16 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers in the Department of Earth Science has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in the shallow oceans during the last 540 million years.
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2026
\n \n \n \nProfessor Robert House (Department of Materials) and Professor Moritz Riede (Department of Physics) have both been awarded one of the Royal Academy of Engineering\u2019s first ever Green Future Fellowships.
\n \n\n \n \n9 January 2026
\n \n \n \nProfessor Aigrain, Dr Bartlett and Professor Bunker from the Department of Physics and \r\nAssociate Professor Koelemeijer from the Department of Earth Sciences have been honoured in the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) 2026 Awards.
\n \n\n \n \n8 January 2026
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Physics have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart \u2013 a breakthrough with direct implications for planetary defence strategies.
\n \n\n \n \n8 January 2026
\n \n \n \nCelebrating MPLS excellence in apprenticeship leadership and achievement
\n \n\n \n \n30 December 2025
\n \n \n \nTwo colleagues from the MPLS Division\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences have been recognised in the New Year Honours for their outstanding contributions to science, public engagement, and public service.
\n \n\n \n \n17 December 2025
\n \n \n \nDr Dan Challender from the Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, argues that CITES CoP20 demonstrates we need to reform how decisions on international trade controls for wild species are made if they are to be protected from overexploitation.
\n \n\n \n \n16 December 2025
\n \n \n \nProfessor Ian Walmsley, Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute (OQI), reflects on Oxford\u2019s strengths in quantum, the role that the OQI will play to accelerate impact, and how the UK as a whole can remain competitive in the quantum arena.
\n \n\n \n \n16 December 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study involving researchers from Oxford University\u2019s Department of Biology has found that the exaggerated feather ornaments on the heads of male Chrysolophus pheasants restricts their field of view.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Physics have led a breakthrough study which has recorded the first observation of carbon-neutrino interactions. The findings, published in Physical Review Letters, open new frontiers in nuclear and particle physics.
\n \n\n \n \n11 December 2025
\n \n \n \nThis week marks the 80th anniversary of penicillin's Nobel Prize, and Dr Farley from the Ineos Oxford Institute calls for renewed collaboration to tackle today's antimicrobial resistance crisis, echoing the teamwork that led to penicillin's discovery.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2025
\n \n \n \nSeven academics from the MPLS Division are to lead new research projects supported by European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants. These grants support highly promising mid-career scientists of any nationality and any field with building a research team at an eligible host organisation.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford, in partnership with the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), plans to launch the Generative Biology Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) \u2014 a four-year DPhil designed to allow the next generation of researchers to explore how to synthesize the DNA sequences of organisms to program and engineer biology.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and UBS are proud to announce the launch of the Oxford-UBS Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI).
\n \n\n \n \n5 December 2025
\n \n \n \nAn international team co-led by the Department of Physics has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a \u2018razor-thin\u2019 string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic filament, 140 million light-years away. The findings could offer valuable new insights into how galaxies formed in the early Universe.
\n \n\n \n \n2 December 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford Earth discuss why the UK\u2019s new plan to secure 34 critical minerals will require new approaches, from cleaner extraction methods to stronger and more equitable supply chains.
\n \n\n \n \n1 December 2025
\n \n \n \nAlgorithmic trading firm XTX Markets has made a substantial gift to the University of Oxford to support early career researchers working in the field of pure mathematics.
\n \n\n \n \n28 November 2025
\n \n \n \nNew research involving Oxford University researchers has found that drones can be a valuable, non-invasive tool for observing elephant families and aiding long-term conservation efforts.
\n \n\n \n \n21 November 2025
\n \n \n \nThe Department of Chemistry will lead a new, ambitious collaborative project backed by a major \u00a36 million grant from the BBSRC to better understand how animals sense Earth\u2019s magnetic field and apply this knowledge to engineer novel tools with potential biomedical uses.
\n \n\n \n \n19 November 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the Department of Biology has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely kissed as well.
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