20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nAn overview of options for keeping homes cool in the face of rising temperatures, without defaulting to non-stop air conditioning. By Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science), Nicole Miranda (Oxford Martin School) and Radhika Khosla (Smith School of Enterprise and Environment)
\n \n\n \n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nMaitha Al Shimmari, a research student in Oxford's Department of Engineering Science, joins the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center's fifth cohort of leading women under the age of 35 in the fields of energy and climate research.
\n \n\n \n \n14 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe UK, Switzerland and Norway top the list of countries heading for dramatic increases in uncomfortably hot days - if temperatures break the international 1.5\u00baC target, according to new research from Oxford. But, the researchers maintain, such countries are \u2018dangerously unprepared\u2019.
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\n \n \n \nProfessor Steel is also recipient of the Sir George Macfarlane medal.
\n \n\n \n \n26 June 2023
\n \n \n \nCoTide is an ambitious \u00a37 million project to help deliver scalable, affordable and sustainable tidal stream energy.
\n \n\n \n \n17 June 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessors Milner-Gulland (Department of Biology), and Paul Newman and Alison Noble (Department of Engineering Science) are amongst the Oxford academics recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.
\n \n\n \n \n18 May 2023
\n \n \n \nThe new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, cutting edge research discoveries, and translating developments into benefits for patients and wider society.
\n \n\n \n \n9 March 2023
\n \n \n \nPaul Shearing has been appointed as Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering and will lead the new Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute.
\n \n\n \n \n9 March 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Engineering Science have developed an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden.
\n \n\n \n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nListen to Natalia Ares, a thermodynamics researcher in the Department of Engineering Science on the Great Mysteries of Physics podcast from The Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n3 March 2023
\n \n \n \nSpun out of the University of Oxford in 2016 by Professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne, Mind Foundry has developed technology and products that help people and organisations to implement Artificial Intelligence more responsibly.
\n \n\n \n \n1 March 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Future Communications Hub on All Spectrum Connectivity is being supported by investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in a project led by Professor Dominic O\u2019Brien (Department of Engineering Science).
\n \n\n \n \n15 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.
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