6 October 2022
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers from the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) in China, the University of Oxford\u2019s only engineering and physical sciences research institute outside of the UK, has won first place in the regional finals of the \u2018Maker in China\u2019 Jiangsu SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest 2022.
\n \n\n \n \n28 September 2022
\n \n \n \nA DPhil candidate in the Department of Materials is amongst three 2022-entry Scholars to embark on postgraduate studies with support from the Black Academic Futures programme, with a fourth Scholar due to join in 2023/24.
\n \n\n \n \n11 August 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor Henry Snaith has been awarded the University of Louisville\u2019s 2021 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy. Awarded biennially, this award recognises outstanding ideas and achievements in research around the science, engineering, technology, and commercialisation of renewable energy.
\n \n\n \n \n14 July 2022
\n \n \n \nMembers of MPLS departments were amongst those recognised at the University's seventh Environmental Sustainability Awards today, hosted by Vice Chancellor, Dame Professor Louise Richardson.
\n \n\n \n \n23 June 2022
\n \n \n \nDPhil Systems Engineering student, Nadja Yang has been recognised as one of the UK's top 50 women engineers who are creating or significantly improving products or processes to make a difference in the world, on International Women in Engineering Day.
\n \n\n \n \n27 May 2022
\n \n \n \nOn Thursday 26 May, the University\u2019s brand new \u00a33.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator pilot (Mini-TESA), led from MPLS Division, opened their doors to showcase the range and depth of ambition in Oxford to drive forward the energy systems transition for the UK and globally.
\n \n\n \n \n22 April 2022
\n \n \n \nAs part of an EPSRC-funded cross-sector collaboration involving Rolls-Royce, researchers in the Department of Engineering Science have developed a sapphire fibre sensor that can tolerate extreme temperatures and has the potential to enable significant efficiency and emissions reduction improvements in aerospace and power generation.
\n \n\n \n \n20 April 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford's Department of Biology and the University of Kent have carried out the first quantitative assessment of both the environmental impact of a large organisation and feasible options for mitigation, to inform work towards net-gain biodiversity for the University of Oxford by 2035.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study published in the journal Global Environmental Change reveals a new policy tool developed by an international team, including scientists at Oxford University, which could slash plastic waste.
\n \n\n \n \n30 November 2021
\n \n \n \nThe Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies (iCAST), a \u00a317m collaboration aiming to translate sustainable chemical technology research into commercial products, recently launched in Swindon.
\n \n\n \n \n30 June 2021
\n \n \n \nScientists from the Department of Earth Sciences demonstrate how it is possible to directly extract valuable metals from hot salty fluids (\u2018brines\u2019) trapped in porous rocks at depths of around 2km below dormant volcanoes.
\n \n\n \n \n26 May 2021
\n \n \n \nPlastic pollution and other ocean debris are a complex global environmental problem. Every year, ten million tonnes of plastic are estimated to be mismanaged, resulting in entry into the ocean, of which half will float initially. Yet, only 0.3 million tonnes of plastic can be found floating on the surface of the ocean. Where has the rest of the plastic gone?
\n \n\n \n \n14 May 2021
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford joins a major new collaboration with academia and industry to use sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate the UK\u2019s transition to net zero carbon emissions.
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