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 \n3 July 2023
\n \n \n \nSubir Sarkar, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, on the first view of the Milky Way through particles rather than different wavelengths of light.
\n \n\n \n \n29 June 2023
\n \n \n \nNeil D\u2019Cruze, Visiting Researcher at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) in the Department of Biology and Jennah Green, Visiting Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, write about South Africa\u2019s controversial legal industry of breeding lions in captivity and explain why it should be shut down.
\n \n\n \n \n23 June 2023
\n \n \n \nMaisie Vollans from the Department of Biology investigates changes to the way we smell that can really stop us from being bitten by mosquitoes.
\n \n\n \n \n17 May 2023
\n \n \n \nA study published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the maximum temperature of the hottest days is increasing at twice the rate of the maximum temperature of average summer days. The results highlight the need for urgent action by policy makers to adapt essential infrastructure to the impacts of climate change.
\n \n\n \n \n5 May 2023
\n \n \n \nLearn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy.
\n \n\n \n \n26 April 2023
\n \n \n \nNicholas Leach, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Predictability of Weather and Climate group, Department of Physics, writes about the Pacific Northwest heatwave of 2021 and what it says about the probability of extreme heatwave events.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Paris Stefanoudis from the Department of Biology discusses the importance of ocean exploration and the snailfish which has broken the record for living at the deepest ocean depths known to humanity.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nMatthew Wright, DPhil student in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the Department of Physics, writes about the need to ensure the UK\u2019s energy system is prepared for and resilient to future weather extremes.
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Vlatko Vedral from the Department of Physics contributes to a podcast discussing the need for a theory that unites quantum mechanics and general relativity, and whether we are anywhere near achieving that goal.
\n \n\n \n \n6 April 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Katrina Davis, Department of Biology, highlights the importance of understanding the impact of future threats including climate change, more renewable energy infrastructure and disease outbreak.
\n \n\n \n \n29 March 2023
\n \n \n \nChiara Marletto from the Department of Physics talks to The Conversation about constructor theory, a generalisation of the quantum theory of information.
\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 \n13 February 2023
\n \n \n \n'As bird flu continues to decimate poultry and wild bird populations around the world, the virus \u2013 a deadly strain called H5N1 \u2013 appears to be spreading to mammals', writes Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2023
\n \n \n \nLargely hidden from the masses lie great expanses of deep reefs, which collectively have a larger geographic footprint than their shallower counterparts.
\n \n\n \n \n17 January 2023
\n \n \n \nNew study places Schleromochlus closer to the origin of pterosaurs than other lagerpetids, providing a reference point for research into pterosaur development.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2023
\n \n \n \nTimothy Kuiper (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town) and EJ Milner-Gulland (Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology) explore what varying poaching rates can tell us about what drives, motivates and facilitates poaching.
\n \n\n \n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \nSenior Research Fellow Dr Alexandra Zimmermann from the Department of Biology writes about the complexities of \r\nresolving human-wildlife conflict and achieving coexistence.
\n \n\n \n \n19 December 2022
\n \n \n \nNuclear fusion and the hope of a source of clean, abundant energy may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2022
\n \n \n \nHollie Booth, Oxford Policy Engagement Network Post-doc Fellow in the Department of Biology, writes about her research into ways to reduce catches of threatened shark species that also support the rights and welfare of small-scale fishers.
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