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Scientists from the universities of Oxford, Shanghai and Beijing who discovered that natural silks get stronger the colder they get, have finally solved the puzzle of why.
UK population movement falls 59%, compared to -89% in March - COVID-19 Monitor
COVID-19 Engineering Maths Research
12 January 2021
The latest data from Oxford’s COVID-19 Impact Monitor shows the January lockdown has, so far, had one third less national impact on movement than the March shutdown. The figures demonstrate that some regions are still moving at more than 50% of pre-pandemic levels, despite the tough restrictions and calls for people to remain at home.
Professor Heather Harrington in the Mathematical Institute wins Leverhulme Prize
Award Maths
19 October 2020
Oxford Mathematician Heather Harrington has won one of this year's prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes. The award recognises the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.
Roger Penrose is joint winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics
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6 October 2020
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes.
Understanding the global impact of COVID-19 through Data Science
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Engineering Maths
5 October 2020
The Oxford COVID-19 (OxCOVID19) database and tracker is a powerful tool for understanding the pandemic and predicting its future course, using the combined power of Statistical, Mathematical Modelling and Machine Learning techniques.
Maths and Fantasy Football: the beautiful game
Maths
8 September 2020
This year’s winner of the Premier League Fantasy Football competition and Oxford Mathematician, Joshua Bull, talks to Oxford Science blog about strategy and how maths can help us understand the infinite complexity of the world – from football to cancer.
MPLS researchers awarded 2020 Royal Society Research Fellowships
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12 August 2020
Three academics in MPLS honoured by the Royal Society
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4 August 2020
Professor Bryan Birch (Mathematical Institute), Professor Ben Davis (Department of Chemistry) and Professor George Smith (Department of Materials) have all received Royal Society 2020 medals or prizes.
Britain is reluctant to move on COVID-19 advice, but not if it is sunny
COVID-19 Engineering Maths
30 June 2020
Britain is proving reluctant to start moving, despite the Government’s relaxation of a series of lockdown measures, according to data from the Oxford COVID-19 Impact Monitor.
Hawking Points in the Cosmic Microwave Background - a challenge to the concept of Inflation
Maths Physics Research
22 June 2020
For thirty years Oxford Mathematician Roger Penrose has challenged one of the key planks of Cosmology, namely the concept of Inflation, now over 40 years old, according to which our universe expanded at an enormous rate immediately after the Big Bang.
MPLS academics honoured by the Royal Society
Award Materials science Maths Physics
29 April 2020
Six Oxford University academics, including three from MPLS Division, have been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society.
Social distancing works: here’s the maths
COVID-19 Maths Research
6 April 2020
Considerable uncertainty surrounds Covid-19 - how long it will take before a vaccine is developed, the death rate amongst cases and even how many cases there have been so far. But there is one thing of which we can be sure: social distancing works, according to Dr Robin Thompson from the Mathematical Institute.
Oxford wins £5.5 million EPSRC funding for High Performance Computing
Computer science Engineering Funding Maths
19 February 2020
The University of Oxford has been awarded £5.5 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as part of a £27 million investment in seven High Performance Computing (HPC) services.
Science Blog: Outbreak: fighting coronavirus
COVID-19 Maths Medical science Research Zoology
17 February 2020
What do a mathematician, an epidemiologist, a vaccine developer, a protein crystallographer and a whole bevy of immunologists and infectious disease specialists have in common? Answer: they’re just some of the Oxford University researchers coming together to fight the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
China Coronavirus: using mathematics to understand outbreaks of unknown diseases
COVID-19 Maths Medical science Research
27 January 2020
Professor Nick Woodhouse appointed CBE in 2020 New Year's Honours List for services to mathematics
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2 January 2020
Five MPLS researchers secure European Research Council Consolidator Grants
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10 December 2019
Making maths relevant to the climate strikes
Maths Physics Schools
23 September 2019
Scientists at the University of Oxford work with students to write new GCSE and A-level maths practice questions that help to integrate climate change into the school curriculum.
Two MPLS academics elected as members of Academia Europaea
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4 September 2019
Science Blog: How do jumping popper toys work?
Maths Research
17 May 2019
In a series of videos launching The Mathematical Observer, a new YouTube channel showcasing the research performed in the Oxford Mathematics Observatory, Oxford Mathematician Michael Gomez (in collaboration with Derek Moulton and Dominic Vella) investigates the science behind the jumping popper toy.