29 March 2021
\n \n \n \nTwo engineering DPhil students from the University of Oxford have created a website for GP surgeries across the UK to optimise the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to the UK\u2019s 1 million housebound patients.
\n \n\n \n \n22 March 2021
\n \n \n \nAn article written for the University's Science Blog by Liam Bullock (Engineering Science), Zakhele Nkosi and Maxwell Amponsah-Dacosta.
\n \n\n \n \n10 March 2021
\n \n \n \n\u00a31.1m multi-institution project aims to assist the development of offshore renewable energy in challenging sea conditions.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2021
\n \n \n \nThe centre, led by Oxford, will transform the finance sector\u2019s ability to invest differently to promote climate and environmental action. Researchers from the Oxford eResearch Centre in the Department of Engineering Science are contributing, alongside researchers from other University departments.
\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.
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\n \n \n \nThe project will develop the commercial potential of the novel imaging technology developed by Prof Booth, adaptive optical microscopy.
\n \n\n \n \n4 January 2021
\n \n \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 \n17 December 2020
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\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 \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.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2020
\n \n \n \nA new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
\n \n\n \n \n23 November 2020
\n \n \n \nOxVent is a rapidly deployable and scalable low-cost mechanical ventilator specially designed for COVID-19, which has now been recognised as one of the best innovations of the year by the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
\n \n\n \n \n4 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe spinout company, Oxsed, was last month acquired by DNAFit Life Sciences, a wholly owned entity of Hong Kong-based genetics and diagnostic health testing company Prenetics. Deploying the test to further global airports is now under discussion.
\n \n\n \n \n21 October 2020
\n \n \n \nNew funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will now extend to 2024 and increase to \u00a322.5 million, to support the REACH programme improve water security by delivering world-class science to transform policy and practice.
\n \n\n \n \n19 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA new study, led by the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Sustainability, sets out a framework for delivering sustainable cooling. It also examines cooling needs in the context of sustainable development, and finds that this is a global blind spot.
\n \n\n \n \n15 October 2020
\n \n \n \nDr Tobias Hermann in the Department of Engineering Science aims to ensure that future spacecraft are able to re-enter the earth\u2019s atmosphere safely despite being exposed to extreme heat.
\n \n\n \n \n9 October 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced 16 Honorary Fellows to mark its 150th year. Professor Stride was awarded the Fellowship in recognition of her contribution to biomedical engineering and research into treatment of major diseases.
\n \n\n \n \n5 October 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford COVID-19 (OxCOVID19) database and tracker is a powerful tool for understanding the pandemic and predicting its future course, using the combined power of Statistical, Mathematical Modelling and Machine Learning techniques.
\n \n\n \n \n23 September 2020
\n \n \n \nTo tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources, we urgently need to build more energy storage. As part of Energy Superhub Oxford, the Department of Engineering Science is developing an advanced technical model which will give unprecedented insight into battery performance. From the Science Blog.
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