8 October 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study co-led by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has shown how general-purpose AI can accurately classify real changes in the night sky - such as an exploding star, a black hole tearing apart a passing star, or a fast-moving asteroid - and explain its reasoning, without the need for complex training.
\n \n\n \n \n8 October 2025
\n \n \n \nThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 is today awarded to three chemists, including University of Oxford alumnus Professor Richard Robson FRS, for their work developing metal-organic frameworks.
\n \n\n \n \n8 October 2025
\n \n \n \nOxford University has announced the launch of the Pousaz Scholarship Programme, made possible through a grant from the Pousaz Philanthropies Foundation. Rooted in the Pousaz family\u2019s belief in the transformational power of education, the new programme will provide full funding for 15 outstanding students who would otherwise be unable to take up their places at Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n1 October 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Engineering Science have developed new machine learning approaches that significantly reduce the time needed to design and control semiconductor quantum devices, while automating complex tuning processes.
\n \n\n \n \n25 September 2025
\n \n \n \nA new project led by Oxford University aims to develop a novel breathing test that could detect asthma and COPD earlier, more accurately, and closer to home \u2013 reducing pressure on the NHS and improving outcomes for patients.
\n \n\n \n \n25 September 2025
\n \n \n \nEmeritus Professor Ronald Roy, Professor Andrea Vedaldi and Professor Michael Wooldridge are among leading figures elected by the Royal Academy of Engineering to its Fellowship this year.
\n \n\n \n \n18 September 2025
\n \n \n \nThe Department of Materials is leading a \u00a33 million initiative to develop novel cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, potentially improving performance and reducing costs for electric vehicles.
\n \n\n \n \n18 September 2025
\n \n \n \nA new fully funded DPhil studentship has been created at the University of Oxford thanks to support from AlbaCore Capital Group, one of Europe\u2019s leading alternative credit specialists. The award will support the advancement of research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, climate and the environment.
\n \n\n \n \n17 September 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC) are delighted to launch the third round of the SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology (SCGC-FIRST).\r\n\r\nSCGC-FIRST is an early-stage technology fund designed to support pump-priming ideas and proof-of-concept projects. The \u00a31 million programme backs pioneering Oxford research that addresses urgent global challenges such as climate change, the energy transition, plastic waste, sustainable materials, and the application of AI/ML to sustainability.
\n \n\n \n \n11 September 2025
\n \n \n \nA new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers\u2019 workload by 85% \u2013 filtering through thousands of data alerts to identify the few genuine signals caused by supernovae. The findings have been published in The Astrophysical Journal.
\n \n\n \n \n4 September 2025
\n \n \n \nToday, eleven researchers at the University of Oxford have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, each worth \u20ac1.5 million for a period of up to five years.
\n \n\n \n \n3 September 2025
\n \n \n \nScientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth\u2019s with a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core, potentially resolving a longstanding mystery explains Kevin Olsen from the Department of Physics.
\n \n\n \n \n28 August 2025
\n \n \n \nThree Oxford researchers have been selected for the inaugural Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships \u2013 major long-term awards for outstanding mid-career research leaders in the UK. Just seven academics were chosen from over 600 applications.
\n \n\n \n \n27 August 2025
\n \n \n \nProfessor Kayla King (Department of Biology), Professor Philipp Kukura (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Michael Wooldridge (Department of Computer Science) are amongst the four Oxford researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards.
\n \n\n \n \n21 August 2025
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering \u2018microstent\u2019 which could revolutionise treatment for glaucoma, a common but debilitating condition. The study has been published in The Innovation, Cell Press.
\n \n\n \n \n20 August 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the University of Oxford could provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution to help tackle the devastating decline in honeybees. An engineered food supplement, designed to provide essential compounds found in plant pollen, was found to significantly enhance colony reproduction. The results have been published today in the journal Nature.
\n \n\n \n \n18 August 2025
\n \n \n \nIn a new study led by Oxford University\u2019s Department of Chemistry, chemists have demonstrated the synthesis of a cyclocarbon that is stable enough for spectroscopic characterisation in solution at room temperature.
\n \n\n \n \n13 August 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Materials and Engineering Science will collaborate on a programme led by The University of Manchester, which aims to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy \u2013 an essential material for the future deployment of nuclear power.
\n \n\n \n \n13 August 2025
\n \n \n \nThe Martingale Foundation has announced a major expansion of its postgraduate scholarship programme for STEM students, with a commitment to support 800 Scholars across its partner universities by the end of the decade.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford, EleutherAI, and the UK AI Security Institute have reported a major advance in safeguarding open-weight language models. By filtering out potentially harmful knowledge during training, the researchers were able to build models that resist subsequent malicious updates \u2013 especially valuable in sensitive domains such as biothreat research.
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