12 January 2021
\n \n \n \nA team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission of any epidemic to date.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2021
\n \n \n \nJocelyn Bell Burnell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society\u2019s highest honour, the Gold Medal 2021. The medal recognises her extraordinary achievements and has been awarded not only for her personal research but also for her contributions to the field of astronomy generally.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2021
\n \n \n \nA team of international scientists has demonstrated an initial prototype of a photonic processor using tiny rays of light confined inside silicon chips that can process information much more rapidly than electronic chips and also in parallel - something traditional chips are incapable of doing.
\n \n\n \n \n7 January 2021
\n \n \n \nThe project will develop the commercial potential of the novel imaging technology developed by Prof Booth, adaptive optical microscopy.
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\n \n \n \n\n \n \n21 December 2020
\n \n \n \nLion numbers have disappeared from 92% of their historical range. The death of Cecil the lion in 2015 and the resulting global outcry brought this sobering fact into sharp focus.
\n \n\n \n \n21 December 2020
\n \n \n \nUsing the highest resolution satellite imagery currently available, researchers at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and Machine Learning Research Group have detected elephants from space with comparable accuracy to human detection capabilities.
\n \n\n \n \n18 December 2020
\n \n \n \nLed by Professor Yee Whye Teh, a team from the Computational Statistics and Machine Learning research group at the Department of Statistics has built a model that monitors the daily spread of the virus locally.
\n \n\n \n \n17 December 2020
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\n \n \n \nMost biodegradable plastics only degrade in specific environments and should only be used in line with new recommendations from the European Commission\u2019s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA), led by Oxford Professor Nicole Grobert.
\n \n\n \n \n14 December 2020
\n \n \n \nArtificial Intelligence test has been shown to be able to rapidly screen patients arriving in Emergency Departments for COVID-19
\n \n\n \n \n10 December 2020
\n \n \n \nFour more DeepMind graduate scholarships for students wishing to pursue a master\u2019s degree in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science will be made available for students commencing courses in 2021\u201322.
\n \n\n \n \n10 December 2020
\n \n \n \nIn a collaboration between the Department of Zoology\u2019s Mathematical Ecology Research Group and the Future of Humanity Institute, researchers created a mathematical model to simulate the likelihood of the emergence of intelligent observers.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2020
\n \n \n \nEuropean Research Council grants worth more than \u20ac16.3 million have been awarded to University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2020
\n \n \n \nAn international team of researchers have shown that, while both cities have experienced large epidemics with high mortality, as much as three-quarters of the population in Manaus was infected between March and October, and a third of the population in S\u00e3o Paulo.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2020
\n \n \n \nA new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2020
\n \n \n \nBy Michael Bonsall, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology
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\n \n \n \nHurricanes, pollution, disease, bleaching and the effects of an increasingly warmer planet are all negatively impacting the health of coral reefs around the world. However, those in the Caribbean are facing a new threat \u2014 an aggressive, golden-brown, crust-like alga that is rapidly overgrowing shallow reefs.
\n \n\n \n \n26 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe prize is awarded annually to an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the discipline of microbiology, and recognises Prof Maiden's work in translating high-quality basic science into practical public health benefits, especially in bacterial vaccines, vaccination, and food safety.
\n \n\n \n \n26 November 2020
\n \n \n \nAn article from the Conversation by Alexandra Zimmerman (Zoology), Ewan Macdonald (Said Business School) and Tigga Kingston (Texas Tech University).
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