6 March 2024
\n \n \n \nThirteen early career researchers from Oxford were finalists at this year\u2019s STEM for BRITAIN event, held on Monday at the Houses of Parliament, with three winning awards in their categories.
\n \n\n \n \n10 November 2023
\n \n \n \nSCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), part of the Siam Cement Group (SCG) and one of the largest integrated chemical companies in Asia, has agreed a major new award scheme to develop novel ideas and nascent research from Oxford\u2019s laboratories into environmental sustainability solutions for the global chemicals industry.
\n \n\n \n \n11 September 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford\u2019s Botanic Garden and the Mathematical Institute have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they trap. The results have been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
\n \n\n \n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nSamuel Johhnson, DPhil student in Mathematical Biology in the Mathematical Institute, discusses how research from mathematicians, biologists and social scientists is helping us understand swarming and harness its power.
\n \n\n \n \n24 July 2023
\n \n \n \nSix Oxford Mathematicians and two Theoretical Physicists and their collaborators have been awarded Frontiers of Science Awards for their respective research papers at the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science Conference which took place in Beijing, China.
\n \n\n \n \n5 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Frances Kirwan has been awarded the P\u00f3lya prize, while Professor Andr\u00e1s Juh\u00e1sz receives the Whitehead Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n1 June 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford Mathematician Frances Kirwan is the recipient of a 2023 L'Or\u00e9al-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award. The awards honour five eminent women scientists from five regions of the world.
\n \n\n \n \n12 May 2023
\n \n \n \nThe first Maryam Mirzakhani Scholar, Marta Bucca, will join Oxford's Mathematics Institute in October. Launched in memory of the Iranian mathematician, the scholarship has been generously supported by founding and principal donor XTX Markets.
\n \n\n \n \n5 May 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Alison Etheridge has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States.
\n \n\n \n \n4 May 2023
\n \n \n \nWe are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Vicky Neale \u2013 teacher, advocate, inspiration and much-loved colleague at the Mathematical Institute.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Alison Etheridge (Mathematical Institute and Department of Statistics) and Professor Marta Kwiatkowska (Department of Computer Science, and Associate Head for Finance in the MPLS Divisional Office) who have been elected as International Honorary Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n24 January 2023
\n \n \n \nInspired by jumping insects, researchers from the Mathematical Institute have helped develop a miniature robot capable of leaping more than 40 times its body length- equivalent to a human jumping up to the 20th floor of a building. The innovation could be a major step forward in developing microrobots for a wide range of applications.
\n \n\n \n \n15 December 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years, as part of a multi-institutional agreement supporting cutting-edge research in the science of weather and climate prediction.
\n \n\n \n \n5 December 2022
\n \n \n \nA \u00a32.48m gift from XTX Markets has enabled the endowment of a new DPhil scholarship at Oxford, in memory of the mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, paving the way for the next generation of female Fields Medallists.
\n \n\n \n \n25 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) announced this week that they have awarded more than \u00a320 million for UK theoretical physics. The investment will benefit the Particle Theory group in the Department of Physics as well as the Mathematical Physics group in the Mathematical Institute.
\n \n\n \n \n11 October 2022
\n \n \n \nIn an article first published on the Conversation, Graham Taylor, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Biology, writes about the sophisticated techniques that Swainson's hawks use to deal with the 'confusion effect' posed by large swarms of their prey, the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat.
\n \n\n \n \n6 October 2022
\n \n \n \nMartingale is a new postgraduate foundation that offers full funding and multi-year support for outstanding UK students to complete STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) PhDs at leading UK research universities. The first cohort will be concentrated on mathematics.
\n \n\n \n \n26 September 2022
\n \n \n \nWhatever Hollywood might say, AI is not all about killer robots in a far off future. It is more mundane, more everyday - and much more ubiquitous. And thinking it just belongs in a sci-fi film is dangerous, since this leads to a sense it is not relevant or that it is even unreal. An interview with Professor Ursula Martin of the Mathematical Institute.
\n \n\n \n \n22 September 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor David Deutsch has today been named as one of four internationally pioneering physicists to receive the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on quantum information, while Professor James Maynard has received one of six New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes.
\n \n\n \n \n15 September 2022
\n \n \n \nThe new study shows that a fast transition to clean energy is cheaper than slow or no transition. It was conducted by a team at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School, led by Professor Doyne Farmer of the Mathematical Institute.
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