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University of Oxford Celebrates Vice-Chancellor’s Innovative Cross-Curricular Programme
A special event was held at the Maths Institute on Earth Day (22 April) to celebrate the end of the eight-week programme, attended by the Vice-Chancellor and many of the students who had taken part.
Created by the…
University of Oxford’s Landmark Study Demonstrates Conservation Actions Effectively Halt and…
The University of Oxford has contributed to a first-of-its kind review on the success of a wide range of conservation actions. The results, published today in the prestigious journal Science, provide the strongest evidence to date that…
Cost Becomes Increasingly Important Motive for Quitting Smoking in England, Study Shows
The researchers said that, given this shift in thinking, making much more of the potential savings to be had might encourage more people to stub out for good.
The study, published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health and funded…
Womb Pressure Found to Influence Facial Development, Study Suggests
The study published in Nature Cell Biology found that an increase in hydrostatic pressure sensed by the embryo can hinder the healthy development of facial features in mouse and frog embryos and in human embryoids (cell structures grown in…
Launch of New National Research Centers Aims to Unlock Tests and Treatments for Rare Diseases
The LifeArc Translational Centres for Rare Diseases (including the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases, LifeArc Centre for Rare Kidney Diseases, LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases and the LifeArc Centre for Acceleration…
AI-Enhanced Touchless Computing Empowers Users to Take Control of Gaming Experience
MotionInput was initially developed by Professor Dean Mohamedally, alongside colleagues and students from UCL Computer Science in 2020 as a means of supporting NHS frontline staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, it has gone…
UCL Joins Groundbreaking Sustainable Research Agreement
The Concordat for Environmental Sustainability, developed by the UK research and innovation sector, is a pledge to embed sustainability into an organisation’s approach to research.
It covers six key areas such as maintaining transparency…
UCL : Shadow Health Secretary Praises Life Sciences for Potential to Revolutionize Healthcare
Speaking about the NHS’s strengths, he said two of its principal strengths were its “central equitable principle” – that when you fall ill you should never have to worry about the bill – and its staff, from the porter to the life-saving…
UCL : Scientists Urge Global Shift to Reduce Consumption of Disposable Technologies
Writing in the journal Science, researchers from across the UK have highlighted how disposable vape sales quadrupled in the country between 2022 and 2023, with consumers now throwing away around five million devices each week.
In the…
Decades of Work Culminate in Approval of New Treatment for Brain Tumours
Professor Darren Hargrave, who is a researcher at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), was the Chair of the TADPOLE-G trial steering group, alongside…