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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.
Large-scale fossil study reveals origins of modern-day biodiversity gradient 15 million years ago
Earth sciences Research
16 February 2023
Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a 200-year-old scientific mystery: why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases steadily towards polar regions.
University marks ‘topping out’ milestone for new Life and Mind Building
Biology MPLS
15 February 2023
Around 100 guests gathered at the construction site of Oxford’s new Life and Mind Building this afternoon to celebrate a major milestone towards completion of a new home for the Department of Biology and the Department of Experimental Psychology.
Researchers to contribute to Pioneering Places study on Oxford’s transition to Net Zero
Engineering
15 February 2023
University of Oxford researchers will work with a range of local partners on a feasibility study to improve understanding of the changes needed to prepare Oxford’s homes for a zero-carbon energy system.
World’s oldest European hedgehog found
Biology Citizen science
15 February 2023
The world’s oldest scientifically-confirmed European hedgehog has been found in Denmark by a citizen science project involving hundreds of volunteers.
From The Conversation: Bird flu continues to spread in mammals – what this means for humans and wildlife
Biology Research The Conversation
13 February 2023
'As bird flu continues to decimate poultry and wild bird populations around the world, the virus – a deadly strain called H5N1 – appears to be spreading to mammals', writes Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the Department of Biology.
€2m grant awarded to Oxford researcher for fundamental research in machine learning
Computer science Funding Research Statistics
10 February 2023
Associate Professor Patrick Rebeschini, in the Department of Statistics, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant worth €2 million, to develop theoretical foundations that could advance machine learning methods used to analyse Big Data.
Oxford physicists help to develop world-first AI virus diagnostic test
7 February 2023
Oxford scientists have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes, from just one nasal or throat swab.
Showcase success for Science Together research
Public Engagement Research
6 February 2023
A local collaboration teaming researchers from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University with the Urban Music Foundation finished on a high note with an immersive sound and art installation at Oxford’s Old Fire Station.
Wellcome funding for multidisciplinary project to improve understanding about deadly disease outbreaks
Climate Engineering Funding Medical science Research
3 February 2023
DART (Dengue Advanced Readiness Tools) is a new, Oxford-led project involving scientists around the world, and one of 24 Wellcome-supported projects that will use climate data to better predict and prepare for infectious diseases outbreaks.
COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US
COVID-19 Computer science Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
31 January 2023
A new study led by researchers at the Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall.