Research

Research shows that animal movies promote awareness, not harm

Bethany Ehlmann (Keble, 2004) talks research and Lunar Trailblazer

Masud Husain (New, 1981), gives us an insight into the biology behind 'laziness'

Why Burmese amber is very exciting to the scientific community

Things may have to get better

The true cost of ash dieback is far higher than you may assume

Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles

Oxford launches new centre for energy demand solutions

A potential breakthrough in crop science

A green exit from COVID-19 would benefit the economy, says an important Oxford report

Researchers from the University of Oxford have discovered that the Himalayan wolf is a unique wolf characteristically adapted to the harsh life in the Asian high altitudes where low oxygen levels challenge all life forms

Artificial Intelligence and conservation

Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants, says new Oxford research

Laos has a brilliant DPhil student in Oxford

Infrastructure decisions underpin environmental sustainability, says a new Oxford-UN report

The University launches its fifth fund, OUIF V*

Oxford is unpicking climate and the jet stream

A world-first ‘Cybercrime Index’ ranks countries by cybercrime threat level

Diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors for dementia, says a new Oxford study.

Oxford scientists have reconstructed ocean warming from 1871 to 2017

‘Origami-inspired’ folding electrodes could reduce surgery needed to treat brain conditions such as epilepsy

An interdisciplinary team of engineers and medics is addressing ways to increase the UK’s capacity for ventilator manufacture

What happened in the 1970s changed the world

Phase I/II results are now out

Oxford are rapidly preparing a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the Thames Valley Region

A plan to help organisations link small actions to big goals

Oxford progresses towards a new, world-beating cancer therapy

A test that works in 30 minutes will help health authorities globally

Potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a new online tool from Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science

Oxford’s most recent Nobel prize winner Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe discusses the actual experience of receiving his Nobel

A new Oxford University collaboration has shed light on the damaging health consequences of Britain’s car addiction

Professor John B Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work at Oxford University on lithium-ion batteries

Our guide to one of the most tantalising technologies of this century

The wide-scale introduction of large herbivores to the Arctic tundra to restore the ‘mammoth steppe’ grassland ecosystem and mitigate global warming is economically viable, suggests a new paper

A new state of the art review, published in The Lancet, highlights the scale and impact of Long COVID.

Scientists from Oxford, Shanghai and Beijing have discovered why natural silks get stronger the colder they get

Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute, London, has today been announced as a winner of the

Datasets that put the pandemic and everything else in their place

A new study to explore the effect of social distancing has launched, and seeks volunteers

Rhodes Scholar Kiron Neale discusses his doctoral research on solar energy

Diet and food availability amidst climate change

Oxford’s renowned ecosystems expert Yadvinder Malhi talks trees

Extreme heat events in sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly worsening because of climate change, but they are not being adequately recorded, says a new Oxford report

Researchers at Oxford University, together with and international colleagues, have discovered jet stream patterns that could affect up to a quarter of global food production

Human interference in the deep sea could already be outpacing our basic understanding of how it functions, University scientists have warned

Oxford got itself onto Mars

Oxford alumnus and Mongolia specialist John Man debates an ancient historical puzzle with a modern ring

Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, explores the international response to Covid-19 and the role of universities, who are working with colleagues across the globe to understand the disease and protect our communities

The formal opening of a £13 million, 61,500 sq ft laboratory and office facility designed to promote collaboration and cross-fertilisation of ideas

The academic field of existential risk is booming - should we worry?

Risk around radio frequency radiation