research strands, provide support for doctoral students and secure the future…
Among the many insights from the process of collecting and annotating Voltaire’s writings was the discovery in 2012 of…
New reporting guidelines, jointly published in Nature Medicine and the BMJ by Oxford researchers, will ensure that early studies…
Deterioration of such forests reduces biomass and carbon storage, making it increasingly difficult to keep global peak temperatures well…
At the Encaenia ceremony, degrees will be awarded to Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, Sir Lenny Henry, Dr…
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Trinity College on Thursday 12 May to officially open the new…
The UK Funding Bodies have published the outcomes of the recent national research assessment exercise, the Research Excellence Framework…
All were selected for their outstanding contributions in various scientific fields and are as follows: Professor Fernando Alday of…
Bank of America has pledged £1.2 million to the University of Oxford to support greenhouse gas and sustainable finance…
A renowned neuroscientist, Professor Tracey has led Merton College since 2019 and is also currently Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience…
Newly published research raises important concerns about whether the trade in donkey skins is being used as a cover…
Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. Studies on…
Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. Studies on…
Building on Oxford’s long-standing commitment to refugee scholars and other forced migrants globally, a graduate scholarship scheme offering targeted…
The lecture, which will be hosted by Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics in AI, is part of The Obert…
The programme, part of Oxford’s continuing drive to diversify the undergraduate body and wholly funded by an anonymous donor,…
The findings, published in two papers in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), come from the largest…
Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren’s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.…
Leading the Oxford contribution are Dr Jamie Lachman and Professor Lucie Cluver, part of the team behind the highly successful research-based COVID-19…
Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) signed a cooperation agreement at a virtual unveiling ceremony…
The Oxford Vaccine Group’s Lead Statistician, Professor Merryn Voysey, received the prestigious Australian of the Year in the UK…
To mark 100 years of BBC broadcasting, the AHRC has given seven researchers funds for public engagement activities. Alice’s…
Call the Midwife fan and Oxford postgraduate student, Alice Watson, has today been awarded Arts and Research Council funding…
Wytham Woods’ Great Tit study celebrates 75 years and reveals how spring has advanced a calendar month in that…
The headline insights from the final instalment of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report were clear: Evidence on what works…
The prestigious grants have been made after a highly-competitive process. Just 14% of applications were successful this year: only…
The work, published in the journal Optics Express, uses a sapphire optical fibre – a thread of industrially grown…
People’s identification with the Soviet Union appears to have a clear and growing basis in Russian public opinion. Surveys…
In 2021, Oxford University adopted a world-leading Environmental Sustainability Strategy, which committed it to both Net Zero carbon emissions…
GPS data shows new mothers and calves can keep up with the herd right after birth. Research published today…
Globally, more than 37 million people were living with HIV in 2020, including 19 million women of childbearing age…
More than £15million has today been awarded to six UK universities and laboratories, for work on what will be…
International scientists have taken the most precise measurement of the W boson to date – determining the mass of…
Adoption has long been seen as better for children than remaining in care, but the results – based on…
In the largest ever clinical trial of VR for mental health, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, and funded…
Oxford’s men’s crew won the 2022 Gemini Boat Race as it returned to the Tideway this year, where Cambridge…
The report, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, has identified 193 spinouts emerging from Oxford University since 2011,…
From snowflakes to sunflowers, starfish to sharks, symmetry is everywhere in nature. Not just in the body plans which…
Launching in Trinity term, the Dr Miranda Brawn Award will enable recipients to undertake career development projects during the…
Since mobile phones are held close to the head, the radiofrequency waves they emit penetrate several centimetres into the…
The little understood area of the brain called the claustrum may be the next frontier in improving outcomes for…
Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during…
Since the 2014 invasion of Crimea, the UK has spent in excess of £22 bn importing oil and gas…
New research by a multi-institution team including the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, the University of Oxford and…
Russia has become the reviled aggressor in a war it seemingly cannot win, rather than the clever player of…
Named in recognition of a generous donation from the Peter Bennett Foundation, the new Bennett Institute is based within…
On the second anniversary of its official launch, the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) remains an exceptional study…
On the second anniversary of its official launch, the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) remains an exceptional study…
Bringing together leading academics from a range of disciplines, the Institute will address the questions surrounding zero-carbon energy systems…
Dr Holmes-Henderson will be working with Voice 21, the national oracy education charity, carrying out research into the problem…
Data derived using the new index also identified that countries with more universal healthcare systems had better health outcomes,…
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania…
A new genetic study of the bacteria that cause pleurisy has shown most cases involve more than one type…
To address these issues, we analysed the effects of sanctions on Russian public opinion using surveys we conducted in…
As someone who has spent extensive time in Ukraine over several years studying, volunteering with orphaned children and families…
With the central government in disarray, President Yanukovych fled to Russia, with the help of Russian military intelligence and…
The University of Oxford has become an institutional member of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), a national peer-led initiative…
Oxford University is initiating a population-based newborn screening study in the Thames Valley. This study aims to make it…
Ithaca is the first deep neural network that can aid historians in not only restoring the missing text of…
Ithaca is the first deep neural network that can aid historians in not only restoring the missing text of…
Oxford University’s application to build the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter site…
Oxford University’s application to build the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter site…
Lives are saved when countries offer people at risk of serious harm safe and legal routes to protection. It…
‘At the bottom of the Kremlin’s view of world affairs is a traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity,’…
In the first study of its kind, after vaccination volunteers will be ‘challenged’ with paratyphoid to see whether the…
The BLAST (Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation) network brings together researchers from across the country to increase…
The findings, published in Nature, reveal tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell. This new…
For 77 years since 1945, people have compared this or that European figure to Adolf Hitler. For 77 years,…
The University of Oxford and the Ifakara Health Institute today announced the vaccination of the first participants in a…
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
The benefit was in addition to those of dexamethasone and tocilizumab, two other anti-inflammatory treatments which have previously been…
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
The COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity. A multi-disciplinary, cross-Divisional collaborative team led…
Parents & Caregivers are heroes: Protecting your children in the crisis Responding to the crisis in Ukraine, Oxford University…
Faced with population growth, environmental change, and increasing concerns over food security and sustainability – the interest in Controlled…
Two years into the pandemic, marginalised young people in developing countries are struggling to cope and going hungry –…
The report, ‘AI and the Arts: How Machine Learning is Changing Artistic Work’, was co-authored with OII researchers Professor…