University of Oxford

The ceremony represents an important milestone in the single biggest capital project ever carried out at Oxford University. It marks the conclusion of preparatory construction work and the clearance of the site ready for the main…

According to the research team, led by Oxford University’s Department of Biology, applying these findings could save lives, as it highlights the importance of preventing pathogenic bacteria from translocating from the gut to other organs…

The telescope’s array of highly sensitive instruments was trained on the atmosphere of a “hot Saturn” – a planet about as massive as Saturn orbiting a star some 700 light-years away – known as WASP-39 b. The data were analyzed by an…

The ERC is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research and awards Starting Grants to early-career researchers (who have up to seven years experience after their PhDs) showing great promise and an excellent…

A new scholarship scheme providing financial support to graduate students displaced by the war in Ukraine has been made possible by a funding commitment of £602,550 from XTX Markets’ Academic Sanctuaries Fund.Oxford University Graduate…

The NTCF addresses a key research need by being one of the first facilities in the UK to provide a range of different vacuum deposition chambers, all interconnected via a vacuum transfer system. This enables samples to undergo different…

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…

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a programme of Schmidt Futures, aims to accelerate the next scientific revolution by supporting talented postdoctoral researchers to apply AI techniques across the natural…

The tiny skeleton discovered on the Isle of Skye, called Bellairsia gracilis, is only 6 cm long and dates from the Middle Jurassic, 166 million years ago. The exceptional new fossil comprises a near-complete skeleton in life-like…

On 24 December 2021, highly unusual seismic waves were recorded by the NASA InSight lander, which has been recording seismic activity (or ‘marsquakes’) on the Red Planet since November 2018. To investigate the potential source, the…