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Antimicrobial use in agriculture can breed bacteria resistant to first-line human defences

Biology
Health
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

Fossils reveal a 100-million-year-old relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles

Research
Science

Clinical trial investigating potential investigational treatment for relief of fatigue in people with long COVID reports results

Coronavirus
Research

R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine developed by University of Oxford receives regulatory clearance for use in Ghana

Malaria
Medical Sciences
Research
Vaccines

New Oxford and Nottingham developed tool uses existing health records to predict people’s risk of developing lung cancer within the next 10 years.

Cancer
Health
Research

Silk from spiders and silkworms found to be a promising material to repair injured nerves

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research

Turtles and crocodiles with unique characteristics are more likely to go extinct

Biology
Conservation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research

Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer

Cancer
Research

New research shows how cultural transmission shapes the evolution of music

Research

Viewing self-harm images on the internet and in social media usually causes harm, according to new review of evidence

Mental health
Research

Promoting safer sleeping for babies in England: new report

Health
Policy
Research
Social Sciences

New study could help pinpoint hidden helium gas fields – and avert a global supply crisis

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

Genetic variants influencing human fertility identified - university study

Research
Science

Small temperature rise can cause large scale forced migration - study

Climate change
Environment
Research
Social Sciences

Oxford Professor of Poetry elections now open

University

40% of time spent on mundane chores could be automated within 10 years - AI experts

Artificial Intelligence
Research
Social Sciences
Technology

NHS COVID-19 app saved estimated 10,000 lives in its first year, research finds

Coronavirus
Health

Nine in ten major metropolitan areas in Europe lost population because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Research
Social Sciences

Operation Pangolin launches to save the world’s most trafficked wild mammal

Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

New study identifies key success factors for large carnivore rewilding efforts

Biology
Conservation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research

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