9 September 2024
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC) are excited to announce round two of the SCGC-FIRST (Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology). This initiative aims to propel cutting-edge research and innovations from Oxford\u2019s laboratories into practical, sustainable solutions for the global chemicals industry.
\n \n\n \n \n5 September 2024
\n \n \n \nThe ERC - the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research - has announced the awarding of 494 major ERC Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe, including six Oxford University researchers, two of whom are from MPLS.
\n \n\n \n \n4 September 2024
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford is to share in \u00a332.4m funding from the first round of UKRI\u2019s new cross research council responsive mode (CRCRM) pilot scheme. The scheme is designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research.
\n \n\n \n \n29 August 2024
\n \n \n \nThe research describes a first-of-its-kind method capable of distinguishing authentic and falsified vaccines by applying machine learning to mass spectral data. The method proved effective in differentiating between a range of authentic and \u2018faked\u2019 vaccines previously found to have entered supply chains.
\n \n\n \n \n28 August 2024
\n \n \n \nThe annual Royal Society Awards recognise exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes. Of the 25 awards for 2023-24, announced today, five honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine; four of those are from MPLS Division.
\n \n\n \n \n27 August 2024
\n \n \n \nA profile of Dr Chris Ballance and spin-out company Oxford Ionics.
\n \n\n \n \n14 August 2024
\n \n \n \nResearch led by scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute has found that wild birds such as ducks and crows living close to humans, for example in cities, are likely to carry bacteria with antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This creates an urgent need for policy makers and health services to consider the different ways antibiotic resistant bacteria can spread outside hospital settings.
\n \n\n \n \n14 August 2024
\n \n \n \nA research team led by the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge have created new \u2018origami-inspired\u2019 brain electrodes that can fold to a fraction of their full size. This advance could significantly reduce the amount of surgery needed to treat conditions such as epilepsy, or to install brain-computer interfaces.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2024
\n \n \n \nThe complex and intricate relationship between climate change, human migration, and infectious disease transmission presents an urgent global challenge \u2013 expert comment from Dr Prathyush Sambaturu, Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2024
\n \n \n \nScientists in the Department of Physics have developed a method for generating increasing amounts of solar electricity without the need for silicon-based solar panels by coating a new power-generating material onto the surfaces of everyday objects such as rucksacks, cars, and mobile phones.
\n \n\n \n \n8 August 2024
\n \n \n \nNew research from the Department of Biology on wild lions has revealed that males and females experience vastly different changes to their social network throughout their lives, and that this may shape their survival.
\n \n\n \n \n6 August 2024
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that patent data could provide a novel source of evidence that can help identify future commercial trends associated with the overharvesting of wildlife.
\n \n\n \n \n5 August 2024
\n \n \n \nSamples 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.
\n \n\n \n \n5 August 2024
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers including scientists from the Department of Earth Sciences have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years ago.
\n \n\n \n \n2 August 2024
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Materials, along with collaborators from Muenster, Heidelberg, and Ghent show that replacing lasers with less complex light sources can surprisingly boost performance in some optical applications, such as light-driven AI technologies.
\n \n\n \n \n30 July 2024
\n \n \n \nAt the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI), created in 2021 to advance antimicrobial research, Oxford\u2019s graduate students are among those contributing to the search for solutions to tackle this growing threat to global health.
\n \n\n \n \n26 July 2024
\n \n \n \nThe UK Government has announced the launch of five new research hubs to develop quantum technologies.\r\n\r\nThe Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations (QCI3) will be led by researchers at Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n19 July 2024
\n \n \n \nA group of small freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes stolen from bacteria, according to new research led by the University of Oxford that could help develop future medicines.
\n \n\n \n \n18 July 2024
\n \n \n \nProfessor Balint Koczor (Mathematical Institute) was among 68 of the most promising research leaders who will be funded for research into global issues and to commercialise their innovations in the UK.
\n \n\n \n \n18 July 2024
\n \n \n \nA 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?
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