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Wytham Woods’ Great Tit study celebrates 75 years and reveals how spring has advanced a calendar month in that time
Biology Research
27 April 2022
On 27 April 1947, the first Great Tit egg of the year was counted in the University of Oxford's 'living laboratory' at Wytham Woods. It was to be the start of a deep and on-going relationship between the bird population and generations of researchers.
Oxford Chemistry launches the inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Award
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
27 April 2022
This award has been created as a legacy to Dr Jamie Ferguson of Oxford University Innovation, who tragically died in August 2020 after succumbing to COVID-19.
Three MPLS researchers secure multi-million pound European Research Council grants
Biology Funding Maths Physics Zoology
26 April 2022
Four ‘excellent research leaders’ at Oxford, three of them from MPLS Division, have today been awarded major European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants to fund boundary-pushing research projects in Biology, Linguistics, Mathematics and Physics.
Sapphire fibre developed by Oxford engineering researchers could enable cleaner energy and air travel
Business and Industry Climate Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Research Sustainability & the environment
22 April 2022
As part of an EPSRC-funded cross-sector collaboration involving Rolls-Royce, researchers in the Department of Engineering Science have developed a sapphire fibre sensor that can tolerate extreme temperatures and has the potential to enable significant efficiency and emissions reduction improvements in aerospace and power generation.
Oxford biologists reveal how baby elephants keep pace with the herd from birth
Biology Research
21 April 2022
Using GPS tracking data, researchers from the University of Oxford have revealed that the progress of elephant herds moving in search of food and water does not have to slow down to accommodate new mothers and their calves.
Oxford zoologists assess the University's impacts on biodiversity and how to mitigate them
Biology Research Sustainability & the environment Zoology
20 April 2022
Researchers from Oxford's Department of Biology and the University of Kent have carried out the first quantitative assessment of both the environmental impact of a large organisation and feasible options for mitigation, to inform work towards net-gain biodiversity for the University of Oxford by 2035.
Government gives £15 million to build software and computer systems at the heart of a new international telescope system
Computer science Engineering Funding Physics Space
12 April 2022
Six institutions, including the University of Oxford, are leading efforts to deliver computational systems that will enable the world’s largest radio telescope
Oxford joins UK consortium to build auto-calibrated quantum control system
Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Materials science Quantum Research
12 April 2022
Funded by Innovate UK, the £6.8M project will apply machine learning techniques to find fast, automated, and scalable ways to calibrate quantum computers. The aim is to build a system capable of controlling hundreds of qubits simultaneously across different types of quantum hardware.
New W boson measurement deviates from the Standard Model
Physics Research
8 April 2022
An international collaboration of scientists has performed the most precise measurement of the W boson yet – asking questions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
Oxford University retains top spot for spinout generation in the UK
Innovation and Enterprise Spin out
5 April 2022
Oxford University has been ranked first in the UK for turning academic research into spinout companies, according to a new report published today by data analyst firm Beauhurst.
The glass half full man: Professor Chas Bountra and Oxford's innovative future
Innovation and Enterprise
5 April 2022
After the events of the last two years - and the COVID-19 vaccine (2.5 billion doses delivered and counting) - this most enthusiastic champion of Oxford maintains there can be no doubt, innovation is part and parcel of the historic university’s future.
From The Conversation: What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC’s latest climate change report
Climate Physics The Conversation
4 April 2022
Professor Myles Allen, University of Oxford and Hugh Helferty, Queen's University Ontario discuss whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it harder to stop climate change.
Professor Susie Speller awarded a five year £2.4M Fellowship under the new EPSRC Open Plus scheme
Equality and Diversity Funding Materials science
1 April 2022
Prof Speller will lead research on high temperature superconductors for fusion technologies and new initiatives aimed at widening participation in STEM.
Nature prefers symmetry and simplicity
Physics Research
31 March 2022
Research recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Oxford-led scientists suggests that Mother Nature plays favourites and that she believes in the elegance of simplicity.
Electric vehicles vulnerable to attack that prevents charging
Computer science Research
29 March 2022
Researchers Richard Baker and Sebastian Köhler (with Ivan Martinovic) from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and Martin Strohmeier of armasuisse Science + Technology, have discovered a cyber attack that allows individual vehicles to be disrupted in a stealthy way, or even entire fleets to be denied charging en masse.
New study finds giant predatory dinosaurs could hunt underwater
Earth sciences Research
25 March 2022
New research by a multi-institution team including the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge has found strong evidence that dinosaurs from the spinosaurid family swam underwater to search for prey.
Professor Edmund Tarleton awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship
Award Engineering Functional materials Materials science
24 March 2022
‘Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production’ (STEP) aims to deliver a prototype fusion reactor with the potential to provide unlimited clean energy.
From The Conversation: How to investigate when a robot causes an accident – and why it’s important that we do
AI and data science Computer science Research The Conversation
24 March 2022
Keri Grieman, Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science, writes about the 'ethical black box' for robots.
From the Conversation: Biodiversity: why new rules to ensure nature benefits from building projects could fail
Biology Food security & biodiversity The Conversation Zoology
24 March 2022
EJ Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, and colleagues from the University of Kent write about “biodiversity net gain” – a measure applying to most new developments in England which is intended to ensure nature is left better off overall than before the project began.
Oxford launches new multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute
Engineering Innovation and Enterprise
23 March 2022
The University of Oxford today announces the launch of the multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute (Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford) to tackle the challenges of an equitable, secure global zero-carbon energy transition.