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\n \n 27 October 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford palaeobiologists, working with researchers at the University of Warsaw and University College London, have shed new light on the evolution of lizards using a fossil discovery from Scotland, in research published in the journal Nature.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nekton Maldives Mission, involving Oxford marine biologists, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem - \u2018The Trapping Zone\u2019 - that is creating an oasis of life 500 metres down in the depths of the Indian Ocean. The discovery has been hailed as highly significant by the Maldives Government.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNew research led by biologists from the University of Oxford, working with partners at Yellowstone National Park and Penn State in the US, may have finally solved why wolves change colour across the North American continent.
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\n \n\n \n \n \n'How would an artificial intelligence (AI) decide what to do?', asks Oxford DPhil candidate in Engineering Science, Michael K Cohen, and his co-author Marcus Hutter from the Australian National University, in this article which highlights the potential risks of relying on the 'reinforcement learning' approach in AI research.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFour researchers from across the University of Oxford, including two from the Department of Materials and the Department of Engineering Science, have been awarded Philip Leverhulme prizes \u2013 the largest number awarded to researchers of any single UK university.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMPLS DPhil candidates Liliane Momeni and Sheheryar Zaidi have taken up prestigious Google PhD Fellowships, each worth $60,000, after been selected from a highly competitive field of applicants last year.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study from researchers at the University of Oxford and Columbia University, USA, has found existing models of sea-level rise, based on our understanding of how Earth\u2019s ice sheets respond to a warming atmosphere, could be incorrect. The team's findings could have significant implications for future predictions of global sea-level rise.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe 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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\n \n\n \n \n \nNew research from the Department of Biology demonstrates that goldfish are a model system to investigate spatial navigation, and could help shed light onto how these systems evolved.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearch led by Oxford University is the first of its kind to study tiny dust molecules in the nuclear region of active galaxies using early observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn an article first published on the Conversation, Graham Taylor, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Biology, writes about the sophisticated techniques that Swainson's hawks use to deal with the 'confusion effect' posed by large swarms of their prey, the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have today reported findings from a large-scale study that examined the impact of the UK\u2019s MenACWY vaccination programme on the carriage of meningitis bacteria in the throats of UK teenagers.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA team of researchers from the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) in China, the University of Oxford\u2019s only engineering and physical sciences research institute outside of the UK, has won first place in the regional finals of the \u2018Maker in China\u2019 Jiangsu SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest 2022.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA group of researchers based at Oxford University\u2019s Climate Processes Group has used novel methods of analysing satellite data to more accurately quantify the effect of human aerosol emissions on climate change. The results are published today in the journal Nature.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford University\u2019s Department of Materials have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy. This discovery could accelerate the development of even smaller and more powerful computer chips.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA 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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor David Deutsch has today been named as one of four internationally pioneering physicists to receive the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on quantum information, while Professor James Maynard has received one of six New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessors Niki Trigoni and David Hills are among 72 leading figures in engineering and technology to be elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering this week.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe new study shows that a fast transition to clean energy is cheaper than slow or no transition. It was conducted by a team at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School, led by Professor Doyne Farmer of the Mathematical Institute.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Computer Science, working with colleagues from Bogazici University in Turkey, have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables autonomous vehicles to achieve safer and more reliable navigation, especially in adverse weather.
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