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Last month, the students travelled to the United States with representatives from the education outreach charity to complete final preparations and watch the successful launch of the Cygnus NG18, as it carried their experiment into space…

The treatment was, however, associated with a faster recovery time and reduced viral detection and load – participants who received molnupiravir reported feeling better compared to those who received usual care.Molnupiravir (brand name…

Fibrous polyesters, primarily from textiles, were found in all samples. The majority of microplastic fibres identified were found in the Antarctic air samples, revealing that Antarctic animals and seabirds could be breathing them.‘The…

Contemporary artists have shared their thought-provoking responses to six artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections for a new exhibition currently on display at the Weston Library.These Things Matter: Empire,…

Tobacco smoking is projected to cause one billion deaths worldwide this century, mainly in low and middle income countries (LMICs) such as China. Two thirds of adult men in China smoke; the study, led by researchers from Oxford Population…

A £2.48 million gift from founding and principal donor XTX Markets, the global algorithmic trading firm, will enable the endowment of a Maryam Mirzakhani scholarship scheme at the University of Oxford, to help talented female graduates…

Island nations are noted for their particularly high-levels of biodiversity and endemic species. However, they are also more vulnerable to biodiversity loss, having already experienced 61% of recent global extinctions. The research…

Funded via the ESRC Education Research Programme, the project, which is being led by the Department of Education in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute, was one of only nine to get funding.Professor Rebecca Eynon, who is…

The app, Haate Haat (which means hand-to-hand in Bengali), was developed as part of a project to explore how digital technology could help overcome the barriers to economic activity in low-income countries (LICs) – particularly for women…

In the past months, the rapid deployment of generative AI technology such as DALL-E2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have led to fever-pitched speculation about the future of art in the face of automation. Whilst generative AI technology…