16 July 2025
\n \n \n \nSeven members of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been recognised for their outstanding research impact at the annual MPLS Impact Awards.
\n \n\n \n \n15 July 2025
\n \n \n \nProfessor Jin-Chong Tan from the Department of Engineering Science has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant for his project RESILIENT. The \u20ac150,000 award will help him develop advanced sensing technologies through smart coating systems.
\n \n\n \n \n1 July 2025
\n \n \n \nDepartment of Biology research on animal seismic senses will be featured at the Royal Society\u2019s annual free celebration of world-leading science. The Summer Science Exhibition runs from 1-6 July 2025 at the Royal Society in London.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study from researchers in the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Computer Science has found that Uber\u2019s use of dynamic pricing has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, while increasing Uber\u2019s share of revenue.
\n \n\n \n \n17 June 2025
\n \n \n \nThree researchers from the MPLS Division have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council, each worth up to \u20ac2.5 million over a period of five years.
\n \n\n \n \n16 June 2025
\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester has achieved a major advance in quantum materials, developing a method to precisely engineer single quantum defects in diamond \u2013 an essential step toward scalable quantum technologies.
\n \n\n \n \n11 June 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Statistics and the Nuffield Department of Medicine are among the senior principal investigators on a \u00a38 million government-backed consortium creating the world's largest dataset for training machine learning models in drug discovery.
\n \n\n \n \n10 June 2025
\n \n \n \nPhysicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation \u2013 just 0.000015%, or one error in 6.7 million operations.
\n \n\n \n \n6 June 2025
\n \n \n \nDepartment of Biology researchers have contributed to an international study which found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. The findings have been published this week in the journal Science.
\n \n\n \n \n4 June 2025
\n \n \n \nUsing a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, a study led by the Department of Engineering Science has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September\u2013October 2023 were two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves.
\n \n\n \n \n3 June 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Biology and Wild Bioscience Ltd are to receive backing of a \u00a36.7 million grant from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to pioneer a new synthetic biology approach which promises to improve yields in potato and wheat.
\n \n\n \n \n3 June 2025
\n \n \n \nA collaborative research study has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing with the potential to end a decades-long search for inexpensive materials that can host unique quantum particles.
\n \n\n \n \n16 May 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University and the University of Toronto have detailed the geological ingredients required to find clean sources of natural hydrogen in the Earth's continental crust.
\n \n\n \n \n7 May 2025
\n \n \n \nScientists from the IOI have developed a new screening method to tackle bacterial resistance to the tetracycline class of antibiotics \u2013 providing a starting point for the development new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections.
\n \n\n \n \n6 May 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has climbed to second place globally in Geology and Geophysics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, strengthening its position as the UK's leading institution for Earth Sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n2 May 2025
\n \n \n \nV\u00e9ronique Gouverneur, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry has been elected as an international member to the US National Academy of Sciences, together with Oxford academics from social sciences and medical sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n1 May 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Earth Sciences have helped to reveal the inner workings of Bolivia\u2019s 'zombie' volcano, Uturuncu. The study used seismology, physics models, and rock composition analysis to identify the causes of Uturuncu\u2019s unrest, helping to alleviate fears of an imminent eruption.
\n \n\n \n \n24 April 2025
\n \n \n \nThe study, led by the Department of Biology and published in Science Advances, is the world\u2019s first randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an incentive-based marine conservation programme conclusively.
\n \n\n \n \n24 April 2025
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Department of Engineering Science and NDORMS engineered ultrasound-activated, antibiotic-loaded nanoparticles that disrupt biofilms and deliver drugs directly to infection sites \u2013 advancing non-invasive targeting of infections.
\n \n\n \n \n16 April 2025
\n \n \n \nDepartment of Earth Sciences researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface. Instead, the material which built our planet was far richer in hydrogen than previously thought.
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