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New study shows AI could help locate life on Mars

A new study involving Department of Computer Science researchers has found that artificial intelligence could accelerate the search for extraterrestrial life by showing the most promising places to look.

Use of colistin in animal feed is increasing antibiotic resistance amongst humans

The antibiotic colistin is being widely used to prevent infections and promote growth in animals grown for human consumption such as poultry.

A new method could help to extract critical metals from fluids in geothermal systems, including elements that are essential for green technologies. This image shows the geothermal area, Hverir (Hverarond), in Iceland. Image source: Shutterstock.

New method shows promise for locating deposits of critical metals

A new technique developed by researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford could help locate new deposits of critical metals needed to enable the green-energy transition.

Beyond Boundaries researchers and artwork from a previous competitions

Beyond Boundaries school science and art competition opens for entries

The University of Oxford’s science-inspired art competition is back for its third year and is now open for entries from state school students in Years 5 to 8, across Oxfordshire.

Joint appointment of Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering and ZERO Institute Director

Paul Shearing has been appointed as Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering and will lead the new Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute.

Illustration of encrypted communications

New breakthrough enables perfectly secure digital communications

Researchers from the Department of Engineering Science have developed an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden.

MPLS early-career researchers celebrated at STEM for BRITAIN 2023

The annual STEM for BRITAIN competition gives early-career researchers an opportunity to present their work directly to Members of Parliament and other UK policy makers.

An artist’s impression of an X-ray binary star system

Major collaboration reveals new insights on binary star systems

Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon.

Close-up of a row of orange helium cannisters.

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Earth Sciences study could help pinpoint hidden helium gas fields – and avert a global supply crisis

Research led by Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences offers a new model to account for the existence of previously unexplained helium-rich reservoirs, with findings that could help overturn the current supply crisis of the gas by locating untapped reservoirs of accessible helium.

Dame Angela McLean named new Chief Scientific Adviser

Dame Angela will be the first woman to hold the role of Government Chief Scientific Adviser and takes up the post on 1 April.

Brain and mental health at Oxford

Oxford's scientists are expanding our understanding of the brain at a cellular level, exploring the impacts of mental health issues on the individual, and examining population-wide global health problems. Find out how we are leading the way.

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New study shows AI could help locate life on Mars

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Current vacancies

Events

Translational Research Symposium 2023

Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium 27-28 March 2023

Multicomponent High-Entropy Cantor Alloys