SCIENCE BLOG: Engineering a better world
Despite being one of the most fast evolving sciences in many ways, gender equality is one area where the field of engineering is playing catch-up. But, in spite of this continued imbalance, little by little, female engineers are shaping the world around us with their research achievements, developing scientific solutions to real world challenges.
Read moreRising CO2 may increase dangerous weather extremes, whatever happens to global temperatures
New research from the University of Oxford and collaborators at several other institutions provides compelling evidence that meeting the global warming target of 1.5°C may not be enough to limit the damage caused by extreme weather.
Read moreMPLS academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
The pioneering work of members of the University, including several in MPLS, has been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Read moreRosalind Franklin Institute will 'transform' life sciences research through disruptive technologies
Business Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the £103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
Read moreSir Andrew Wiles appointed first Regius Professor of Mathematics at Oxford
Oxford mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles, renowned for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to be Oxford's first Regius Professor of Mathematics.
Read moreSCIENCE BLOG: A world of parasites
Alex Betts, Craig MacLean and Kayla King from the Department of Zoology, shed light on their recent research published in Science, which addressed the impact that parasite communities have on evolutionary change and diversity.
Read moreDr Holly Reeve appointed MPLS BSA Media Fellow
Read moreWelcome
We are home to the mathematical, physical, engineering and life sciences at Oxford. Our research is the best of its kind in the country according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, which is used to assess university research across the UK.
Research income for 2015/16 £135m
1730 academics and researchers
3000 graduate students (DPhil and MSc)
equality and diversity in mpls
Find out more about the Division's commitment to equality and diversity.
What's new
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SCIENCE BLOG: Engineering a better world
22 June 2018
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L’Oreal-UNESCO Fellowship for Dr Nicky Farrer
4 June 2018
Upcoming events
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Talk by Chairman Stan Shih on Si-nnovation Island & Eastern Si-vilization
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
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NEWS FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Inspired Research. Read the twice-yearly newsletter here (Department of Computer Science)
Scientific American: World has only 20 years to meet ambitious 1.5C warming threshold (Physics and Environmental Change Institute)
World’s first fluid-shaping technology for biomedicine (Engineering Science)
Mechanistic models versus machine learning: a fight worth fighting for the biological community? (Maths)
Mail on Sunday - Driverless cars can make roads safer, says expert (Engineering Science)
The Economist - From A&E to AI - artificial intelligence will improve medical treatments
Rising oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels co-evolved with marine life (Earth Sciences)
Professor Stephen Harris publishes 'Sunflowers' (Plant Sciences)
The Mail: Mysterious new ocean 'twilight zone' found 1,000ft below the ocean surface is home to 100 previously unknown species of marine life (Zoology)
The Express: Robots will not rebel against mankind and will become ‘part of the family’, says expert (Computer Science)