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On the Edge of Existence: Rediscovering a Lost Coral
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's superalloys!
Lessons from Lockdown Energy Use
The Winchcombe Meteorite - One Year On
Origami Inspiration - 3D Printing and Robots
Doing a PhD on Your Hobby - Scooters
Assessing Healthcare Outcomes with GENDER-Q
The Shape of Water?
Why do I feel sleepy in winter?
Why do I always spill my coffee?
A New View on Cancer
Lockdown Walks - Is this a fossil I see before me?
Lockdown Walks - Walk Your Worries Away!
Lockdown Walks - Disappearing Bugs
Lockdown Walks - Meet Your Bird Neighbours
Lockdown Walks - Spring Plants
Lockdown Walks - Urban Stargazing
Lockdown Walks - The Mysteries of Ice
The RainDrop Experiment
Electricity Access for All
Electric Vehicles and the Future
Coping with voices: Being with people
Lockdown Walks - What's that solar panel doing?
Lockdown Walks - What's the secret behind Autumn colours?
Lockdown Walks - Who's that American in the woods?
Seabird Monitoring - Witnesses in the wild
Lockdown Walks - How can I spot a badger?
Lockdown Walks - What's up with those clouds?
Understanding Covid-19 transmission, informing control
Changing plant chloroplasts to improve crop performance
Mechanobiology - the stress of life
Using your science to understand volcanic eruptions
Using your science to explore the climate history of Mars
Using your science to reveal how much rain fell on the dinosaurs
Our mysterious ocean floor
How do unborn babies and mothers communicate via the placenta?
Can we make a sensor that can match a sniffer dog?
Hardy Crops to Tackle Food Insecurity
What is Machine Learning?

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Why is the James Webb Space Telescope a big deal?
What is green steel?
How do you create autonomous robots that can investigate under the sea?
How do you grow the perfect tomato?
How is misinformation about the war in Ukraine spreading?
How does a pandemic end?
Why do we develop bad habits?
Is the energy crisis going to get worse?
Is ordering a pizza bad for the climate?
How do you monitor mosquitoes using their sound?
How can we improve endometriosis treatment?
Why build a magnetically shielded room?
Why is Rudolph's nose red?
How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?
Umm...Should I be wearing a mask?
How can satellites prevent mining disasters?
How do you stop megafires?
Could chocolate go extinct?
Should all robots have an ethical black box?
Is a snack tax on the horizon?
What's an arboretum anyway?
Did the pandemic make us moodier?
Will climate change kill off the great tits?
Can we build an eco-friendly aeroplane?
Why are we searching for water on the moon?
Has lockdown made me bad at sleeping?
Do all lions sound the same?
When did dogs become our best friends?
Who should get the vaccine first?
Should we edit genes to make nicer people?
Are video games good for my mental health?
Should I buy a real or a fake Christmas tree?
How do I win Fantasy Football?
How is technology being used to track Black Lives Matter protestors?
Can celebrities save the pangolin?
What does the 'R Rate' really mean?
How do you measure pain?
How are we using energy in lockdown?
Why is Oxford's Botanic Garden making gin?
How tricky is it to make a COVID-19 tracing app?
How do you fight malaria in the back of a van?
What's in the Indian Ocean?
Should we trust scientists?
How garlicky is your garlic?
What does my family want to know about coronavirus?
Can we diagnose heart attacks faster?
Can data find me a date?
Who was Henrietta Leavitt?
Can we stop ageing?
Why do diets fail?
What's under Lapland?
Where is my hoverboard?
Why should we cuddle?
Does love have a scent?

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Genetic mapping of tumours reveals how cancers grow
Tackling suicide risk in people with mental disorders
Environmental impact of 57,000 multi-ingredient processed foods revealed
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria found in newborn children from low- and middle-income countries
Oxford spinout MiroBio acquired by Gilead Sciences for $405m
The most prominent UK business values do not include humility or gratitude – Oxford study
Viral role in Alzheimer's Disease discovered
Researchers develop new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics
Professor Hugh Watkins wins £30 million research award to cure killer heart diseases
New rabies vaccine candidate demonstrates promising immune response and safety
Secure cryptography with real-world devices is now a realistic possibility
Seeing the light: researchers develop new AI system using light to learn associatively
Oxford launches new department to further bioscience teaching and research
Year-12 students from across the UK get a taste of life at Oxford
Genetic study provides evidence that alcohol accelerates biological aging
Gaming does not appear harmful to mental health, unless the gamer can't stop - Oxford study
Lonely old deers: ageing red deer become less social as they grow older
Seven Oxford academics elected British Academy Fellows
When hippos roamed, past temperatures were much higher - expert comment
Expert Comment: Hot? The UK has been much hotter
More children aged 8-17 trying to lose weight than a decade ago, including children of a healthy weight
Oxford Science Enterprises raises £250 million to support University innovations
Oxford vaccine saved most lives in its first year of rollout
New study evaluates pharmacological treatment for insomnia
Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers
Electric race car designed by students takes part in Formula Student at the home of British Motor Racing
NGOs must rapidly evolve to stay relevant, say NGO leaders – Oxford survey
Early life infection increases sensitivity to pain in newborn babies
UN report: Oxford analysis reveals up to half of Holocaust-related content on Telegram denies or distorts facts
New cross-disciplinary medical research building opens in Oxford
How effective is school-based mindfulness training?
Oxford researchers become EMBO members
Novel all-in-one vaccine developed to tackle future coronavirus threats
Pandemic Sciences Institute formally launched in Oxford
Oxford Mathematician James Maynard awarded Fields Medal 2022
Ten years since the discovery of the Higgs boson
Rare wild ancestors of feral pigeons found living on British and Irish islands
How to mobilise $100 trillion wisely: Oxford course on sustainable finance
How to mobilise $100 trillion wisely: Oxford course on climate change finance
How to spend $100 trillion wisely: Oxford course on sustainable finance
COVID-19 vaccine protects people of all body weights from hospitalisation and death
Tonga volcano eruption triggered atmospheric gravity waves that reached the edge of space
The hawk has landed: braking mid-air to prioritise safety over energy or speed
Health outsourcing linked to higher mortality rate – Oxford study
Prestigious Muslim community award for Oxford vaccine researcher
Oxford student wins PhD Student of the Year award
University of Oxford throws open its doors to prospective students
New study finds that politicians typically enjoy longer lives than general populations
Expose ‘greenwashing’ but do not ignore nature-based solutions to climate change - insists Oxford expert
Nadja Yang recognised in the Women’s Engineering Society’s Top 50 Women in Engineering awards
Honorary degrees awarded at Encaenia 2022
20 minutes of daily exercise can keep teens' doctors away
Expert Comment: We must break free of fossil fuel Stockholm Syndrome
Prestigious Tang prize for Oxford China expert Prof. Dame Jessica Rawson
Regent’s Park College announces the appointment of a new Principal
Researchers develop the world's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor using polarisation
Why we need philosophy and ethics of cyber warfare
Five Oxford researchers awarded Future Leaders Fellowships
Oxford to receive £7 million to turn bright ideas into global opportunities
Discovery of gene involved in chronic pain creates new treatment target
Bernadette Stolz receives L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Rising Talent fellowship
Winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Diversity Awards 2022 announced
Higher rate of COVID-19 death before vaccination linked to certain common inflammatory immune conditions
Multiple heart-related conditions linked to triple dementia risk regardless of genetics
Com-COV study supports flexible priming intervals in standard/mixed schedules
Gravity-defying spike waves rewrite the rule book
Common drug-resistant superbug develops fast resistance to 'last resort' antibiotic
Oxford scientists win seven Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes
Researchers show dynamic soaring isn’t just for albatrosses
Museum of Natural History to showcase Science Together community-researcher collaborations
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognise service from Vice-Chancellor and Oxford colleagues
Doctoral research funding initiative launched to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Professor of American Government elected to oldest learned US society
Scientists explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colours
Long-distance collaboration makes scientific breakthroughs more likely
New cross-sector sustainable energy transition hub opens with energy crisis forum
AI standards essential to protect doctor-patient relationships and human rights
Com-COV vaccine study to research third dose booster options for 12-to-15-year-olds
New international partnership puts communities and smart grids at the heart of net zero
Ehud Hrushovski joint winner of this year's Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
Population-scale study highlights ongoing risk of COVID-19 in some cancer patients despite vaccination
Major boost for Oxford’s mission to counter future pandemic threats
50-year project reveals new insights about the evolution and influence of Voltaire's thought
New reporting guidelines developed to improve AI in healthcare settings
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change - study
Honorary degree recipients for 2022 announced
Prince Charles opens new Levine Building at Trinity College
Oxford’s REF 2021 results show largest volume of world-leading research
Eight Oxford researchers elected to Royal Society
Bank of America in key partnership with Oxford’s Smith School to support climate and sustainable finance research
Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci nominated as next Oxford Vice-Chancellor
Sale of donkey skins linked to trade in illegal wildlife products
Dairy products linked to increased risk of cancer
Dairy products linked to increased risk of cancer
Fully funded scholarship scheme launches for graduate students from Ukraine
DeepMind CEO to give lecture on AI's potential for scientific discovery
Oxford University launches the Astrophoria Foundation Year for underrepresented students
Neither detection nor control of high blood pressure improved by self-monitoring during pregnancy
Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease
LEGO Foundation gives £11 million in support of international parenting initiative
CAMS Oxford Institute unveiled at virtual ceremony
Oxford scientist named Australian of the Year in the UK
Call the Academic: Oxford researcher wins BBC centenary grant for project exploring long-running ‘Midwife’ drama
Call the Academic: Oxford researcher wins BBC centenary grant for project exploring long-running ‘Midwife’ drama
75 years of the influential Great Tit study at Wytham Woods
Expert Comment: Five new(s) and five olds in the sixth IPCC report on mitigating climate change
Multi-million pound European grants for four ‘excellent research leaders’ at Oxford
Sapphire fibre could enable cleaner energy and air-travel
Expert Comment: Putin’s Russia: people increasingly identify with the Soviet Union – here’s what that means
Researchers assess Oxford University's impacts on biodiversity and how to mitigate them
No rest for new elephant mothers
Protease inhibitors safer than thought for pregnant women with HIV
Government gives £15 million to build software and computer systems at the heart of a new international telescope system
New W boson measurement deviates from the Standard Model
Abused children who were adopted did ‘significantly better’ than those brought up in care – research
Breakthrough success in provision of automated psychological therapy using virtual reality
Oxford men's crew claim victory in 2022 Boat Race after Cambridge women’s win
Oxford University retains top spot for spinout generation in the UK
Nature prefers symmetry and simplicity
New award will empower students from underrepresented groups to excel in future careers
No increased risk of brain tumours for mobile phone users, new study finds
Little understood brain region linked to how we perceive pain
Negative impact of social media affects girls and boys at different ages – study
Delaying clean energy transition would be ‘lose-lose’ for UK energy security, households and the climate
New study finds giant predatory dinosaurs could hunt underwater
Expert Comment. Ukraine war: Putin’s masterclass in delusion, denial and defeat
Oxford launches new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
The RECOVERY Trial - two years on
The RECOVERY Trial is two years old today
Oxford launches new multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute
British Academy creates new ‘oracy’ fellowship - to investigate levelling up through talk
Oxford researchers' index shows international healthcare systems becoming more universal
Researchers develop the world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials
Largest genetic study of pleural infection reveals complex nature of common disease
Expert Comment: Economic sanctions are not likely immediately to shift Russian opinion against Putin
Expert Comment: How ordinary Ukrainian families are suffering under Russian shells
Expert Comment: Putin’s war - How did we get here? ....Ukraine 2014
Oxford further commits to best research practice by joining UKRN
First UK pilot study of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy launched in Oxford
Oxford historians apply state-of-the-art AI to transform the study of ancient texts
Historians apply state-of-the-art AI to transform the study of ancient texts
Oxford University receives planning permission for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Oxford University receives planning permission for the new Humanities building
Expert Comment: The UK is failing to meet its obligations to refugees from Ukraine
Expert Comment: How history will look back on Russian invasion
Oral paratyphoid vaccine to begin human trials
Professor Lynne Cox helps lead UK project to transform older age health
Brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
Expert Comment: Ukraine has earned a future in the European Union
Rabies vaccine candidate begins human trials in Tanzania
Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
RECOVERY trial shows Baricitinib reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
Moral questions - and answers - around helping Ukraine, nuclear deterrents and self-defence
Moral questions - and answers - around helping Ukraine, assassinating murderous leaders and nuclear threats
COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) published
Ukraine crisis: new research-led support for 'hero' parents and caregivers
The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming
Two years on: Covid-19 threatens to derail the prospects for a generation in the global south - report
Art for our sake: Artists cannot be replaced by machines - study
Oxford-based charity receives more than $2.5 billion in pledges from 'community of effective givers'
DeepMind donation creates 12 new research internships in artificial intelligence and machine learning
New study shows significant impacts of severe COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes
Too many words, too little action: climate justice is essential to limit climate change - IPCC chapter author
Too many words, too little action: climate justice is essential to limit climate change
Competing identities of the past and future in Russia and Ukraine
University of Oxford researchers create largest ever human family tree
New Oxford-Lancaster guidelines to improve practice when babies are separated from parents at birth
US Stand Your Ground laws are associated with 700 additional homicides every year
Researchers find genetic ‘fingerprints’ of ancient migrations in modern-day United Arab Emirates
Review highlights impact of Long COVID on cardiovascular system
Everyone has heard of King Arthur, but 90% of medieval manuscripts of chivalric and heroic tales have been lost
Three University of Oxford Earth Scientists honoured with the title of Geochemistry Fellow
A rapid climate response from science is essential
Global study launched to evaluate effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy
Oxford fast-paced research programme for environmental solutions wins £10 million official backing
Sarah Gilbert becomes recipient of Sunhak Peace Prize
We need to define the rules of a post-pandemic world
New postdoctoral global scholarships at Oxford funded by British Academy
Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
Seismometer technology field-tested in Antarctica before space missions
Oxford University establishes the Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexualities
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
New adaptable smart window coating could help heat or cool a home and save energy
Students can thrive and reach their full potential at Oxford with new Dr Ateh Jewel Education Foundation Award
Researchers and charities team up to support local families by creating free toddler activity packs
Research collaboration launched to focus on repurposing existing anti-viral therapies to treat COVID-19
New highly virulent and damaging HIV variant discovered in the Netherlands
Unprecedented crises trigger severe hunger in southern Ethiopia
Positive impact of funding research in mental health
Climate change in the Early Holocene - archaeology report
Reed warblers migrating from Africa use the Earth's magnetic field to find their nests
Sarah Gilbert elected as RA Honorary Fellow
The Duchess of Cornwall opens new Marcela Botnar wing in Oxford
Volunteers needed for human challenge trial to study immune response to Covid-19
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall tours special treasures of The Bodleian Libraries
Invest strategically in wind and solar farms in Africa - Oxford study
Stress for couples on Universal Credit as living costs soar - new research
Volunteers needed for human challenge trial to study immune response to Covid-19
Mixed vaccine schedules offer strong booster responses after two doses of CoronaVac vaccine
Mystery of sweetpotato origin uncovered, as missing link plant found by Oxford research
Cancer Research UK to invest £11 million into cancer science in Oxford
An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
Royal Society cautions against online censorship of scientific misinformation
Oxford researchers discover unexpected deep diving in albatross
University of Oxford Earth Scientist honoured in the annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Review highlights risk factors associated with violence in schizophrenia
Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild Covid
Plastic Drawdown tool to help Maldives slash plastic waste by 85 percent, study reveals
Treasured Jane Austen letters donated to the Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austen’s House
Dramatic fall in hospital admissions for child infections since start of covid-19 pandemic
New Dean for Saïd Business School announced
New research sheds light on how ultrasound could be used to treat psychiatric disorders
Undergraduate offers released amid strong competition for places
New Head of the Humanities Division announced
Leverhulme Trust awards £10 million to new Oxford nature recovery centre
Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics
New study finds economic progress is aided by longer supply chains and deeper networks
New test can identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread
New Year's Honours 2022
Safer carbon capture and storage
Oxford team publish blueprint for making millions of doses of a new vaccine within 100 days
New approach to predicting battery failure could help maintain electricity for millions around the world
£50m funding for Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building at Oxford University
Protein test could lead to earlier and better diagnosis of Parkinson’s
New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
COVID-19 certificates may boost vaccine uptake in countries with below average coverage – Oxford study
Vaccines shown to induce lower levels of neutralising antibodies against Omicron coronavirus variant
RECOVERY Trial launches in South Africa
90% of countries have published vaccine plans: Oxford Covid policy tracker
Adjoa Andoh named as next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre
Key surveys overestimate COVID-19 vaccination rates in the USA
We can accelerate vaccine production through partnerships that promote knowledge sharing
Major report points way to a more resilient UK food system
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers 44th Dimbleby Lecture
Iron integral to the development of life on Earth – and the possibility of life on other planets
Com-COV2 study supports flexible second dose options following Pfizer or Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs
Meta must do better - data from social media giant essential to mental health research
Meta could do better - data from social media giant essential to mental health research
Prizes announced for inaugural creative writing award founded by Nobel Prize laureate
Oxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
Oxford study shows government programme increases pupil focus on careers
New Oxford-GSK Institute to harness advanced technology and unravel mechanisms of disease
Machine learning helps mathematicians make new connections
Oxford investigators part of urgent new economic and social research programme
Tributes to pioneering Oxford innovator, Sir Martin Wood
Jenner Institute named Covid Innovation Heroes
Oxford University wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
‘Another War Is Coming’, Kate Bingham DBE, delivers Romanes lecture
Oxford and Cambridge win joint award to improve access to postgraduate research
Island conservationists identify key barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
IKEA Foundation pledges £4.5m to back Oxford sustainable finance action
Space @ Oxford Week blasts off on Monday 22 November
Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) celebrates three years of innovation
Professor Louise Richardson to become President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2023
Planning application for new Humanities building reveal inspirational design
Life on Mars search could be misled by false fossils
Oxford-led research maps milestone stage of human development for the first time
Oxford science relaunches digital channel Oxford Sparks to open its secrets to the world
Artificial intelligence used to recognise primate behaviours in the wild
New joint Oxford-Wits project to study human mobility in Global South
COP26: Don't forget the successes - Oxford experts
$2m fund awarded for Oxford’s single-cell ancestry vaccine research
Global antibiotic consumption rates increased by 46 percent since 2000
Oxford vaccine reaches two billion dose milestone
Oxford scientists announced as guest Christmas Lecturers
Digital Scholarship @Oxford: Transforming digital research
Ebola vaccine to begin human trials
Finally: COP considers cities and the climate crisis
Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study
Facebook reveals number of migrants in the UK has been underestimated
Oxford joins consortium to advance quantum drug discovery with £6.8M grant from Innovate UK
Researchers uncover gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
Next Warden of Keble College announced
New software predicts the movements of large land animals
Construction gets underway at Oxford’s Life and Mind Building
80% of world economy now aiming for net zero - but not all pledges are equal
Oxford to work with Brazil to establish clinical research hub
Nicola Blackwood appointed Chair of Oxford University Innovation board
Early education and development ‘levelled up’ in 21st century - study
Oxford to test potential treatment for fatigue in long COVID patients
PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic could be exacerbated by past trauma
Major new research network to investigate the body clock and stroke
Dieter Schwarz Foundation and Oxford announce major research collaboration on artificial intelligence, government and policy
Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric
Oxford food experts work with Tesco on sustainable plant-based meals
Wearing face coverings protected wearers from COVID-19 infection – large scale study
Oxford-led team given £6.6m to map uncharted networks in the progression of Parkinson’s
Tamoxifen repurposing study shows no benefit in treating deadly fungal meningitis
UNEP emissions gap report: Damning findings on G20 ambition and post-Covid green finance

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