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Nature-based solutions are essential for Brazil to meet its 2050 net zero pledge
Biology Climate Food security & biodiversity Research
1 November 2023
The study by researchers in the Department of Biology also concluded that halting deforestation is the single most important mitigation measure Brazil can take towards net zero emissions by 2050 while preventing biodiversity loss.
The outdoor lab on the doorstep of Oxford’s students
Biology Food security & biodiversity Teaching
1 November 2023
Professor Andy Hector (Department of Biology) describes a unique living resource, Wytham Woods, and how this contributes to the distinctive and immersive learning experience for students at Oxford.
New training centre will bridge the gap between environmental science and AI to address global environmental challenges
AI and data science Climate Funding Physics Sustainability & the environment
31 October 2023
Backed by over £15 million funding, the new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for the Environment (The Intelligent Earth Centre) will combine the University’s strengths in artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, and environmental sciences.
University of Oxford top for Computer Science in the World for sixth year running
Computer science
30 October 2023
The University of Oxford has topped the Times Higher Education world ranking for Computer Science for the sixth consecutive year, in their newly released subject tables. The computer science subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.
Oxford computer science researcher awarded prestigious grant with potential to advance national security
Award Computer science Funding
26 October 2023
Dr Sebastian Köhler is among seven researchers awarded postdoctoral research grants by the Government Office for Science and administered by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The fellowships focus on areas of cutting edge unclassified basic research that can support the intelligence, security and defence communities.
First digital atlas of human fetal brain development published
Computer science Medical science Research
26 October 2023
The first digital atlas showing how the human brain develops in the womb has been published by a global research team led by the University of Oxford.
Bumblebees make decisions ‘on the fly’ to maximise energy returns
Biology Food security & biodiversity Research
25 October 2023
A new study led by researchers in the Department of Biology has demonstrated that bumblebees make choices while foraging to maximize the rate of energy return, i.e. the amount of nectar sugar collected each minute.
First cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars arrive in Oxford
Equality and Diversity MPLS Teaching
24 October 2023
We are pleased to welcome our first cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars to Oxford as part of this new international postgraduate scholarship programme for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
From square to cube: Hardware processing for AI goes 3D, boosting processing power
AI and data science Materials science
20 October 2023
In a paper published today in Nature Photonics, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities of Muenster, Heidelberg, and Exeter, report on their development of integrated photonic-electronic hardware capable of processing three-dimensional (3D) data, substantially boosting data processing parallelism for AI tasks.
New AI tool could help predict viral outbreaks
Computer science Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
19 October 2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated, viruses can quickly evolve new ways of evading our immune systems, undermining our efforts to control outbreaks. But a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by researchers in the Department of Computer Science and Harvard Medical School could help predict new viral variants before they emerge.
University of Oxford partners with Breakthrough Prize Foundation in search for life beyond Earth
Physics Research Space
18 October 2023
Oxford will be the international headquarters for the Breakthrough Listen initiative, the largest ever astronomical programme searching for ‘technosignatures’ - evidence of past or present technology that would signal the presence of life beyond planet Earth.
New study reveals source of largest ever Mars quake
Physics Research Space
17 October 2023
A global team of scientists led by researchers in the Department of Physics have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars. The study rules out a meteorite impact, suggesting instead that the quake was the result of enormous tectonic forces within Mars’ crust.
Three Oxford physicists recognised by the Institute of Physics
17 October 2023
The 2023 IOP Awards recognise the achievements of individuals and teams in all aspects of physics.
Global impact of Oxford University Innovation highlighted in new report
Innovation and Enterprise Spin out
16 October 2023
Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation office of the University of Oxford, has published its first impact report, which showcases the ripple effect of spinouts, start-ups and social ventures started in Oxford.
Oxford Computer Science student Lia Yeh awarded Google PhD Fellowship
Computer science Quantum Research Women in science
16 October 2023
Lia Yeh, a DPhil student in the Department of Computer Science, is one of 67 doctoral students around the world, and the only one in the UK, to be awarded a 2023 Google PhD Fellowship.
From The Conversation: Scientists can’t agree on when the first animals evolved – our research hopes to end the debate
Earth sciences The Conversation
13 October 2023
Ross Anderson, Research Fellow in Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences, suggests a new way to estimate the timing of animal origins: considering which kind of rocks could preserve those animals, rather than documenting the oldest animal fossils.
New research finds that warm summers and wet winters yield better wine vintages
Biology Climate
12 October 2023
Wine quality is notorious for varying from year to year, but what makes for a “good year”? A new study has found that weather plays a critically important role in determining wine quality. By analysing 70 years’ worth of wine critic scores from the Bordeaux wine region in relation to that year’s weather, the researchers showed that higher quality wine is made in years with warmer temperatures, higher winter rainfall, and earlier, shorter growing seasons—conditions that climate change is predicted to make more frequent.
Meet the winners of Oxford’s Jamie Ferguson Innovation Awards 2023
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
12 October 2023
The second year of the Jamies Awards deliver ideas that tackle plastic waste, drug discovery, and bad coffee.
From The Conversation: How sodium-ion batteries could make electric cars cheaper
Energy Materials science The Conversation
11 October 2023
Robert House, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow in the Department of Materials, discusses how shifting from lithium to sodium-ion batteries could reduce dependence on critical minerals and yield cheaper battery packs.
New research finds that reducing antibiotic usage in animal feed is not enough to combat antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance Biology
6 October 2023
A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that natural evolution of antibiotic resistance genes has maintained resistance in bacteria despite a reduction in the use of antibiotics. The findings demonstrate the importance of understanding the regulatory evolution of resistance genes to strategically combat AMR. The study has been published in the Journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME).