12 March 2026
\n \n \n \nAs NASA eyes a permanent foothold on the Moon by 2030, Dr Kevin Olsen and Fiona Henderson from the Department of Physics explain what it would take, from lunar 3D printing to advanced energy systems, to make it possible.
\n \n\n \n \n11 March 2026
\n \n \n \nNew research from the Department of Biology shows for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising the possibility that ultrasound repellers could help reduce road deaths.
\n \n\n \n \n2 March 2026
\n \n \n \nNew research involving Oxford researchers has shown that a simple digital intervention that includes gameplay can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months.
\n \n\n \n \n27 February 2026
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) have finally identified the master regulator in plants that balances root and shoot growth when nutrients are limited. In field trials, rice plants with a natural, improved version of the gene had yield increases of up to 24%.
\n \n\n \n \n26 February 2026
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, have resolved a long-standing debate about the strength of the Moon\u2019s magnetic field.
\n \n\n \n \n19 February 2026
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has launched Oxford \u00d7 QRT Labs as part of a major new long-term philanthropic partnership with Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), alongside Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge.
\n \n\n \n \n13 February 2026
\n \n \n \nNominations are now open for the MPLS Awards for Outstanding Research Supervision 2025/2026, which recognise the supervisors and research group leaders who make a real difference to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
\n \n\n \n \n11 February 2026
\n \n \n \nProfessor Peter Grindrod outlines why mathematics is pivotal for all artificial intelligence technologies, and how future leadership will depend on investing in numerical disciplines.
\n \n\n \n \n6 February 2026
\n \n \n \nA new study involving researchers from Oxford\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences has finally solved the mystery of what caused the collapse of an Ancient Chinese civilization \u2013 finding that widespread flooding was to blame.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2026
\n \n \n \nSome Argentinian penguins are experiencing high levels of predation from pumas recolonising their historical territory. A new study involving Oxford researchers has quantified the risk on long-term penguin population survival.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2026
\n \n \n \nGSK and the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton have launched Transformative Technologies in Pharmaceutical Sciences (TTPS), a BBSRC-backed doctoral training programme aimed at turning cutting-edge biological research into next-generation vaccines, therapies and medicines.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2026
\n \n \n \nChris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford\u2019s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.
\n \n\n \n \n5 February 2026
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Robotics Institute is delighted to announce a new DPhil studentship funded by the Breitman Family Foundation to support research at the intersection of robotics, ecology, and data science
\n \n\n \n \n4 February 2026
\n \n \n \nThe Department of Physics is to co-lead one of three new UK-Japan quantum technology projects, announced during the Prime Minister\u2019s visit to Japan.
\n \n\n \n \n29 January 2026
\n \n \n \nTen academics from the MPLS Division have been appointed to the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences\u2019 inaugural cohort of Fellows, uniting leading mathematicians across academia, education, business, industry, and government to tackle major national challenges.
\n \n\n \n \n27 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0\u00b0C of global warming above pre-industrial levels \u2013 a scenario that climate scientists see as increasingly likely.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2026
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has been ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings for Medicine and Computer Science. Oxford leads in Medicine for the 15th consecutive year and in Computer Science for the 8th.
\n \n\n \n \n21 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA research team led by the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Engineering Science has engineered proteins whose sensing behaviour is governed by quantum-mechanical processes, demonstrated in living cells. Their findings are published in Nature.
\n \n\n \n \n20 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA decade-long study led by Penguin Watch, at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, has uncovered a record shift in the breeding season of Antarctic penguins, likely in response to climate change.
\n \n\n \n \n20 January 2026
\n \n \n \nThe MPLS Division has announced the successful projects funded through the SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology (SCGC-FIRST) 2025\u20132026, supporting high-impact research tackling global sustainability and energy challenges.
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