“The Nemo effect” is untrue: animal movies promote awareness, not harm
Contrary to what was widely communicated in media by high-profile figures, researchers at the University of Oxford have found that the movie ‘Finding Dory’ had no impact on increasing demand for blue tang fish, the species of the main protagonist. They did find, however, an increase in online searches for that species, showing that blockbusters can drive information-seeking behaviour about nature.
Read more‘The Eagle has landed’ - a Medium article
Karen Patricia Heath (Rothermere American Institute), Sarah Griffin (formerly Oxford Internet Institute), Neil Bowles (Department of Physics), Jon Wade and Isobel Walker (Department of Earth Sciences) and Stuart Ackland (Maps curator at the Bodleian), share the treasures they assembled for an exhibition inspired by the Apollo 11 Moon landings.
Read more£1 million grant to establish national thin-film cluster facility for advanced functional materials at Oxford
The Wolfson Foundation has given £1 million towards the establishment of a new national thin-film cluster facility for advanced functional materials. The facility, which will be hosted and managed by Oxford Physics, will place the UK at the forefront of this cutting-edge field.
Read moreEngineering new signalling networks to produce crops that need less fertiliser
An interdisciplinary research collaboration between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has engineered a novel synthetic plant-microbe signalling pathway that could provide the foundation for transferring nitrogen fixation to cereals.
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Lord of the flies: competition breeds a better ejaculate
20 August 2019
‘The Eagle has landed’ - a Medium article
12 August 2019
Divisional roles and representation
MPLS is keen to increase diversity of representation within divisional and University governance. We are seeking to appoint a new Associate Head of Division (Research) and an MPLS Divisional Advocate for Research Staff. Deadline for EOIs (from existing MPLS staff only): noon on Monday 16 September 2019.
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