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Research carried out at Oxford, in collaboration with Columbia University and Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that the signature of metal ions present in urine samples is an accurate indicator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Oxford University researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes
25 June 2025
Two MPLS researchers have won 2025 Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes for their work on clean energy technologies, while an Oxford-led collaboration also received a Horizon Prize for sustainable chemical manufacturing.
University to lead new collaboration advancing zero carbon aviation through hydrogen
24 June 2025
Leading academics from Oxford, Imperial College London, Loughborough, and King's College London launched a £9.5M hydrogen-powered jet engine programme at Oxford's Thermofluids Institute earlier this month. The EPSRC-backed project aims to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
Oxford celebrates first images from revolutionary sky survey telescope
24 June 2025
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory represents a step change in researchers’ ability to study the cosmos. Scientists from the Department of Physics helped to make the progress possible through more than a decade of sustained involvement.
Oxford hosts inspiring science days for local primary schools
24 June 2025
Oxford University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division has welcomed enthusiastic Year 5 students from local state primary schools for two days packed with exciting, hands-on science workshops.
DPhil student recognised in the Women's Engineering Society's Top 50 Women in Engineering awards
23 June 2025
Department of Engineering Science DPhil student Honora Driscoll has been named in the Women's Engineering Society's Top 50 Women in Engineering awards 2025, announced today for International Women in Engineering Day.
Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants for breakthrough research
17 June 2025
Three researchers from the MPLS Division have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council, each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.
New breakthrough enables precise activation of quantum features in diamond
16 June 2025
A new study led by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester has achieved a major advance in quantum materials, developing a method to precisely engineer single quantum defects in diamond – an essential step toward scalable quantum technologies.
Oxford scientists in King’s Birthday Honours 2025
14 June 2025
The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the MPLS Division and wider University.
Oxford sciences at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery
11 June 2025
Researchers from the Department of Statistics and the Nuffield Department of Medicine are among the senior principal investigators on a £8 million government-backed consortium creating the world's largest dataset for training machine learning models in drug discovery.
Oxford physicists set new world record for qubit operation accuracy
10 June 2025
Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation – just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations.
Study finds dehorning rhinos drastically reduces poaching
6 June 2025
Department of Biology researchers have contributed to an international study which found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. The findings have been published this week in the journal Science.
New study indicates that scientists could use black holes as particle supercolliders
4 June 2025
Scientists could turn to black holes to aid the search for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe’s deepest secrets, a new study by Oxford physicists suggests.
First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world
4 June 2025
Using a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, a study led by the Department of Engineering Science has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September–October 2023 were two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves.
New ARIA award aims to deliver a revolution in sustainable agriculture
3 June 2025
Researchers in the Department of Biology and Wild Bioscience Ltd are to receive backing of a £6.7 million grant from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to pioneer a new synthetic biology approach which promises to improve yields in potato and wheat.
New quantum visualisation techniques could accelerate the arrival of fault-tolerant quantum computers
3 June 2025
A collaborative research study has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing with the potential to end a decades-long search for inexpensive materials that can host unique quantum particles.
Professor Dame Molly Stevens elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences
27 May 2025
Professor Stevens, John Black Professor of Bionanoscience at Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering is one of five academics from Oxford elected as new Fellows by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
The Royal Society elects five scientists from the MPLS Division as Fellows
20 May 2025
Seven academics from the University of Oxford, including five from the Mathematics, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been elected as Royal Society Fellows.
MPLS success at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025
16 May 2025
The University honoured remarkable talent and dedication to excellence on Thursday 15 May as the winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025 were announced. Dr Joshua Bull from the Mathematical Institute received the Breakthrough Researcher Award and Department of Computer Science spinout Oxford Semantic Technologies claimed the Innovation and Commercialisation Award.
Scientists define the ingredients for finding natural clean hydrogen
16 May 2025
Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University and the University of Toronto have detailed the geological ingredients required to find clean sources of natural hydrogen in the Earth's continental crust.
Professor Ian Walmsley appointed to lead Oxford Quantum Institute
14 May 2025
Oxford marks a significant milestone in its quantum advancement with the Department of Physics' Professor Ian Walmsley appointed as Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute. Professor Walmsley has also joined the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, which advises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.