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Videos (37)
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s superalloys!
Did you know that aeroplanes are able to fly because of tiny, TINY structures, less than the width of…
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Lessons from Lockdown Energy Use
The months of lockdown were difficult. From an energy perspective, however, we were able to learn a lot. In…
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The Winchcombe Meteorite – One Year On
On 28th February 2021, at around 10pm, a meteor streaked across the skies of the UK ☄️. Thanks to…
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Origami Inspiration – 3D Printing and Robots
What does origami have to do with engineering…and 3D printing…and robots?! Quite a lot, it turns out! In this…
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Doing a PhD on Your Hobby – Scooters
Combining your work with your favourite hobby – surely that’s the dream? Meet Sebastian Pearson, an Engineering PhD student…
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Assessing Healthcare Outcomes with GENDER-Q
The primary aim of healthcare is to improve the lives and wellbeing of patients. But how can we be…
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The Shape of Water?
What’s the shape of water? 💧🤔 Have you ever seen an insect walking on water? Or noticed that water…
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Why do I feel sleepy in winter?
It’s dark and cold outside. Your bed is warm and cosy. Even after you’ve got up, you struggle to…
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Why do I always spill my coffee?
Here we go, just a short walk from the office kitchen to the desk and…. “urgh”. Not again! Precious…
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A New View on Cancer
“It looked like a child’s colouring book where you can’t go over the lines – but the consequences of…
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Lockdown Walks – Is this a fossil I see before me?
You find fossils on the beach, right? If you’re really lucky and spend ages looking? WRONG! Fossils – by…
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Lockdown Walks – Walk Your Worries Away!
It’s no surprise that walking is good for us physically, but did you know that walking can actually make…
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Lockdown Walks – Disappearing Bugs
During Barley Rose’s lifetime, about 75% of the world’s flying insects have disappeared. Join us for this episode of…
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Lockdown Walks – Meet Your Bird Neighbours
How well do you know your bird neighbours? Become better acquainted in this episode of ‘Lockdown Walks’, with Oxford…
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Lockdown Walks – Spring Plants
“Spring has sprung, the flowers are here, but how do they know it’s the right time of year?” If…
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Lockdown Walks – Urban Stargazing
Think you need to be somewhere really remote, with a high-tech telescope, to observe the night sky? Think again!…
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Lockdown Walks – The Mysteries of Ice
“On Earth when it snows, it snows crystallised water lava.” Um, what? Intrigued? Join us on this chilly lockdown…
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The RainDrop Experiment
How can we predict the future of grassland ecosystems? What’s it like to be an ecologist working in the…
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Electricity Access for All
How can we sustainably electrify parts of the world that don’t currently have access to clean and reliable energy?…
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Electric Vehicles and the Future
What does the future hold for electric vehicles? We know that they represent a cleaner, greener way of getting…
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Coping with voices: Being with people
Hearing voices can come in many forms – some voices are friendly, helpful, insightful and inspiring whilst others are…
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Lockdown Walks – What’s that solar panel doing?
Have you ever walked down the street and seen a rooftop covered in black shiny panels? Ever wondered exactly…
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Lockdown Walks – What’s the secret behind Autumn colours?
Woolly jumpers, pumpkin-picking, steaming mugs of cocoa – there are lots of things to love about Autumn (or Fall…
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Lockdown Walks – Who’s that American in the woods?
Plant scientist Dr Hayley Tumas is out for a walk in the English countryside…but she’s not the only American…
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Seabird Monitoring – Witnesses in the wild
Seabirds – including penguins – are amongst the most threatened animals on the planet. They are also very useful…
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Lockdown Walks – How can I spot a badger?
Have you ever wondered how to spot a badger? Well you’re in luck! In this episode of ‘Lockdown Walks’,…
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Lockdown Walks – What’s up with those clouds?
If you don’t think there’s much left to discover on a local walk, think again! In our ‘Lockdown Walks’…
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Understanding Covid-19 transmission, informing control
Tackling a previously unseen pathogen – like the one that causes COVID-19 – is like piecing together a puzzle.…
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Changing plant chloroplasts to improve crop performance
Chloroplasts are tiny protein-filled units within plant cells. As well as being responsible for photosynthesis, they are critical to…
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Mechanobiology – the stress of life
We often think of our bodies in terms of cells and genes, but we shouldn’t forget that they’re also…
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Using your science to understand volcanic eruptions
Volcanoes are present across the Earth, from the barren wastes of Antarctica to densely populated regions in Europe, Asia…
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Using your science to explore the climate history of Mars
Mars today is colder than Antarctica and drier than the Sahara — but scratch just beneath its dusty red coating…
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Using your science to reveal how much rain fell on the dinosaurs
During the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 million years ago), the world was very different! It was hotter, with…
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Our mysterious ocean floor
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet only 15% of the ocean floor has been mapped…
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How do unborn babies and mothers communicate via the placenta?
The placenta is a fascinating organ, which allows communication between mother and foetus through the release of bubble-like vesicles.…
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Hardy Crops to Tackle Food Insecurity
Our world is getting more and more densely populated. By 2050 there’ll be nearly 10 billion people on our…
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What is Machine Learning?
Machine learning is all around us; on our phones, powering social networks, helping the police and doctors, scientists and…
Podcasts (51)
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How do you create autonomous robots that can investigate under the sea?
How do you retrieve data from sensors embedded in underwater settings – such as those monitoring ecosystem change, for…
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How do you grow the perfect tomato?
Is there anything nicer than a fresh, juicy, home-grown tomato on a summer’s day? Whether you like them sliced…
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How is misinformation about the war in Ukraine spreading?
Misinformation about the war in Ukraine – and countless other topics, such as the pandemic and climate change –…
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How does a pandemic end?
Masks, social distancing, lockdowns. We’ve become intimately familiar with numerous COVID-19 control measures over the past two years. Now,…
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Why do we develop bad habits?
From biting our nails to idly scrolling on our phones, we all have those habits we wish we didn’t.…
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Is the energy crisis going to get worse?
Over the past year, we’ve seen our energy bills reach unimaginable heights. The war in Ukraine is having devastating…
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Is ordering a pizza bad for the climate?
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast, we’re talking about one of our favourite guilty pleasures – ordering…
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How do you monitor mosquitoes using their sound?
What do you think of when someone says “the most dangerous animal in the world”? A lion perhaps? Or…
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How can we improve endometriosis treatment?
Did you know there are different types of pain? In this episode of the Big Questions Podcast, we chat…
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Why build a magnetically shielded room?
One way to delve deep into the ancient history of the Earth – or other planetary bodies for that…
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Why is Rudolph’s nose red?
“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose…” Many of us will be very familiar with Santa’s famous…
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How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?
Online communication channels are popular, to say the least. For instance, there are 187 million active Twitter users per…
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Umm…Should I be wearing a mask?
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a lot of confusion, as we all tried to…
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How can satellites prevent mining disasters?
Satellites have been orbiting our planet for the past few decades. We might be familiar with how they can…
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How do you stop megafires?
From California to Greece to Australia, it seems like every time we switch on the news there’s another wildfire…
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Could chocolate go extinct?
Chocolate. It’s rare to find anyone who isn’t partial to a square or two of this delicious treat. But…
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Should all robots have an ethical black box?
WHODUNNIT?! Nowadays, the idea of encountering robots in our daily lives isn’t pure science fiction. Many of us interact…
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Is a snack tax on the horizon?
Do you remember when the price of fizzy drinks in the UK went up slightly a few years ago?…
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What’s an arboretum anyway?
An arboretum could be described as a “living library”. A beautifully curated collection of woody plants (trees and shrubs)…
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Did the pandemic make us moodier?
Lockdowns, social distancing, restrictions on ‘normal’ activities – we’ve all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But how has…
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Will climate change kill off the great tits?
Their distinctive ‘teacher teacher’ call is synonymous with British gardens, but great tits are facing a big problem –…
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Can we build an eco-friendly aeroplane?
Remember those days when it was possible to climb aboard a plane and jet off around the world? Well,…
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Why are we searching for water on the moon?
The moon may be the closest planetary body to us, but we still have a lot to learn about…
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Has lockdown made me bad at sleeping?
We’re over a year into the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s affected our lives in many ways – including, for…
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Do all lions sound the same?
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to hear a lion roar (whether that’s at the zoo or in the…
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When did dogs become our best friends?
In this year’s Valentine’s episode, we’re exploring that most special of relationships. That’s right – the one between us…
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Who should get the vaccine first?
It’s a question that’s on the lips of politicians, scientists and policy-makers right across the globe – who should get…
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Should we edit genes to make nicer people?
Is it possible to edit someone’s genes before they are born to make them a nicer, kinder, more moral…
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Are video games good for my mental health?
Most of us have probably heard of video games being described as “addictive”, but is there evidence of this?…
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Should I buy a real or a fake Christmas tree?
It’s that time of year – the festive jumpers are going on, the lights are going up, and we’re…
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How do I win Fantasy Football?
Did you know that the winner of the 2019/2020 Fantasy Premier League, beating over 7 million other players, was…
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How is technology being used to track Black Lives Matter protestors?
We’ve probably all heard the phrase ‘Big Brother is watching you’ (a reference to the fictional character in George…
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Can celebrities save the pangolin?
‘Influencers’ are here like never before…log on to social media, and there will be someone there to tell you…
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What does the ‘R Rate’ really mean?
We’re all pretty used to hearing lots of pandemic-related terminology by now. I mean, last year, who knew what ‘social…
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How do you measure pain?
We all feel pain differently. What to one person may be the worst pain in the world, might be…
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How are we using energy in lockdown?
Things have changed a lot over the past few months – including, for many of us, our daily routine.…
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Why is Oxford’s Botanic Garden making gin?
Established in 1621, the Oxford Botanic Garden was the first botanic garden in the UK. It has been –…
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How tricky is it to make a COVID-19 tracing app?
As we search for a way out of the global coronavirus crisis, there’s been plenty of discussion surrounding a…
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How do you fight malaria in the back of a van?
Just one mosquito bite is enough to infect someone with malaria. Tackling this serious – sometimes fatal – subtropical…
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What’s in the Indian Ocean?
Much less is known about the Indian Ocean than either the Atlantic or Pacific. It’s also less protected. What…
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Should we trust scientists?
We’re living in extraordinary times, where graphs and statistics are splashed across newspaper front pages, and misinformation is rife.…
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How garlicky is your garlic?
When it comes to mass-producing food, it’s important to make sure the taste is consistent, and good! But how…
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What does my family want to know about coronavirus?
Coronavirus has been hitting the headlines since late 2019, and is now at the forefront of many people’s minds.…
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Can we diagnose heart attacks faster?
With one person admitted to hospital every 5 minutes in the UK because of a heart attack, the ability…
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Can data find me a date?
Looking for ‘The One’, or maybe just a date for Valentine’s Day? The dating scene has changed significantly over…
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Who was Henrietta Leavitt?
Much of post 1920s astronomy rests on her shoulders. Without her, we wouldn’t have a three-dimensional sky. Leavitt’s Law…
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Can we stop ageing?
We’re pretty obsessed with the concept of ageing. Ancient civilizations supposedly sought an ‘elixir of life’, and today many…
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Why do diets fail?
It’s a new year (and a new decade!) and many of us will be looking to turn over a…
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What’s under Lapland?
We know it as the home of Father Christmas, but why is Lapland of interest to geologists? In this…
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Why should we cuddle?
Who doesn’t love a cuddle? Whether it is from a pet or a person they just make us feel…
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Does love have a scent?
Love is in the air – or is it? Companies are advertising that they can find you love through…
Scientists (263)
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Nick Hawes
I am an Associate Professor of Engineering Science in the Oxford Robotics Institute which is part of the Department…
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Anna Bidgood
“With a background in metamorphic petrology, I look to apply my expertise to ore deposit systems related to battery…
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Rebecca Garnett
Hi my name is Becky! I did my Biological Sciences undergraduate degree at Oxford, and then I popped over…
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Christian Norton
I’m from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. Before my DPhil at Oxford, I did a BSc in biology at…
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Aliaksandr Herasimenka
I am a postdoctoral researcher and director of research at the Programme on Democracy and Technology at the Oxford…
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Victoria Strutt
Having completed my undergraduate degree at Oxford University in the Department of Materials Science, I joined the atom probe…
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Erica Charters
I’m a historian of medicine and, more specifically, I research the relationship between disease and society. I’m particularly interested…
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Charlotte Collingwood
I’m a computational neuroscientist in the first year of my DPhil (PhD) at Oxford. I first started studying the…
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Mike Clark
I am a researcher focusing on the links between food, environment, health, and economics. I am particularly interested in…
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Eleanor Hammond
I am a researcher focussing on the links between food and the environment, and how changes to our food…
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Marianne Sinka
It took me a while to decide what I wanted to do and I left school without any A…
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Chenying Liu
I’ve been so fascinated by origami, i.e., its origin as art, its magic in maths, and its potential for…
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Sebastian Pearson
I started doing tricks on scooters when I was 13 and I was hooked. A few years later, when…
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Lydia Coxon
I studied Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, which is where I first came across pain research. I thought…
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Rakhshan Kamran
I am a final year medical student at McMaster University in Canada, taking a sabbatical from MD studies to…
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James Bryson
During just 5 – 10 million years following the ignition of a star, the giant cloud of material that…
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Hannah Rose Kirk
After graduating from the University of Cambridge as an Economist, I moved to Beijing for two years where I…
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Julia Lindsay
My research focuses on the effects of sleep on mental health. I did my undergraduate degree in Human Cognition…
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Melinda Mills
Melinda Mills (MBE, FBA) is Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) and Professor of Demography and…
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Sophie Abrahams
I enjoyed both maths and physics at school as they explain how the world works, and some amazing teachers…
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Imma Oliveras Menor
I was born in a rural town in the mountains of Catalonia, and I have had a passion for…
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Mafalda Santos
I’m originally from Lisbon, Portugal where I finished my degree in 2006. My first real contact with science was…
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Tanesha Allen
My Story My ancestors were slaves, my grandparents attended segregated schools during the Jim Crow era in the American…
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Ainslie Johnstone
I am a final year DPhil student studying clinical neuroscience at Oxford. My first encounter with neuroscience was when…
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Ingmar Posner
Since childhood Ingmar has been fascinated by the notion of machine intelligence. Like many in his field of research…
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Stephen Roberts
I can’t remember a time I’ve not been excited by science and maths! The universe is just so amazing…
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Jen Lawson
I studied Psychology as an undergraduate, and then joined Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust to gain experience in mental…
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Mike Dodd
At school, Mike Dodd enjoyed biology and chemistry, and had an inspirational teacher who had worked in research. It…
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Aprajita Verma
My Story One of my earliest memories is being totally awestruck and overwhelmed looking at the star filled sky…
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Imad AM Ahmed
Imad Ahmed is an environmental geochemist and an RSC Chartered Chemist (CChem). Before joining the Department of Earth Sciences…
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Peter Grindrod
Pete is a mathematician contributing to a range of digital analytics concepts and topics including social media, retail, consumer…
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Elspeth Garman
As a child, Elspeth Garman was inspired to get into science by her father and her physics teacher. After…
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Nicola Smart
Nicola has a peculiar fascination with blood vessels! Through her research, she hopes to understand how they form in…
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Lauren Bandy
I did my undergraduate degree in Nutrition at King’s College London, and worked as a nutrition analyst for a…
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Helena Webb
I am a social scientist by background and I am interested in interaction and organisation in different kinds of…
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Tristram Warren
I’m interested in how the planets (and other bodies) in the Solar System formed, evolved and what it is…
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Pat Irwin
I grew up in Trowbridge, in rural Wiltshire. I did my undergraduate degree and then D.Phil. in physics at…
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Gabriel Gallardo
My Story I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I attended Chinese-speaking schools when I was growing up…
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Brian D. Earp
I am a Research Fellow in the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and am…
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Nikol Lambeva
I am a DPhil student in Condensed Matter Physics, part of the Physics and Application of Soluble Semiconductors group…
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Lynda Coughlan
Lynda completed her PhD at Bart’s Cancer Institute working on viral gene therapy for cancer and is now a…
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Mason A. Porter
I earned my undergraduate (B.S.) degree in applied mathematics from California Institute of Technology and my doctoral degree from…
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Jen Perry
I study evolution and behaviour in insects. I’m interested in figuring out answers to questions like: why do males…
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Gladys C Ngetich
My Story I was born and raised in a family of nine in a tiny village of Amalo in…
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Marie-Claire Koschowitz
I’m an evolutionary biologist and work mostly with big reptiles, like crocs, birds and dinosaurs. I’m one of those…
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Patrick Garfjeld Roberts
Medicine is a great place for subjects to meet: sciences like anatomy, physiology and pharmacology meet statistics and economics,…
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Kathrin Cohen Kadosh
I read for my PhD at Birkbeck College, University of London and received postdoctoral training at University College London,…
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Colin Espie
Colin is the Professor of Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford, where he is Director of the Experimental…
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Donal Hill
In primary school I really liked the parts of science class that dealt with the planets, objects melting and…
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Brianna Heazlewood
I’m Australian and completed both my undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Sydney. I came to Oxford…
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Andy Hector
My background includes a BSc. in Environmental Science at the University of Sheffield and a PhD from Imperial College…
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David Howey
I’ve always been interested in how things work, and as a kid had fun building little robot arms and…
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Christl Donnelly
I am the Professor of Applied Statistics in the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. I am also…
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Annette Fayet
Birds have fascinated me for as long as I can remember. When I began writing a personal diary at…
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Seth Flaxman
Seth went to Harvard for his BA in computer science and maths. After graduating, he spent a few years…
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Sean Elias
Sean completed his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford and recently finished his DPhil in…
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Sally Le Page
fter growing up in the garden chasing after wildlife and watching David Attenborough documentaries, I studied Biological Sciences at…
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Anya Topiwala
I got interested in the effects of alcohol on the brain for two reasons. First, in my work as…
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Bryony Sheaves
Bryony is a clinical researcher who investigates the experience of hearing voices. One of the most fascinating aspects of…
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Andrew Carr
My research has focussed on the development and evaluation of surgical implants and technologies, including joint replacements, minimally invasive…
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Matthew Wijers
I was born and raised in Zimbabwe and spent most of my childhood exploring nature. After leaving school, I…
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Chris Lintott
I’m an astronomer who works on understanding how galaxies form and evolve, while also spending time finding exoplanets, supernovae…
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Barley Rose Collier Harris
I always thought I was a physicist – with the first name ‘Barley Rose’ I thought studying plants would be…
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Amanda Cooper-Sarkar
Amanda Cooper-Sarkar first came to Oxford as an undergraduate in 1968, and stayed to complete her DPhil in physics…
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Anjuli R. K. Shere
My doctoral research centres on emerging threats to journalists from new internet-connected technologies, which seems natural given that I’ve…
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Scott Fernquest
After growing up in South Wales spending the majority of my youth on a rugby pitch I attended Oxford…
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Ben Jones
Starting his career in arboriculture as a climbing arborist, followed by almost ten years as a climber on the…
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Charles Spence
Prof Charles Spence runs Oxford University’s Crossmodal Research Laboratory (http://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/crossmodal-research-laboratory). His interests lie in trying to apply the latest insights…
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Shahnaz Hoque
My Story My parents emigrated from a village in Bangladesh to London, where I was born. I grew up…
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Greger Larson
I received my bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Claremont McKenna College, a small liberal arts college in California. I…
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John Frater
I studied as a medical student in Cambridge and did my PhD in London at Imperial. I am now …
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Lucy Woodall
I am a marine biologist with a passion for the aquatic world. My PhD on the conservation genetics of…
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Gaia Scerif
I am a Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in Experimental Psychology at Oxford. I am Italian in origin but…
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Phil Grünewald
I am an engineer at heart. This started when I was a little boy and would take everything to…
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Yee Whye Teh
I am a Professor of Statistical Machine Learning at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford, a…
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Matt Sutton
I’ve always been fascinated by the natural world and love being outdoors in general. My childhood dream was to…
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Tingting Zhu
Dr. Tingting Zhu is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and Member of Faculty within the Department of…
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Brigitte Stenhouse
I graduated from Somerville College in 2016 with an Mmath in Mathematics. Whilst writing my fourth year dissertation, entitled…
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Robin Dunbar
I graduated with a BA from Oxford in 1969, and followed this up with a PhD at Bristol University.…
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Holly Bridge
As a neuroscientist, I am interested in how the brain works, and particularly how the human visual system can…
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George Busby
George followed his lifelong passion for the natural world to read Zoology at Edinburgh University. In Edinburgh, he got hooked…
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Jessica Lam
Jessica Lam always wanted to be an astronaut, but was let down by her eyesight. Staying close to her…
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Dr Alan Barr
As an undergraduate, Alan Barr studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge. He chose to specialise in physics as he found…
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Nhu Nguyen
My Story I was born and raised in Vietnam for the first 15 years of my life. When I…
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Qihua Ling
I have been interested in plants since I was little. And later I heard that there is a place…
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Thomas Woolley
Thomas Woolley became interested in maths as he found it fun and it was a common language across the…
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Claudine Tinsman
I currently study cyber harm propagation in organisational threat intelligence sharing, drawing on law, computer science, and the social…
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Brooke Johnson
I’ve loved natural history since I was a wee lad, collecting fossils on the beach or looking for bugs…
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Clarence Yapp
After completing his degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Clarence went on to pursue a Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering…
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Jane Hurley
I grew up in rural Newfoundland in Canada, and always had a keen interest in the natural world around…
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Christina Potter
I am originally from Florida, in the United States. In 2010 I received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in…
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Siôn Glyn-Jones
Siôn Glyn-Jones read medicine at Cambridge and later conducted his clinical attachment in London. Thereafter, he went on to…
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Katerina Johnson
When I was younger I was constantly asking questions about the natural world and that never really stopped! I…
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Alberto Giubilini
I am a philosopher at the University of Oxford, based at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. I…
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Neva Kandzija
I am a full time DPhil student at Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health. My current research examines…
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Nigel Shadbolt
I completed my undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Newcastle graduating with 1st Class Honours…
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Thomas Smith
I’ve been interested in aviation and space for as long as I can remember. I’m Australian and trained in…
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Alegria Olmedo
I’ve always been captivated by animals and the natural world. I decided to become a conservationist after studying Environmental…
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Susann Stritzke
Imagine a never-ending power-cut, or getting a sore throat because your light at home is coming from a kerosene…
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Charlotte Deane
I completed my undergraduate education at University College, Oxford studying chemistry, completing my final year project in Graham Richards’…
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Hayley Tumas
Growing up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and in the woods of the Appalachian Mountains in Maryland…
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Jonny Brooks-Bartlett
As a 6 year old, Jonny had a toy laptop that could only play games like Hangman, Remember the…
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Luke Jew
I have always been a bit of a geek, growing up watching Star Trek! My dream job as a…
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Dr. Alize Pennec
Alize’s experience in the P450 field started in a previous postdoctoral fellowship in South Africa at the University of…
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Ross Gales
Ross combines his experience fighting bushfires in Australia with an expertise in computer science to create systems which help…
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Susan Canney
I’ve always loved the beauty and mystery of the natural world, and fascinated by the history of our planet,…
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Cedric Tan
I joined WildCRU in 2014 after completing my first postdoctoral research position and DPhil in Zoology at the Edward…
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Rick Hamilton
Rick Hamilton completed his PhD on Molecular Electronics in 2003 and immediately joined Merck Chemicals Ltd, where he produced…
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Tamsin Mather
I studied natural sciences specialising in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate. I then had a…
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Mark S Thompson
I studied Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, where my inspirational tutor at Magdalen College, Brian Bellhouse, encouraged…
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Allison Daley
Unlike many palaeontologists, Allie’s love of fossils did not stem from a childhood interest in dinosaurs. While studying Biology…
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Neil Bowles
I’ve been interested in exploring the planets ever since seeing TV programmes about NASA’s Viking landers to Mars and…
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Shamit Shrivastava
I always wanted to be a physicist but growing up in a middle income family in India means that…
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Clara Barker
I am a thin-film material scientist who manages the Centre for Applied Superconductivity, in the Materials Science department at…
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Tom Hart
My research centres around how to monitor penguins and other marine predators in difficult environments such as Antarctica. Many of…
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Sneha Malde
Sneha Malde undertook her first degree at Oxford, studying physics. After graduating she started training to be an accountant,…
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Alistair Miles
I studied Zoology at Cambridge but always had an affinity for computing since learning to program the ZX Spectrum…
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Jennifer Rogers
Jennifer is the Director of Statistical Consultancy in Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. She has a…
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Emily Warner
I have been interested in the natural world for as long as I can remember. So, studying Biological Sciences…
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Orfeas Kypris
What initially got me started was my interest in technology, and my passion for knowing how things work. After…
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Michael Browning
When you are a medical student you get to spend time working in each specialty – for example as…
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William Hawthorne
I always enjoyed the hands-on aspects of science experiments, mechanical gadgets and photography so by the time I went to…
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Aura Raulo
I am from a family of artists and grew up to think that passion means knowing what you want…
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Seena Fazel
I studied medicine in Edinburgh, and moved to Oxford to train clinically in psychiatry. I became interested in forensic…
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Sara Lil Middleton
I was always a curious child growing up, trying to understand the natural world around me through climbing trees,…
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Jane Langdale
Jane Langdale graduated from the University of Bath in 1982 with a BSc in Applied Biology specializing in microbiology.…
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Simon Hiscock
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Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
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Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
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RECOVERY trial shows Baricitinib reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
The benefit was in addition to those of dexamethasone and tocilizumab, two other anti-inflammatory treatments which have previously been…
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Moral questions – and answers – around helping Ukraine, assassinating murderous leaders and nuclear threats
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
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Moral questions – and answers – around helping Ukraine, nuclear deterrents and self-defence
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
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COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) published
The COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity. A multi-disciplinary, cross-Divisional collaborative team led…
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Ukraine crisis: new research-led support for 'hero' parents and caregivers
Parents & Caregivers are heroes: Protecting your children in the crisis Responding to the crisis in Ukraine, Oxford University…
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The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming
Faced with population growth, environmental change, and increasing concerns over food security and sustainability – the interest in Controlled…
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Two years on: Covid-19 threatens to derail the prospects for a generation in the global south – report
Two years into the pandemic, marginalised young people in developing countries are struggling to cope and going hungry –…
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Art for our sake: Artists cannot be replaced by machines – study
The report, ‘AI and the Arts: How Machine Learning is Changing Artistic Work’, was co-authored with OII researchers Professor…
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Oxford-based charity receives more than $2.5 billion in pledges from 'community of effective givers'
An Oxford-based charitable organisation that aims to change the world’s giving culture and encourages members to donate 10% of…
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DeepMind donation creates 12 new research internships in artificial intelligence and machine learning
Launched in 2019, UNIQ+ provides talented individuals from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups with a real day-to-day experience of postgraduate…
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New study shows significant impacts of severe COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing evidence has shown that severe COVID-19 infection in pregnant women significantly raises the risk…
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Too many words, too little action: climate justice is essential to limit climate change
The world is already at 1.1C and, consequently, along with steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that cause global…
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Too many words, too little action: climate justice is essential to limit climate change – IPCC chapter author
The world is already at 1.1C and, consequently, along with steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that cause global…
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Competing identities of the past and future in Russia and Ukraine
Wars are often critical junctures in the politics and political cultures of countries. We write as Kyiv is under…
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University of Oxford researchers create largest ever human family tree
The past two decades have seen extraordinary advancements in human genetic research, generating genomic data for hundreds of thousands…
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New Oxford-Lancaster guidelines to improve practice when babies are separated from parents at birth
When the state intervenes to safeguard a baby at or close to birth, it is traumatic for birth parents…
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US Stand Your Ground laws are associated with 700 additional homicides every year
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study finds the enactment of stand your ground laws led to an overall…
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Researchers find genetic ‘fingerprints’ of ancient migrations in modern-day United Arab Emirates
The research team from Oxford University and the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre Abu Dhabi (ICLDC) think that these…
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Review highlights impact of Long COVID on cardiovascular system
The review, published in the European Heart Journal, was conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford, the University…
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Everyone has heard of King Arthur, but 90% of medieval manuscripts of chivalric and heroic tales have been lost
New research finds that, while the Knights of the Round Table have won global fame, most medieval English heroic or…
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Three University of Oxford Earth Scientists honoured with the title of Geochemistry Fellow
The Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry have announced that three University of Oxford Earth Scientists have…
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A rapid climate response from science is essential
This is not an exaggeration. There is general agreement in the climate science community that we need to reach…
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Global study launched to evaluate effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy
Less than a year after three papers reporting the main results of the INTERCOVID Study were published in leading…
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Oxford fast-paced research programme for environmental solutions wins £10 million official backing
Oxford University has today [15 Feb] been awarded £10 million by UKRI, the official research and innovation body, to…
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Sarah Gilbert becomes recipient of Sunhak Peace Prize
She was honoured alongside other new Laureates during a ceremony in South Korea to mark the World Summit 2022…
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We need to define the rules of a post-pandemic world
At the eve of moving from mandatory to discretionary COVID advice across many countries, people are being asked to…
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New postdoctoral global scholarships at Oxford funded by British Academy
Four new talented overseas postdoctoral researchers are set to join the University of Oxford thanks to awards by The…
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Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
In a study published recently in Science Advances, researchers found that the distinctive pattern on the underside of the…
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Seismometer technology field-tested in Antarctica before space missions
Scientists from the University of Oxford are field-testing seismic sensors in the bitter conditions of Antarctica to simulate the…
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Oxford University establishes the Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexualities
Jonathan Cooper OBE, The Chair has been named in honour of Jonathan Cooper OBE, a barrister with expertise in…
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First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
The study is a collaboration between Neurosurgery (Associate Professor Alex Green), Engineering Science’s Professor Tim Denison and a UK-based…
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First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
The study is a collaboration between Neurosurgery (Associate Professor Alex Green), Engineering Science’s Professor Tim Denison and a UK-based…
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New adaptable smart window coating could help heat or cool a home and save energy
The new glass has a spectrally tuneable low-emissivity coating that uses a phase change material to control the amount…
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Students can thrive and reach their full potential at Oxford with new Dr Ateh Jewel Education Foundation Award
A new award at Oxford University will support excellence and ambition among talented UK undergraduates of Black African, Black…
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Researchers and charities team up to support local families by creating free toddler activity packs
Since spring 2021, a team of researchers from five leading UK universities have been tracking the development of babies…
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Research collaboration launched to focus on repurposing existing anti-viral therapies to treat COVID-19
The project, led by Queen’s University Belfast and funded by the Medical Research Council, will bring together experts from…
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New highly virulent and damaging HIV variant discovered in the Netherlands
As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, new mutations in viral genetic sequences can have significant impacts on the…
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Unprecedented crises trigger severe hunger in southern Ethiopia
More than 4 out of 10 families living in communities across the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR)…
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Positive impact of funding research in mental health
The Duke of Westminster visited the University of Oxford on 1st February to see first-hand the positive impact of…
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Climate change in the Early Holocene – archaeology report
New insight into how our early ancestors dealt with major shifts in climate is revealed in research by an international team,…
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Reed warblers migrating from Africa use the Earth's magnetic field to find their nests
A research team led by members of Oxford University’s Department of Zoology has found evidence that migratory birds, like…
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Sarah Gilbert elected as RA Honorary Fellow
She joins a list of eminent individuals from beyond the art world who are nominated by the Academy’s President…
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The Duchess of Cornwall opens new Marcela Botnar wing in Oxford
The Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, on the site of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, carries out research…
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Volunteers needed for human challenge trial to study immune response to Covid-19
Oxford researchers are seeking participants for a trial to discover what happens when people who have either already had…
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall tours special treasures of The Bodleian Libraries
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall enjoyed a visit to the city of Oxford on Wednesday 26 January…
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Invest strategically in wind and solar farms in Africa – Oxford study
A sustainable future for Africa can be achieved through strategic investment in wind and solar farms, reveals an Africa-wide…
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Stress for couples on Universal Credit as living costs soar – new research
Report reveals the tough choices faced by couples in receipt of Universal Credit. Fluctuations in income from month to…
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Volunteers needed for human challenge trial to study immune response to Covid-19
Oxford researchers are seeking participants for a trial to discover what happens when people who have either already had…
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Mixed vaccine schedules offer strong booster responses after two doses of CoronaVac vaccine
The results from a study funded by the Ministry of Health, Brazil, and conducted by researchers from Brazil and…
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Mystery of sweetpotato origin uncovered, as missing link plant found by Oxford research
Years of careful taxonomic research by a team led by Robert Scotland, Professor of Systematic Botany at Oxford Plant…
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Cancer Research UK to invest £11 million into cancer science in Oxford
The highly competitive Cancer Research UK Centre awards recognise the UK’s most innovative, high-impact cancer research and NHS-University collaborations.…
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An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
Estimates for 204 countries and territories confirm AMR as a global health threat, with worst impacts in low- and…
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Royal Society cautions against online censorship of scientific misinformation
But the Online Information Environment report, created by a working group of leading researchers, including Oxford computing, internet and…
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Oxford researchers discover unexpected deep diving in albatross
In a recent study published in Current Biology, a collaboration between researchers from Oxford University, University of Lisbon and…
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University of Oxford Earth Scientist honoured in the annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Associate Professor of Palaeobiology, Erin Saupe, is one of nine UK recipients of the 2022 Blavatnik Awards for Young…
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Review highlights risk factors associated with violence in schizophrenia
Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry have found that people with schizophrenia and related disorders are at higher-than-average…
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Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild Covid
Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have shown that people who have…
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Plastic Drawdown tool to help Maldives slash plastic waste by 85 percent, study reveals
The paper forecasts that the new Plastic Drawdown tool is set to lead to reductions in plastic waste in…
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Treasured Jane Austen letters donated to the Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austen’s House
Continued public access to a collection of manuscripts written by Jane Austen has been secured following their donation to…
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Dramatic fall in hospital admissions for child infections since start of covid-19 pandemic
While many of these measures are unsustainable outside of the pandemic, the researchers call for further evaluation of interventions…
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New Dean for Saïd Business School announced
Professor Soumitra Dutta Professor Dutta is currently Professor of Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at…
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New research sheds light on how ultrasound could be used to treat psychiatric disorders
While currently developed in an animal model, although in a brain area homologous to the one in humans, this…
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Undergraduate offers released amid strong competition for places
More than 3600 talented students will today receive offers of places for undergraduate study from October 2022, after a…
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New Head of the Humanities Division announced
Professor Daniel Grimley has been appointed Head of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, and has spoken…
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Leverhulme Trust awards £10 million to new Oxford nature recovery centre
A new £10 million Oxford-based Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery has today [10 Jan] been announced – one of…
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Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics
Staphylococcus aureus first developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin around 200 years ago, according to a large international collaboration…
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New study finds economic progress is aided by longer supply chains and deeper networks
Nations and industries benefit from longer supply chains and deeper networks, which magnify the benefits of innovative improvements, according…
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New test can identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread
A University of Oxford study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,…
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New Year's Honours 2022
Professor Irene Tracey FMedSci, MAE, Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience and Warden of Merton College, has been appointed CBE for…
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Safer carbon capture and storage
The UK government recently selected four sites to develop multi-billion-pound CCS projects as part of its scheme to cut…
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Oxford team publish blueprint for making millions of doses of a new vaccine within 100 days
The researchers believe their work could enable Oxford’s ChAdOx vaccines to hit the “moonshot” objective set earlier this year…
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New approach to predicting battery failure could help maintain electricity for millions around the world
Millions of people around the world lack access to electricity. Decentralised solar-battery systems are key for addressing this whilst…
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£50m funding for Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building at Oxford University
– £50 million donation will see physical creation of a new building on Old Road Campus, Oxford – The…
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Protein test could lead to earlier and better diagnosis of Parkinson’s
Alpha-synuclein is a protein known to form sticky clumps, known as Lewy bodies, in the brain cells of people…
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New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
Carbapenems, such as meropenem, are a group of vital often ‘last-resort’ antibiotics used to treat serious, multi-drug resistant infections…
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COVID-19 certificates may boost vaccine uptake in countries with below average coverage – Oxford study
COVID-19 certification led to increased vaccination uptake 20 days before and 40 days after introduction, in countries with lower-than-average…
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Vaccines shown to induce lower levels of neutralising antibodies against Omicron coronavirus variant
Researchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one…
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RECOVERY Trial launches in South Africa
Since March 2020, the RECOVERY Trial has discovered three effective treatments for COVID-19: the inexpensive steroid dexamethasone; the arthritis…
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90% of countries have published vaccine plans: Oxford Covid policy tracker
The information comes as new, regularly-updated indicators – about prioritisation lists, which population groups are receiving vaccines, and the…
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Adjoa Andoh named as next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre
The annual Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship, attached to St Catherine’s College, was inaugurated by Stephen Sondheim in 1990, the…
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Key surveys overestimate COVID-19 vaccination rates in the USA
In the USA, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) compiles data on national vaccine uptake, but reporting…
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We can accelerate vaccine production through partnerships that promote knowledge sharing
By Professors Xiaolan Fu and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea of the Oxford Department of International Development
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Major report points way to a more resilient UK food system
Government, the food industry, financial investors, charities and researchers all have a key role to play in securing the…
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Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers 44th Dimbleby Lecture
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute & Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, delivered the 44th Richard Dimbleby…
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Iron integral to the development of life on Earth – and the possibility of life on other planets
Researchers at the University of Oxford uncover the importance of iron for the development of complex life on Earth…
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Com-COV2 study supports flexible second dose options following Pfizer or Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs
Following up first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs…
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Meta must do better – data from social media giant essential to mental health research
Many have claimed this research is damning, but to undertake proper science and research, you need proper researchers and…
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Meta could do better – data from social media giant essential to mental health research
By Professor Andrew Pryzbylski, senior research fellow Oxford Internet Institute. People are rightly sceptical about scientific discoveries made in secret…
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Prizes announced for inaugural creative writing award founded by Nobel Prize laureate
The competition for a short story attracted 70 entries and judges included Boyd Tonkin, former chair of the judging panel of…
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Oxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime…
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Oxford study shows government programme increases pupil focus on careers
A University of Oxford study of almost 1,600 year 10 and 11 pupils in 28 North-East schools has shown that…
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New Oxford-GSK Institute to harness advanced technology and unravel mechanisms of disease
GlaxoSmithKline plc and the University of Oxford today announced a major five-year collaboration to establish the Oxford-GSK Institute of…
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Machine learning helps mathematicians make new connections
For the first time, mathematicians have partnered with artificial intelligence to suggest and prove new mathematical theorems.
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Oxford investigators part of urgent new economic and social research programme
Six new research centres have today been announced by the Economic and Social Research Council – as part of…
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Tributes to pioneering Oxford innovator, Sir Martin Wood
Tributes from across the University are being paid to Sir Martin Wood who died last week at the age…
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Jenner Institute named Covid Innovation Heroes
The team at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been celebrated for their global pandemic work by The…
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Oxford University wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to twenty-one higher and further education…
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‘Another War Is Coming’, Kate Bingham DBE, delivers Romanes lecture
Established in 1892, the Romanes Lecture is the annual public lecture of Oxford University. Previous speakers include Baroness Hale…
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Oxford and Cambridge win joint award to improve access to postgraduate research
The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been awarded OfS/Research England funding to improve Black, Asian and minority ethnic…
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Island conservationists identify key barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
Islands are biodiversity hotspots yet, paradoxically, are also extinction hotspots.
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IKEA Foundation pledges £4.5m to back Oxford sustainable finance action
The IKEA Foundation is supporting, with a grant of £4.5 million over three years, four key University of Oxford Sustainable…
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Space @ Oxford Week blasts off on Monday 22 November
The full week of bite-sized webinars covering research across the space domain will take place from Monday 22 November…
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Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) celebrates three years of innovation
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) celebrated its third anniversary on Wednesday 17 November.
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Professor Louise Richardson to become President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2023
Professor Louise Richardson will continue as Vice-Chancellor at Oxford until the end of her seven- year term.
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Planning application for new Humanities building reveal inspirational design
The planning application outlines how the Centre has ambitious sustainability objectives and would benefit the city of Oxford as well as transform the…
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Life on Mars search could be misled by false fossils
Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research…
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Oxford-led research maps milestone stage of human development for the first time
Scientists have shed light on an important stage of early embryonic development that has never been fully mapped out…
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Oxford science relaunches digital channel Oxford Sparks to open its secrets to the world
Science has never been more in the spotlight than over the last two years. From the pandemic to climate…
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Artificial intelligence used to recognise primate behaviours in the wild
Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) models to recognise behaviours of chimpanzees in…
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New joint Oxford-Wits project to study human mobility in Global South
The challenges and opportunities of human mobility in the Global South are the focus of a new project just launched…
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COP26: Don't forget the successes – Oxford experts
When the history of COP26 and the battle to reduce emissions is written, last minute manoeuvrings in Glasgow will be…
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$2m fund awarded for Oxford’s single-cell ancestry vaccine research
The University of Oxford is to benefit from $2 million (£1.49 million) in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative…
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Global antibiotic consumption rates increased by 46 percent since 2000
Antibiotic consumption rates grew by 46 percent after 2000, according to findings which also suggest lack of treatment access…
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Oxford vaccine reaches two billion dose milestone
Researchers explain how unprecedented manufacturing strategy provides a template for future global vaccine supply.
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Oxford scientists announced as guest Christmas Lecturers
Two leading scientists from the University of Oxford will join Professor Jonathan Van-Tam at this year’s Christmas Lectures by…
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Digital Scholarship @Oxford: Transforming digital research
The University of Oxford is launching Digital Scholarship @Oxford (DiSc), a five-year, £2.4 million inter-disciplinary project aimed at transforming the application…
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Ebola vaccine to begin human trials
The University of Oxford have begun recruiting for a Phase I trial to test an Ebola vaccine in human…
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Finally: COP considers cities and the climate crisis
By Michael Keith , a Professor in the Centre on Migration Policy and Society and Director of the Future of Cities Network…
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Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier – Oxford study
Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘£1 Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study
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Facebook reveals number of migrants in the UK has been underestimated
By Francesco Rampazzo from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Studying Facebook has helped reveal the number of European migrants in the…
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Oxford joins consortium to advance quantum drug discovery with £6.8M grant from Innovate UK
Oxford University today joins a consortium led by the digital quantum computing company, SEEQC, to build and deliver a…
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Researchers uncover gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
Scientists at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for doubling the risk of respiratory failure from COVID-19. Sixty…
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Next Warden of Keble College announced
The new Warden will bring ‘great energy and enthusiasm to the role’ when he takes up the post from…
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New software predicts the movements of large land animals
New software can help determine the movements of large wild animals, thereby minimising conflicts with people.
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Construction gets underway at Oxford’s Life and Mind Building
This is the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the University and will be its largest teaching and…
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80% of world economy now aiming for net zero – but not all pledges are equal
Net Zero pledges must be backed up by action at COP26 – say new Net Zero Tracker researchers
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Oxford to work with Brazil to establish clinical research hub
The University of Oxford and Brazilian Ministry of Health have announced a joint initiative to set up a global…
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Nicola Blackwood appointed Chair of Oxford University Innovation board
Former Minister to chair Oxford University’s research commercialisation arm amidst period of record growth for Oxford’s innovation ecosystem
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Early education and development ‘levelled up’ in 21st century – study
Early childhood education in England has undergone a ‘levelling up’ in the last two decades, according to research from…
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Oxford to test potential treatment for fatigue in long COVID patients
The University of Oxford is leading a new a phase 2a clinical trial to investigate whether a drug could treat…
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PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic could be exacerbated by past trauma
While some of the high rates of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic are specifically…
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Major new research network to investigate the body clock and stroke
The University of Oxford is part of a new international research network to investigate the interactions between the biology…
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Dieter Schwarz Foundation and Oxford announce major research collaboration on artificial intelligence, government and policy
Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Professor Reinhold Geilsdoerfer, Managing Director of the Dieter Schwarz…
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Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric
$14.4 trillion dollars – is being spent on an unsustainable recovery Vulnerable nations cannot raise $100 million in climate…
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Oxford food experts work with Tesco on sustainable plant-based meals
Oxford Martin School food researchers recently worked with the supermarket chain Tesco to highlight the environmental benefits of plant-based…
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Wearing face coverings protected wearers from COVID-19 infection – large scale study
People who wore face coverings or masks outside of the home, and were more exposed to infection due to…
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Oxford-led team given £6.6m to map uncharted networks in the progression of Parkinson’s
A major new $9 million (£6.6 million) University of Oxford-led project funded by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)…
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Tamoxifen repurposing study shows no benefit in treating deadly fungal meningitis
Hopes that tamoxifen could improve survival for a deadly form of fungal meningitis have been dashed by the results…
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UNEP emissions gap report: Damning findings on G20 ambition and post-Covid green finance
Most G20 net-zero pledges are weak – and not backed by action. Developing and emerging nations will become world’s…
