15 February 2023
\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers will work with a range of local partners on a feasibility study to improve understanding of the changes needed to prepare Oxford\u2019s homes for a zero-carbon energy system.
\n \n\n \n \n3 February 2023
\n \n \n \nDART (Dengue Advanced Readiness Tools) is a new, Oxford-led project involving scientists around the world, and one of 24 Wellcome-supported projects that will use climate data to better predict and prepare for infectious diseases outbreaks.
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe five-year programme, funded by the EPSRC and working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), will establish a national energy data platform to help facilitate the transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThree University of Oxford spinouts, including two from MPLS, have raised significant investment to scale their companies in vehicle automation, quantum computing and medical imaging respectively.
\n \n\n \n \n16 December 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR), the University\u2019s engineering and physical sciences research institute in China, has marked its fourth anniversary with a celebratory event in Suzhou.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2022
\n \n \n \nA collaborative project involving the Oxford Robotics Institute, the Sheldonian theatre, and multinational construction equipment company Hilti is bringing forward the next generation of digital mapping technologies.
\n \n\n \n \n28 November 2022
\n \n \n \nA partnership between the Oxford Robotics Institute and Department of Biology is using cutting-edge robots to assess the state of species diversity and ecosystems in the UK.
\n \n\n \n \n23 November 2022
\n \n \n \nThis year\u2019s funding totals \u20ac636 million, with grants awarded through a highly-competitive process. Overall, just 14% of applications were successful this year.
\n \n\n \n \n8 November 2022
\n \n \n \nThe programme is designed to increase the number of engineering students from socio-economically disadvantaged or under-represented backgrounds and help address the UK skills shortage
\n \n\n \n \n3 November 2022
\n \n \n \nThe grant to Professor Natalia Ares from the Department of Engineering Science will fund the ASPECTS consortium, which brings together leading experimental and theoretical physicists across Europe with the common goal of uncovering the limitations of natural timekeeping devices to assess whether precision measurements can be more energy efficient.
\n \n\n \n \n24 October 2022
\n \n \n \n'How would an artificial intelligence (AI) decide what to do?', asks Oxford DPhil candidate in Engineering Science, Michael K Cohen, and his co-author Marcus Hutter from the Australian National University, in this article which highlights the potential risks of relying on the 'reinforcement learning' approach in AI research.
\n \n\n \n \n21 October 2022
\n \n \n \nFour researchers from across the University of Oxford, including two from the Department of Materials and the Department of Engineering Science, have been awarded Philip Leverhulme prizes \u2013 the largest number awarded to researchers of any single UK university.
\n \n\n \n \n20 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe 2022 Oxford Electric Vehicle Summit will focus on growth and investment, as it returns to Oxford University\u2019s Sa\u00efd Business School. The event is in partnership with Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University and aims to deliver on decarbonised transport in the UK, and beyond.
\n \n\n \n \n14 October 2022
\n \n \n \nMPLS DPhil candidates Liliane Momeni and Sheheryar Zaidi have taken up prestigious Google PhD Fellowships, each worth $60,000, after been selected from a highly competitive field of applicants last year.
\n \n\n \n \n29 September 2022
\n \n \n \nMichael K. Cohen, graduate student in the Department of Engineering Science, writes about AI, chess and the difficulty of identifying cheating in an article first published on the Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n22 September 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessors Niki Trigoni and David Hills are among 72 leading figures in engineering and technology to be elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering this week.
\n \n\n \n \n1 September 2022
\n \n \n \nA summit today at Oxford University\u2019s Blavatnik School of Government will explore and map how innovation can help the world to net zero, faster.
\n \n\n \n \n26 August 2022
\n \n \n \nThe partnership aims to increase the number of women from low- and middle-income countries who take up offers to study Master's programmes in MPLS departments, with the first Optiver Foundation Scholars joining in October 2023.
\n \n\n \n \n24 August 2022
\n \n \n \nEach year, the Royal Society recognises exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes named after great scientists of the past. This year eight Oxford University researchers, six of them from MPLS Division, have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine.
\n \n\n \n \n29 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries.
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