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\n \n\n \n4 October 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Harrison Steel\u2019s group in the Department of Engineering Science, the only international member of a cross-disciplinary team led by Harvard Medical School, will scale up existing technologies and translate them to clinical use to support the global fight against antimicrobial resistance
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\n \n\n \n3 October 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated the University of Oxford a Centre of Excellence in Focused Ultrasound. Oxford becomes the fifth Centre of Excellence in Europe and the eleventh worldwide. The recognition coincides with the University of Oxford\u2019s celebration of Focused Ultrasound Day.
\n \n\n \n \n1 October 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor James H Naismith FRSC FRSB FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE has become the new Head of Oxford\u2019s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division.
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\n \n\n \n28 September 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Carl-Benedikt Frey (Oxford Internet Institute & Oxford Martin School) and Professor Michael Osborne (Department of Engineering Science and co-Director, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative) discuss the limitations of Generative AI.
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\n \n\n \n22 September 2023
\n \n \n \nAhead of World Rivers Day (24 September), new research by the University of Oxford reveals that sewage discharge into rivers has a greater impact on water quality, and the animals and plants that live in rivers, than surrounding land use. This has strong implications for the state of UK rivers in light of the recent threats to weaken nutrient neutrality regulations for new housing developments. The findings have been published today in the journals Global Change Biology and Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
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\n \n\n \n21 September 2023
\n \n \n \nAn international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford\u2019s Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which contains the world\u2019s largest flowers. This follows a new study which found that most of the 42 species are severely threatened.
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\n \n\n \n20 September 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford has been recognised as one of the top science and innovation clusters in the world, according to new data released today from the upcoming 2023 Global Innovation Index (GII).
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\n \n\n \n20 September 2023
\n \n \n \nIn February 2020 the Radcliffe Science Library (RSL) team packed up their boxes, moved their books to the VHL and closed the doors on the RSL. This was to allow a thorough refurbishment of the building. Now more than three years later they will be reopening. Read more in this article from the RSL team.
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\n \n\n \n20 September 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Bhaskaran (Department of Materials) was elected because of his exceptional contribution to the field of applied nanomaterials and advanced nanoscale engineering.
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\n \n\n \n19 September 2023
\n \n \n \nTwo MPLS projects have received a major funding boost from the Faraday Institution, the UK\u2019s flagship institute for electrochemical energy storage research. The funding is part of a \u00a319 million investment to support key battery research projects that have the potential to deliver significant beneficial impact for the UK.
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\n \n\n \n18 September 2023
\n \n \n \nThe new buildings will provide highly flexible new office and laboratory space, almost doubling the Science Park\u2019s usable internal area.
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\n \n\n \n18 September 2023
\n \n \n \nOne of the world\u2019s biggest ecological experiments, co-led by the University of Oxford on the island of Borneo, has revealed that replanting logged tropical forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings can significantly accelerate their recovery. The findings, published today in the journal Science Advances, emphasise the importance of preserving biodiversity in pristine forests and restoring it in recovering logged forest.
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\n \n\n \n15 September 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Tim Woollings from the Department of Physics discusses the 'blocking events' that have resulted in Europe\u2019s weather getting stuck in long periods of hot, wet or cool weather this summer.
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\n \n\n \n15 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA reception attended by around 100 academic and professional services staff representatives from across MPLS Division and central services was held at Linacre College this week.
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\n \n\n \n14 September 2023
\n \n \n \nBarbara Rossi from the Department of Engineering Science write about the 2023 Structural Awards, hosted by the Institution of Structural Engineers, a shortlist of the world\u2019s 35 most outstanding building projects.
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\n \n\n \n14 September 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor John Cardy, Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, has been named as joint winner of the 2024 Breakthrough Prize. The prize recognises his profound contributions to statistical physics and quantum field theory, with diverse and far-reaching applications in different branches of physics and mathematics.
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\n \n\n \n14 September 2023
\n \n \n \nSince 2011\u202fthe Department of Statistics has held an Athena Swan\u202fBronze Award. This year, the Department has been awarded Silver, reflecting the collective efforts made over the intervening years to work towards greater gender and intersectional equality.
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\n \n\n \n12 September 2023
\n \n \n \nNew research co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU, Department of Biology) has revealed alarming data about dwindling lion populations in Africa, but gives new insight into conservation strategies.
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\n \n\n \n12 September 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Richard Walker (Department of Earth Sciences) describes the background to the devastating 8 September 2023 Morocco earthquake, which has a current death toll of nearly 2,500 lives.
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\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).
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