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Oxford biologists comment on new Genetic Technology Act
Biology Food security & biodiversity Sustainability & the environment
24 March 2023
Oxford biologists comment on new legislation that will unlock key technologies to improve UK food security, reduce pesticide use, and enhance climate-resilience in our crops.
MPLS staff recognised at Vice-Chancellor’s Professional Services Awards
Award Equality and Diversity MPLS
24 March 2023
Congratulations to Daisy Hung, Bob Mahoney and Lauren Wild in the MPLS Divisional Office, and Louisa Bailey (Head of Administration and Finance, Earth Sciences), who were amongst the joint winners and finalists for the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Professional Services Awards announced on Tuesday 21 March.
New study shows AI could help locate life on Mars
AI and data science Research Space
20 March 2023
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
Antimicrobial resistance Research
15 March 2023
The antibiotic colistin is being widely used to prevent infections and promote growth in animals grown for human consumption such as poultry.
Sector-leading energy business continuity work recognised with national award
Award MPLS
14 March 2023
The University was recognised with one of three awards for UK universities at the Higher Education Business Continuity Network (HEBCoN) Awards 2023 last week in Cardiff, thanks to collaborative work last term, involving staff across MPLS, to prepare for potential energy supply disruption this winter.
New method shows promise for locating deposits of critical metals
Earth sciences Research Sustainability & the environment
10 March 2023
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 school science and art competition opens for entries
Equality and Diversity MPLS Outreach Public Engagement
9 March 2023
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
Climate Engineering
9 March 2023
Paul Shearing has been appointed as Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering and will lead the new Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute.
New breakthrough enables perfectly secure digital communications
AI and data science Engineering
9 March 2023
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
Award MPLS Public Engagement Research
8 March 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.
From The Conversation: Great Mysteries of Physics 1 – is time an illusion?
Engineering Physics The Conversation
8 March 2023
Listen to Natalia Ares, a thermodynamics researcher in the Department of Engineering Science on the Great Mysteries of Physics podcast from The Conversation.
IOI Research Director meets Prime Minister of Bangladesh to discuss joint action against antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance Biology
3 March 2023
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, met Professor Timothy Walsh, Research Director (Biology) at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, to discuss her continued commitment to tackling the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh and around the world.
Oxford Engineering Science spinout opens R&D lab to apply AI to global issues
Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Spin out
3 March 2023
Spun out of the University of Oxford in 2016 by Professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne, Mind Foundry has developed technology and products that help people and organisations to implement Artificial Intelligence more responsibly.
Earth Sciences study could help pinpoint hidden helium gas fields – and avert a global supply crisis
Earth sciences Research
3 March 2023
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.
Major collaboration reveals new insights on binary star systems
Research Space
2 March 2023
Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon.
New hub receives £2m to develop the communications technology of tomorrow
Engineering Funding Research
1 March 2023
The Future Communications Hub on All Spectrum Connectivity is being supported by investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in a project led by Professor Dominic O’Brien (Department of Engineering Science).
Dame Angela McLean named new Chief Scientific Adviser
Biology Women in science
20 February 2023
Dame Angela will be the first woman to hold the role of Government Chief Scientific Adviser and takes up the post on 1 April.
Oxford Green Action Week 2023
Sustainability & the environment
20 February 2023
Oxford University’s first-ever Green Action Week takes place 20–24 February, with over 50 different events linked to environmental sustainability.
Operation Pangolin launches to save world’s most trafficked wild mammal
Biology Sustainability & the environment
17 February 2023
Ahead of World Pangolin Day tomorrow, the University of Oxford announces that it is joining a bold initiative to save this iconic animal: Operation Pangolin.
New study identifies key success factors for large carnivore rewilding efforts
Biology
16 February 2023
The findings, published today in Biology Conservation, could support global rewilding efforts, from reintroducing lynx in the UK to efforts to restore logged tropical forests.