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\n \n 13 January 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nRaising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions, and accounting for additional deaths caused by poaching and conflict with people, could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a new study from WildCRU, based in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 January 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMaking catering more sustainable can make genuine positive contributions, but coming close to fully mitigating biodiversity loss within the current food system will take extremely ambitious action.
\n \n\n\n \n 16 December 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR), the University\u2019s engineering and physical sciences research institute in China, has marked its fourth anniversary with a celebratory event in Suzhou.
\n \n\n\n \n 15 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Climate\n \n \n \n \n Earth sciences\n \n \n \n \n Funding\n \n \n \n \n Maths\n \n \n \n \n Physics\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Statistics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years, as part of a multi-institutional agreement supporting cutting-edge research in the science of weather and climate prediction.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Energy\n \n \n \n \n Physics\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \n\u2018With ignition now achieved, not only has fusion energy been unlocked, but also a door has been opened to new science,\u2019 said Professor Gregori, Department of Physics.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA collaborative project involving the Oxford Robotics Institute, the Sheldonian theatre, and multinational construction equipment company Hilti is bringing forward the next generation of digital mapping technologies.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nHollie Booth, Oxford Policy Engagement Network Post-doc Fellow in the Department of Biology, writes about her research into ways to reduce catches of threatened shark species that also support the rights and welfare of small-scale fishers.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 December 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study led by the University of Oxford is the first to quantify the day-to-day barriers that conservation workers face as they try to conserve and manage island ecosystems around the world.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA partnership between the Oxford Robotics Institute and Department of Biology is using cutting-edge robots to assess the state of species diversity and ecosystems in the UK.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Antimicrobial resistance\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Chemistry\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAs part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and Oxford Martin School hosted a symposium on 'The Rising Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance: A high price to pay', bringing together experts from research, industry, policy and finance to discuss the threat and opportunities to address it.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA brand-new world-class research facility, the National Thin-Film Cluster Facility (NTCF) for Advanced Functional Materials, hosted by the Department of Physics, was officially launched last week.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet\u2019s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
\n \n\n\n \n 22 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study, led by researchers from the Department of Biology and released during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, has significant findings on how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arises and persists.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMPLS Associate Head (Education) and Professor of Mathematical Biology, Mike Bonsall, is the latest member of the University to be featured on Oxford Profiles, talking about why he believes Biology is the 'subject of the future'.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite, which shed light on early solar system conditions and support the theory that meteorites catalysed the emergence of life on Earth.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new analysis led by Oxford physicists and published in the journal 'Science' has shown that the devastating Hunga Tonga\u2013Hunga Ha\u02bbapai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume ever recorded.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Antimicrobial resistance\n \n \n \n \n Chemistry\n \n \n \n \n Medical science\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study, involving researchers in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Kavli Institute, sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armour, which has far-reaching implications for the development of antibiotics.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 November 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled researchers to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 October 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFollowing two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth. The data, analysed by an international team involving University of Oxford researchers, has revealed valuable new information about the structure of the Martian crust.
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