1 February 2021
\n \n \n \nNature\u2010based solutions can play a key role in helping to tackle the climate and nature crises, while delivering other benefits for people, according to a new paper today from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) at the University of Oxford - but it is vital to get the message right about how to deliver successful NbS and avoid potential pitfalls.
\n \n\n \n \n25 January 2021
\n \n \n \nA global team of researchers have outlined a new framework for implementing global commitments to restoring nature, The Mitigation and Conservation Hierarchy - or, more snappily, Four Steps for the Earth.
\n \n\n \n \n21 January 2021
\n \n \n \nUniversity physicists believe that, for the first time, they might be able to \u2018hear\u2019 a spacecraft land on Mars, when Perseverance arrives at Earth\u2019s \u2018near\u2019 neighbour in about a month\u2019s time around 18 February.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2021
\n \n \n \nIneos, one of the world\u2019s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2021
\n \n \n \nOxford\u2019s Department of Physics is playing a key role in three of the seven quantum projects supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2021
\n \n \n \nThe latest data from Oxford\u2019s COVID-19 Impact Monitor shows the January lockdown has, so far, had one third less national impact on movement than the March shutdown. The figures demonstrate that some regions are still moving at more than 50% of pre-pandemic levels, despite the tough restrictions and calls for people to remain at home.
\n \n\n \n \n12 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.
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