What researchers think about the culture they work in.

£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance

19 January 2021

Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.

Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics: exciting science awaits

13 January 2021

Oxford’s Department of Physics is playing a key role in three of the seven quantum projects supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

UK population movement falls 59%, compared to -89% in March - COVID-19 Monitor

12 January 2021

The latest data from Oxford’s COVID-19 Impact Monitor shows the January lockdown has, so far, had one third less national impact on movement than the March shutdown. The figures demonstrate that some regions are still moving at more than 50% of pre-pandemic levels, despite the tough restrictions and calls for people to remain at home.

COVID-19 transmission chains in the UK accurately traced using genomic epidemiology

12 January 2021

A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission of any epidemic to date.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives highest accolade from Royal Astronomical Society

11 January 2021

Jocelyn Bell Burnell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour, the Gold Medal 2021. The medal recognises her extraordinary achievements and has been awarded not only for her personal research but also for her contributions to the field of astronomy generally.

Light-carrying chips advance machine learning

11 January 2021

A team of international scientists has demonstrated an initial prototype of a photonic processor using tiny rays of light confined inside silicon chips that can process information much more rapidly than electronic chips and also in parallel - something traditional chips are incapable of doing.

Professor Martin Booth receives ERC Proof of Concept grant

7 January 2021

The project will develop the commercial potential of the novel imaging technology developed by Prof Booth, adaptive optical microscopy.

An OBE for Professor Eleanor Stride in New Year's Honours

4 January 2021

Cecil the lion’s legacy: five years on

21 December 2020

Lion numbers have disappeared from 92% of their historical range. The death of Cecil the lion in 2015 and the resulting global outcry brought this sobering fact into sharp focus.

Spotting elephants from space: a satellite revolution

21 December 2020

Using the highest resolution satellite imagery currently available, researchers at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and Machine Learning Research Group have detected elephants from space with comparable accuracy to human detection capabilities.

How is my town doing? A local view of COVID-19 reproduction rates

18 December 2020

Led by Professor Yee Whye Teh, a team from the Computational Statistics and Machine Learning research group at the Department of Statistics has built a model that monitors the daily spread of the virus locally.

‘Science’ publishes new paper on Inferring the effectiveness of government interventions against COVID-19

17 December 2020

EC advisory group, led by Prof Nicole Grobert, issues recommendations on the use of biodegradable plastics

15 December 2020

Most biodegradable plastics only degrade in specific environments and should only be used in line with new recommendations from the European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA), led by Oxford Professor Nicole Grobert.

AI test rules out a COVID-19 diagnosis within one hour in Emergency Departments

14 December 2020

Artificial Intelligence test has been shown to be able to rapidly screen patients arriving in Emergency Departments for COVID-19

DeepMind offer four scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students

10 December 2020

Four more DeepMind graduate scholarships for students wishing to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science will be made available for students commencing courses in 2021–22.

Aliens (or at least intelligent ones) are rare

10 December 2020

In a collaboration between the Department of Zoology’s Mathematical Ecology Research Group and the Future of Humanity Institute, researchers created a mathematical model to simulate the likelihood of the emergence of intelligent observers.

Eight Oxford researchers, including five from MPLS, awarded major European Research Council funding

9 December 2020

European Research Council grants worth more than €16.3 million have been awarded to University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.

Researchers find very high rates of Covid-19 in the Brazilian Amazon