17 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.
\n \n\n \n \n22 September 2020
\n \n \n \nProfessor Stone in the Department of Engineering Science is one of fifty-three leading engineers from the UK and around the world who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession.
\n \n\n \n \n16 September 2020
\n \n \n \nRolls Royce and Engineering Associate Fellow\u2019s innovations have ensured engine safety and reduced aero engine carbon footprints.
\n \n\n \n \n3 September 2020
\n \n \n \nA new approach to rapid translation of clinical guidelines into point of care support services has produced a novel pattern for designing and deploying AI systems across healthcare.
\n \n\n \n \n17 August 2020
\n \n \n \nProfessor Cui and his team from Oxford's Department of Engineering Science and OSCAR, the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research, are one of the winners announced today of the Royal Academy of Engineering's President's Special Awards for Pandemic Service for their rapid viral RNA test for COVID-19.
\n \n\n \n \n28 July 2020
\n \n \n \nInfectious disease and clinical machine learning experts at the University of Oxford have developed an Artificial Intelligence test that can rapidly screen for COVID-19 in patients arriving in emergency departments.
\n \n\n \n \n1 May 2020
\n \n \n \nToday the University of Oxford is delighted to announce a new strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will focus on building a portfolio of new research projects relating to AI, robotics, cyber-physical systems, human-centred computing, and support to the University\u2019s new \u201cLighthouse\u201d Doctoral Scholarships.
\n \n\n \n \n19 February 2020
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has been awarded \u00a35.5 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as part of a \u00a327 million investment in seven High Performance Computing (HPC) services.
\n \n\n \n \n23 January 2019
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers based at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have recreated for the first time the famous Draupner freak wave measured in the North Sea in 1995.
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