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Implementing Sensitive Interventions to Catalyze China’s Net-Zero Transition in Energy and…
The global energy transition could happen sooner than anticipated if sensitive intervention points are used to deliver China’s carbon neutrality policy at the city-level, researchers from the University of Oxford and The Chinese…
Study Finds More Social Birds Display More Adventurous Feeding Behaviors
In nature, feeding in groups has various advantages – such as for spotting predators and finding the best places to eat – but hanging around with others also comes with the drawback of increased competition for food resources. One…
Oxford Receives £9m Grant to Foster the Next Generation of Cancer Experts
CRUK is to award the funding over the next five years to train early-career clinician scientists - doctors who also carry out medical research - as part of its Clinical Academic Training Programme.
The Clinical Academic Training…
Blood Tests for Diagnosing Dementia Move Closer to Reality
World-class research teams at Dementias Platform UK based at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and University College London will capitalise on recent breakthroughs in potential dementia blood tests, and generate the…
Oxford Academics Urge Global ‘Ground Rules’ to Enforce Net Zero Initiatives
Academics at the University of Oxford have called for rigorous net zero ‘ground rules’ – encompassing laws, regulation and policy – to be implemented and enforced across the world, in an article published in Nature Climate Change …
Oxford Start-Up Onfido Sale Marks Largest-Ever Student-Led Company Return on Investment
Onfido, an innovative start-up created by students at the University of Oxford, uses artificial intelligence to verify customer identities and has been sold to Entrust Corp, a global leader in trusted payments, identities and data…
Study Finds Ketogenic Diet Effective Treatment for Infants with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Results from the Ketogenic Diet in Infancy (KIWE) trial, outlined in The Lancet Neurology, was the first in the world to compare the impact of a ketogenic diet to further anti-seizure medication for infants aged one to 24 months with…
Researchers Achieve Most Precise Measurement Yet of Expanding Universe
The analysis, based on the largest 3D map of the cosmos ever created with just the first year of data from DESI, confirms the basics of our current best model of the universe – with some tantalising areas to explore with more data.
The…
UK Trial to Offer Blood Tests for Diagnosing Dementia
The trials will capitalise on recent breakthroughs in potential dementia blood tests to generate the evidence needed for them to be used in the NHS within the next five years.
Together, the research teams make up the Blood Biomarker…
Study Finds Chronic Kidney Disease Progresses Faster in Patients Residing in Hot Countries
The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is the first global, medium-term analysis of the relationship between chronic kidney disease and heat. The results suggest that heat is a clinically important factor in poorer outcomes…