News — Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division

New AI tool could help predict viral outbreaks

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.

Dr Paul Lyon, Professor Feng Wu and Professor David Cranston with a patient in the HIFU unit in Oxford.

University of Oxford named Focused Ultrasound Centre of Excellence

3 October 2023

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated the University of Oxford a Centre of Excellence in Focused Ultrasound. Oxford becomes the fifth Centre of Excellence in Europe and the eleventh worldwide. The recognition coincides with the University of Oxford’s celebration of Focused Ultrasound Day.

Vaccine providing infants with strong protection from meningococcal disease

4 May 2023

Children up to five years old, particularly infants, are at highest risk of meningococcal disease.

COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US

31 January 2023

A new study led by researchers at the Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall.

University of Oxford representatives (Professor Haris Bhaskaran, far left, and Professor Graham Taylor, left of centre) at the signing ceremony for a new Memorandum of Understanding with Digital University Kerala, together with representatives from the State of Kerala, including the Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr Pinarayi Vijayan (front centre), pictured in a function room in central London

Oxford to collaborate with Digital University Kerala on nanotechnology, AI, sustainability, digital health, and innovation

13 October 2022

The University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new collaboration with the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology in India (known as Digital University Kerala or DUK).

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Night-time blood pressure assessment important in diagnosing hypertension

26 September 2022

A new study involving Oxford's Department of Engineering Science has found that monitoring night-time blood pressure is important in preventing cardiovascular disease such as stroke or heart failure.

Acute myelocytic leukaemia (AML) cells under the microscope

Overcoming drug-resistant cancer mutations with novel inhibitors

18 August 2022

A team led by researchers from Oxford Chemistry have recently published a study in Nature Communications investigating the mechanism behind a resistance to the drug ivosidenib that has developed in some types of cancer.

A user testing the new breathing-powered prosthetic hand

Researchers develop new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics

29 July 2022

The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries.

Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers

15 July 2022

Oxford biologists are part of an international team that has been modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene to identify how 20 different molecules unique to elephants are activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans.

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Research winners and commendation announced for MPLS Impact Awards 2022

11 July 2022

Eleven MPLS researchers have been recognised in this year’s MPLS Impact Awards, which showcase research impact across the division and help us to identify examples of impact excellence that will help us to prepare the ground for future Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions and similar exercises.

OxVent ventilator set to be manufactured at-scale

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.

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