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« Back to NewsIn The Conversation: A robot that you ride like a horse is being developed. It will stretch current limits of engineering.
1 May 2025
Matías Mattamala from the Oxford Robotics Institute writes for The Conversation about the engineering complexities of developing a robotic horse.
From The Conversation: If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores
16 April 2025
An impressive feat for Colossal Biosciences would be re-engineering large animals to provide lost ecological functions writes Professor Tim Coulson in The Conversation.
In The Conversation: How a new wave of fighter jets could transform aerial combat
4 April 2025
Dr David Bacci from the Oxford Thermofluids Laboratory explains the engineering advancements in the new sixth-generation of jets for The Conversation.
From The Conversation: The global plant trade is spreading invasive species to Europe
29 January 2025
Amy Hinsley, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Biology, and Silviu Petrovan, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, investigate the risks involved in the increasing trade in trees, cut flowers, pot plants, bulbs and foliage.
From The Conversation: Ethiopian earthquakes and volcanic eruptions - an earth scientist explains the link
20 January 2025
Ethiopia has been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The earthquakes have sparked fears of volcanic eruptions because they are happening near two active volcanoes. Amdemichael Tadesse, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, explains what’s happening below the earth’s surface.
In The Conversation: Lynx in Scotland – why illegal attempts to reintroduce lost species are surprisingly common
16 January 2025
For more than 500 years, no lynx had roamed the British countryside. That changed with the recent release of four of these large cats in the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland.
In The Conversation: Global temperatures pass critical milestone
15 January 2025
Researchers from the Department of Physics report in The Conversation on how global temperatures passed the critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024.
In The Conversation: Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?
25 November 2024
Following the development of penicillin in the mid-1940s, many new classes of antibiotics were developed. Over the past 40 years however, very few have been approved. The Ineos Oxford Institute looks at why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic.
In The Conversation: Water companies now have to release live sewage spill data – here’s why more transparency is the key to cleaner rivers
22 November 2024
Alex Lipp, Junior Research Fellow in Geochemistry in the Department of Earth Sciences, explains why the data release is a good thing.
In The Conversation: We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found.
21 November 2024
Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research carried out a study to investigate antimicrobial resistance-carrying bacteria recovered from surfaces in ten hospitals from six low- and middle-income countries.
In The Conversation: The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other
18 November 2024
Climate change and biodiversity policies have largely evolved in isolation, even though the two crises are deeply intertwined. The three summits in quick succession make this is an important opportunity to align these agendas. Healthy ecosystems are crucial for climate resilience, while a stable climate is essential to protecting biodiversity.
In The Conversation: Getting carbon capture right will be hard – but that doesn’t make it optional
18 October 2024
Professor Myles Allen, Department of Physics and School of Geography and the Environment, sets out the case for focussing on the big picture – why we need Carbon Capture and Storage to work
In The Conversation: Nuer people have a sacred connection to birds
17 October 2024
A multi-disciplinary team from Jimma University, University of Oxford, University of Oslo and Bahir Dar University discuss how cultural connection can guide conservation in Ethiopia and South Sudan.
In The Conversation: How profits from big pharma’s use of genetic information could revolutionise nature conservation
17 October 2024
A key debate at Cop16, the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, will be how best to channel funding into protecting valuable biological resources explains Professor EJ Milner-Gulland et al.
In The Conversation: Does parrot farming protect wild species?
14 October 2024
Does parrot farming protect wild species? Wildlife trade researchers from WildCRU and University of Cape Town review the evidence in The Conversation.
In The Conversation: Babies in Nigeria are being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria
5 August 2024
Samples taken from mothers and newborn babies younger than one week in Nigeria already had colistin-resistant bacteria present in their bodies. But neither the babies nor their mothers had been treated with colistin.
In The Conversation: Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too
18 July 2024
A little-known group of microscopic animals has spent millions of years copying recipes for antibiotics from bacteria and using them to fight infections. Could this unusual defensive strategy could offer short-cuts in the race to develop antimicrobial treatments?
In The Conversation: Lions make a perilous journey across a 1.5km stretch of water to find mates
11 July 2024
Lions in a Uganda park make a perilous journey across a 1.5km stretch of water: WildCRU collaboration suggests the drive is to find mates.
In The Conversation: The UK’s nature restoration plans have some big holes – here’s how to fill them
6 June 2024
'Have you heard anything about nature as a political priority in the upcoming UK general election? We haven’t. And as biodiversity researchers, that troubles us.' Professor Dame EJ Milner-Gulland, Department of Biology writes in The Conversation.
In The Conversation: How extreme weather will affect the insurance and energy sectors
30 May 2024
More than 70% of Britain’s electricity came from wind turbines at the peak of Storm Isha, compared to an average of 30%.