10 June 2022
\n \n \n \nHannah is one of 29 Schmidt Science Fellows selected this year to receive support for up to two years from Schmidt Futures, working in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, to help advance interdisciplinary research and innovation around major challenges facing humanity.
\n \n\n \n \n8 June 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers studying wave breaking have found that axisymmetric \u2018spike waves\u2019 can far exceed limits that were previously thought to dictate the maximum height of ocean waves.
\n \n\n \n \n27 May 2022
\n \n \n \nOn Thursday 26 May, the University\u2019s brand new \u00a33.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator pilot (Mini-TESA), led from MPLS Division, opened their doors to showcase the range and depth of ambition in Oxford to drive forward the energy systems transition for the UK and globally.
\n \n\n \n \n26 May 2022
\n \n \n \nFirst introduced at COP26, the International Community for Local Smart Grids (ICLSG) will undertake ground-breaking research that will be informed by the learnings and expertise of the partners.
\n \n\n \n \n4 May 2022
\n \n \n \nFour early-career researchers have been recognised by Forbes' 2022 list, which is intended to illustrate the power that young entrepreneurs and leaders have to transform business and society.
\n \n\n \n \n22 April 2022
\n \n \n \nAs part of an EPSRC-funded cross-sector collaboration involving Rolls-Royce, researchers in the Department of Engineering Science have developed a sapphire fibre sensor that can tolerate extreme temperatures and has the potential to enable significant efficiency and emissions reduction improvements in aerospace and power generation.
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2022
\n \n \n \nSix institutions, including the University of Oxford, are leading efforts to deliver computational systems that will enable the world\u2019s largest radio telescope
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2022
\n \n \n \nFunded by Innovate UK, the \u00a36.8M project will apply machine learning techniques to find fast, automated, and scalable ways to calibrate quantum computers. The aim is to build a system capable of controlling hundreds of qubits simultaneously across different types of quantum hardware.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2022
\n \n \n \n\u2018Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production\u2019 (STEP) aims to deliver a prototype fusion reactor with the potential to provide unlimited clean energy.
\n \n\n \n \n23 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford today announces the launch of the multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute (Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford) to tackle the challenges of an equitable, secure global zero-carbon energy transition.
\n \n\n \n \n3 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no one size fits all approach for land use, food security and sustainable agriculture.
\n \n\n \n \n1 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University\u2019s flagship UNIQ+ graduate access programme for students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will expand further in 2022 thanks to a generous donation from leading British artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
\n \n\n \n \n22 February 2022
\n \n \n \nUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome have announced a \u00a318 million investment for nine multidisciplinary research projects through the Physics of Life Strategic Priorities Fund. Two of these projects are co-led by academics in MPLS departments.
\n \n\n \n \n14 February 2022
\n \n \n \nCreated by a team from the University of Oxford in collaboration with King\u2019s College London, the OxVent ventilator was designed especially for COVID-19 in response to the UK Government\u2019s \u2018Ventilator Challenge\u2019 to address the potential shortage of ventilators caused by the pandemic.
\n \n\n \n \n8 February 2022
\n \n \n \nA new world-leading multi-disciplinary hub and co-working space located in Oxford, Mini TESA - The Energy Systems Accelerator pilot \u2013 aims to bring teams together to tackle the challenge of energy systems transition.
\n \n\n \n \n15 December 2021
\n \n \n \nThe new method of predicting battery failure is 15 \u2013 20% more accurate than current approaches.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2021
\n \n \n \nAs part of their research project Amanda Matthes and Jonas Beuchert, supervised by Professor Alex Rogers, developed \u2018SnapperGPS\u2019, a low-cost, low-power wildlife tracking system based on satellite navigation. In summer 2021, they deployed it for the first time on wild animals: endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde.
\n \n\n \n \n29 November 2021
\n \n \n \nFor contribution to chemical engineering and the promotion of China-UK exchanges and cooperation
\n \n\n \n \n29 November 2021
\n \n \n \nOxford\u2019s leading AI and robotics scientists are entering a new, exciting phase of collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
\n \n\n \n \n16 November 2021
\n \n \n \nMethod will allow researchers and wildlife conservationists to significantly cut back on time and resources spent analysing animal behaviour in video footage.
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