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Engineering students design electric race car for Formula Student event at Silverstone
Engineering Teaching
15 July 2022
Engineering students were amongst those involved in a team of 50 students from across the University who worked together to build an electric car showcased at the IMechE Formula Student event held at the home of British Motor Racing, earlier this month.
Earth scientists reveal ancient salamander hidden inside mystery rock for 50 years
Earth sciences Research The Conversation Zoology
15 July 2022
A collaboration between Earth Sciences palaeobiologists from the University of Oxford and University College London has shed new light on one of the earliest-known salamanders, from a rock first discovered in the 1970s.
Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers
Biology Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research Zoology
15 July 2022
Oxford biologists are part of an international team that has been modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene to identify how 20 different molecules unique to elephants are activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans.
MPLS staff recognised at 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards
Award Biology Chemistry Climate MPLS Sustainability & the environment Women in science Zoology
14 July 2022
Members of MPLS departments were amongst those recognised at the University's seventh Environmental Sustainability Awards today, hosted by Vice Chancellor, Dame Professor Louise Richardson.
Research winners and commendation announced for MPLS Impact Awards 2022
AI and data science Award Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Computer science Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Physical sciences underpinning health Physics Public Engagement Quantum Research Space Spin out
11 July 2022
Eleven MPLS researchers have been recognised in this year’s MPLS Impact Awards, which showcase research impact across the division and help us to identify examples of impact excellence that will help us to prepare the ground for future Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions and similar exercises.
Quantum computing spin-out to benefit from £38m investment injection
Business and Industry Funding Innovation and Enterprise Physics Quantum Spin out
7 July 2022
The new investment in Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a spin-out company from the Department of Physics, will accelerate the company’s research and development and fuel its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The Series A investment funding is the largest ever secured in the UK by a quantum computing start-up.
Oxford Mathematician James Maynard awarded Fields Medal 2022
Award Maths
5 July 2022
Professor James Maynard has been named one of four recipients of the 2022 Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics for those under 40.
Department of Physics looks back on 10 years since the discovery of the Higgs Boson
Physics Space
4 July 2022
Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, an international collaboration of particle physicists announced to the world that they had independently observed a new particle – the Higgs boson. Oxford physicists were key contributors to the discovery and have continued to play a leading role in Higgs-boson research ever since.
Oxford mathematicians win London Mathematical Society prizes
Award Maths
1 July 2022
Three Oxford Mathematicians, John Ball, Ian Griffiths and Dawid Kielak, have won prizes from the London Mathematical Society (LMS) today.
Oxford zoologists find rare wild ancestors of feral pigeons living on British and Irish islands
Biology Research Zoology
1 July 2022
DNA testing reveals that rock doves, the wild ancestors of the common domestic and feral pigeons, now extinct in many parts of the world, are still living on islands in Scotland and Ireland.
Next generation of innovators recognised at inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
30 June 2022
Oxford Chemistry students with innovative, game-changing ideas have been highlighted at the inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards ('The Jamies'), a new annual awards scheme co-developed by the Department of Chemistry and Oxford University Innovation (OUI) in honour of the late Dr Jamie Ferguson.
Physicists shed light on how Tonga eruption triggered atmospheric gravity waves that reached the edge of space
Physics Research
30 June 2022
Oxford Flight Group reveals how hawks control flight and landing to prioritise safety
Biology Engineering Research Zoology
30 June 2022
Oxford biomechanics researchers have been using computer simulations and Hollywood-style motion capture to reveal how Harris hawks optimise their landing manoeuvres for an accurate descent.
Professor Samuel Sheppard to join Ineos Oxford Institute to further interdisciplinary research on antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Research Zoology
29 June 2022
Professor Sheppard will join the Department of Biology and the IOI in September 2022, with the aim of using fundamental evolutionary and ecological theory to address consequential questions in pathogen emergence and spread.
Nathalie Seddon: Expose ‘greenwashing’ but do not ignore nature-based solutions to climate change
Biology Climate Food security & biodiversity
24 June 2022
Nature-based solutions must not be forgotten in the drive to stabilise the climate. But care must be taken to ensure they are not hijacked or misused to ‘greenwash’ emissions, insists Oxford biodiversity expert Professor Nathalie Seddon in a landmark article for the journal Science.
MPLS Teaching Award 2022 Winners announced
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23 June 2022
Congratulations to the eight staff in MPLS departments who have recently been given divisional awards for teaching excellence. The MPLS Divisional Teaching Award Scheme celebrates success, and recognises and rewards excellence in innovative teaching.
Nadja Yang recognised by Women's Engineering Society with 'Top 50 Women in Engineering - Inventors and Innovators' award
Award Engineering Sustainability & the environment Women in science
23 June 2022
DPhil Systems Engineering student, Nadja Yang has been recognised as one of the UK's top 50 women engineers who are creating or significantly improving products or processes to make a difference in the world, on International Women in Engineering Day.
Engineering researcher awarded funding to lead international collaboration on machine-learning for cardiac monitoring
AI and data science Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Engineering Women in science
22 June 2022
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, Dr Tingting Zhu, has been awarded Royal Society funding to lead an international collaboration that aims to develop an open-source platform for cardiac monitoring, using machine-learning.
Researchers develop world's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor, using polarisation
Computer science Functional materials Innovation and Enterprise Materials science Research
16 June 2022
The innovative technique, developed in the Department of Materials, uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing – enhancing computing density by several orders over conventional electronic chips.
MPLS Professor Laurence Brassart and physicist Dr Archie Bott among 84 scientists awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
Award Engineering Funding Physics
15 June 2022
The Fellowships were announced by Science Minister George Freeman this morning, to help the UK’s most promising science and research leaders to tackle major global issues and commercialise their innovations within the UK.