16 June 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester has achieved a major advance in quantum materials, developing a method to precisely engineer single quantum defects in diamond \u2013 an essential step toward scalable quantum technologies.
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2025
\n \n \n \nThe King's Birthday Honours 2025 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the MPLS Division and wider University.
\n \n\n \n \n11 June 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Statistics and the Nuffield Department of Medicine are among the senior principal investigators on a \u00a38 million government-backed consortium creating the world's largest dataset for training machine learning models in drug discovery.
\n \n\n \n \n10 June 2025
\n \n \n \nPhysicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation \u2013 just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations.
\n \n\n \n \n6 June 2025
\n \n \n \nDepartment of Biology researchers have contributed to an international study which found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. The findings have been published this week in the journal Science.
\n \n\n \n \n4 June 2025
\n \n \n \nScientists could turn to black holes to aid the search for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the universe\u2019s deepest secrets, a new study by Oxford physicists suggests.
\n \n\n \n \n4 June 2025
\n \n \n \nUsing a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, a study led by the Department of Engineering Science has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September\u2013October 2023 were two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves.
\n \n\n \n \n3 June 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Biology and Wild Bioscience Ltd are to receive backing of a \u00a36.7 million grant from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to pioneer a new synthetic biology approach which promises to improve yields in potato and wheat.
\n \n\n \n \n3 June 2025
\n \n \n \nA collaborative research study has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing with the potential to end a decades-long search for inexpensive materials that can host unique quantum particles.
\n \n\n \n \n27 May 2025
\n \n \n \nProfessor Stevens, John Black Professor of Bionanoscience at Oxford\u2019s Institute of Biomedical Engineering is one of five academics from Oxford elected as new Fellows by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n20 May 2025
\n \n \n \nSeven academics from the University of Oxford, including five from the Mathematics, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been elected as Royal Society Fellows.
\n \n\n \n \n16 May 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University honoured remarkable talent and dedication to excellence on Thursday 15 May as the winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025 were announced. \r\n\r\nDr Joshua Bull from the Mathematical Institute received the Breakthrough Researcher Award and Department of Computer Science spinout Oxford Semantic Technologies claimed the Innovation and Commercialisation Award.
\n \n\n \n \n16 May 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University and the University of Toronto have detailed the geological ingredients required to find clean sources of natural hydrogen in the Earth's continental crust.
\n \n\n \n \n14 May 2025
\n \n \n \nOxford marks a significant milestone in its quantum advancement with the Department of Physics' Professor Ian Walmsley appointed as Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute. Professor Walmsley has also joined the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, which advises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
\n \n\n \n \n9 May 2025
\n \n \n \nDr Patricia Esteve-Gonzalez from the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), Department of Computer Science, and Luna Rohland from the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity, outline how organisations can take a strategic approach to minimising the impacts of cyber-attacks.
\n \n\n \n \n7 May 2025
\n \n \n \nScientists from the IOI have developed a new screening method to tackle bacterial resistance to the tetracycline class of antibiotics \u2013 providing a starting point for the development new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections.
\n \n\n \n \n6 May 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has climbed to second place globally in Geology and Geophysics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, strengthening its position as the UK's leading institution for Earth Sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n2 May 2025
\n \n \n \nV\u00e9ronique Gouverneur, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry has been elected as an international member to the US National Academy of Sciences, together with Oxford academics from social sciences and medical sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n1 May 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Earth Sciences have helped to reveal the inner workings of Bolivia\u2019s 'zombie' volcano, Uturuncu. The study used seismology, physics models, and rock composition analysis to identify the causes of Uturuncu\u2019s unrest, helping to alleviate fears of an imminent eruption.
\n \n\n \n \n1 May 2025
\n \n \n \nMat\u00edas Mattamala from the Oxford Robotics Institute writes for The Conversation about the engineering complexities of developing a robotic horse.
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