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Oxford Professor Ketan Patel appointed as Chief Scientist at Cancer Research UK
Professor Patel (KJ) will provide scientific leadership for the charity’s activities and ambitions, and he joins at an important time following the launch of the organisation’s new long-term strategy earlier this year that puts discovery science at the heart of its work.
Fostering connections between social prescribing link workers and the cultural sector
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Life expectancy of minorities hit hardest in the US during COVID-19
The Oxford team found that in 2020 life expectancy for Hispanic and Black males saw major set-backs of 4.5 years and 3.6 years respectively, compared with a reduction of 1.5 years in White males’ life expectancy.
From OPEC to Net Zero and still optimistic: Professor Nick Eyre on 34 years as an environmentalist
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Now (sort of) approaching retirement, Professor Eyre offers a unique perspective on the history of the environmental movement, at a time when it has gone mainstream. When he commenced his interest, one of the great social issues of the day was the demand to keep coal mines open.
Confronting the past through history education
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Prophetic Assyrian Omens
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Digging into Oxford’s past
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Please Touch the Art
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Tackling climate change by researching routes to greenhouse gas removal
From the lab to the bedside: Translating healthcare research into clinical patient benefit
Revolutionising solar power technology: Oxford PV
SOPHIA: Helping private companies reduce poverty
Whose Heritage, Whose Reconstruction?
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The National Trust Partnership: Connecting cutting-edge Oxford University research with the National Trust’s places and collections
Identifying and fixing critical design flaws in Bluetooth
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Archaeology from Above
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Lighthouse in a Storm
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Why Oxford archaeologists dream of seeing the Palmyra Arch rebuilt by Syrians.
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Oxford to receive £7 million to turn bright ideas into global opportunities
The award follows Oxford’s recent top ranking in the UK for generating spin-out companies and its success in the Research Exc
Preparing the UK for a new era of trade
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