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Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) nesting in Pisonia tree. Credit: The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN).

Fungi found to be the crucial ingredient for restoring tropical islands

Oxford researchers have contributed to a new study which has demonstrated that symbiotic fungi play a critical role in maintaining and restoring tropical island ecosystems. The findings offer new insight into how some of the world’s most biodiverse and fragile environments can recover from human disturbance.

An overlay of the predicted ultrasound field (blue-red) on a two-dimensional image of the skull and brain showing the targeting accuracy of the lens. Credit: John Eraifej.

Study shows that non-invasive ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson’s disease

Institute of Biomedical Engineering researchers have shown for the first time that ultrasound could have similar effects on brain activity in Parkinson’s sufferers as implanted deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes.

Artistic interpretation of coherent harmonic focus (CHF) generation. The laser is focused on a target and the reflected purple beam forms a CHF of extreme intensity that generates matter from light. Credit: Timmis et al. 2026.

Scientists unlock new route to extreme light intensities

Oxford physicists have led a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light, possibly creating the most intense source of coherent light ever.

An image of a fungal spore and hyphae, the main growth structure of fungi, under a microscope

IOI launches new antifungal drug discovery programme

The Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) has established a new antifungal drug discovery programme to address the growing global threat of fungal infections and antifungal resistance.

The strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. This causes the jet direction to vary as the black hole and the supergiant star move around their orbit. Credit: ICRAR

‘Dancing jets’ from a black hole reveal their immense power

New research from the University of Oxford and Curtin University has used radio telescopes that spans thousands of kilometres to snap images of jets launched by a black hole, that showed for the first time a black hole jet ‘dancing’ as it orbits a massive star.

Central male Morton (left) and Western male Garrison (right) hold hands in 2015 (photo by Aaron Sandel)

Tracking the breakdown of the world's largest known chimpanzee community

A collaborative study led by the University of Texas at Austin, involving researchers from the Department of Statistics, has reported the first clearly documented permanent split of a wild chimpanzee community, along with the intergroup aggression that followed.

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Fungi found to be the crucial ingredient for restoring tropical islands

Study shows that non-invasive ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson’s disease

Scientists unlock new route to extreme light intensities

IOI launches new antifungal drug discovery programme

‘Dancing jets’ from a black hole reveal their immense power

Tracking the breakdown of the world's largest known chimpanzee community

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Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions

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Fungi found to be the crucial ingredient for restoring tropical islands

Welcome

MPLS Division SharePoint Intranet

MPLS Events

Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions

Advolly Richmond's Short History of Flowers Book Talk

Arrival and Exodus: Stefan Jäger’s 'Migration Triptych' and Banat Swabian MemoriesNew event 2

IDP Seminar Jim Kaufmann C.N.H. Long Professor of Immunobiology, Yale University

CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'Know Your Place: The Male Breadwinner and "Female Homemaker" Norms - Evidence from Bangladesh'