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New £3m EPSRC-funded programme in Robust and Reliable Quantum Computing - RoaRQ
Computer science Funding Materials science Physics Quantum
22 March 2022
The programme will establish a cross-disciplinary community of researchers in quantum computing and computer science, who will collaborate to address the global challenge of delivering quantum computing that is robust, reliable, and trustworthy.
Researchers develop the world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials
Functional materials Materials science Research
21 March 2022
Phase-change nanowires could serve as the ultimate tunable frequency synthesizers and filters for the future of IoT and 5G networks.
Black hole billiards in the centres of galaxies
Physics Research
21 March 2022
Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to merge on a non-circular orbit. Their suggested solution, now published in Nature, involves a chaotic triple drama inside a giant disk of gas around a super massive black hole in a galaxy far, far away.
Mathematical Sciences for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Maths Statistics
18 March 2022
Among the many asylum seekers and academics seeking refuge are mathematicians and statisticians; they are part of the global mathematical sciences community. However, when they come to the UK they may be unable to work and so feel isolated from the subject they love. They are in personal and intellectual limbo. Concerned and inspired by this predicament, a group of mathematicians at Oxford University decided to find ways to help these refugees overcome that sense of isolation and make them aware of mathematical science-based activities in the UK.
From The Conversation: How we discovered that sea turtles in Seychelles have recovered from the brink
Biology Food security & biodiversity Plant sciences Research
17 March 2022
April Burt from the Department of Plant Sciences, together with colleagues from the Universities of Exeter and Pisa, writes about a success story on the isolated Aldabra Atoll.
Oxford Statistics research student takes BRONZE for mathematical display in Parliament
Award Maths Statistics
8 March 2022
Congratulations to Desi Ivanova, a DPhil student at the Department of Statistics, who was awarded Bronze at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her mathematical research, walking away with a £750 prize. Desi presented her winning research to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition STEM for BRITAIN, on Monday 7th March 2022.
Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
Biology Climate Plant sciences Research
4 March 2022
A new study investigates whether protecting and restoring large animal wildlife can help to support climate change goals.
The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming
Climate Engineering Food security & biodiversity
3 March 2022
A new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no one size fits all approach for land use, food security and sustainable agriculture.
DeepMind donation creates 12 new research internships in artificial intelligence and machine learning
Computer science Engineering Equality and Diversity Funding Maths Statistics
1 March 2022
The University’s flagship UNIQ+ graduate access programme for students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will expand further in 2022 thanks to a generous donation from leading British artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
Fast Tracking Knowledge and Human Capital for Net Zero Energy Systems
Energy Innovation and Enterprise MPLS
28 February 2022
When world leaders come together to discuss a common goal as they did during the climate summit COP26, this collaboration can deliver some notable achievements. An article by Dr Andy Gilchrist of MPLS's Innovation and Business Partnerships Team
Two MPLS projects win funding from the UKRI and Wellcome Physics of Life Strategic Priorities Fund
Biomedical engineering Engineering Funding Physics
22 February 2022
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome have announced a £18 million investment for nine multidisciplinary research projects through the Physics of Life Strategic Priorities Fund. Two of these projects are co-led by academics in MPLS departments.
Three University of Oxford Earth Scientists honoured with the title of Geochemistry Fellow
Award Earth sciences
15 February 2022
Professor Chris Ballentine, Professor Tamsin Mather and Professor Gideon Henderson join 13 other geochemists receiving the fellowship this year from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. The award was established in 1996 to honour outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made a major contribution to the field.
Oxford fast-paced research programme for environmental solutions wins £10 million official backing
Biology Funding Zoology
15 February 2022
Interdisciplinary teams in The Agile Initiative aim to deliver rapid answers to the most pressing environmental policy questions, using cutting edge research.
OxVent ventilator set to be manufactured at-scale
COVID-19 Engineering Physical sciences underpinning health Spin out
14 February 2022
Created by a team from the University of Oxford in collaboration with King’s College London, the OxVent ventilator was designed especially for COVID-19 in response to the UK Government’s ‘Ventilator Challenge’ to address the potential shortage of ventilators caused by the pandemic.
Seismometer technology field-tested in Antarctica before space missions
Earth sciences Physics Research Space
10 February 2022
Scientists from the University of Oxford are field-testing seismic sensors in the bitter conditions of Antarctica to simulate the solar system’s icy moons.
Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
Biology Physics Plant sciences Research
10 February 2022
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies grown at the University's Botanic Garden have unravelled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
New adaptable smart window coating could help heat or cool a home and save energy
Energy Functional materials Materials science Research
8 February 2022
Researchers at the University of Oxford have collaborated with industry experts to develop an adaptable smart window technology that could reduce the energy usage of an average home by up to a third.
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
Biomedical engineering Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
8 February 2022
Researchers at Oxford University have implanted a novel closed-loop research platform for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in Parkinson’s-like Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).
Oxford forges UK’s energy systems transition with radical approach
Energy Engineering Innovation and Enterprise
8 February 2022
A new world-leading multi-disciplinary hub and co-working space located in Oxford, Mini TESA - The Energy Systems Accelerator pilot – aims to bring teams together to tackle the challenge of energy systems transition.
Begbroke Science Park expansion gets the go-ahead
Begbroke Business and Industry Innovation and Enterprise
3 February 2022
Oxford University Development Ltd (OUD) has received approval for the construction of two new buildings at Begbroke Science Park. The project will add around a further 12,500m2 of new lab and office space to the site, almost doubling its total internal area and providing superb new facilities for innovation, collaboration, research and development.