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The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption as seen by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite, at 05:40 UTC on 15th January (about 1 hour 35 minutes into the eruption). Image credit: Simon Proud / STFC RAL Space / NCEO / JMA.

Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded, new study confirms

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A new EU-backed research consortium involving Oxford University will investigate whether quantum technologies could make precision measurements more energy efficient. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford University joins €2.9 million Quantum Technologies Flagship project

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Artist's reconstruction of Gangtoucunia aspera as it would have appeared in life on the Cambrian seafloor, circa 514 million years ago. The individual in the foreground has part of the skeleton removed to show the soft polyp inside the skeleton.

500 million year-old fossils reveal answer to evolutionary riddle

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Global.health enables access to real-time, anonymized health data on infectious disease outbreaks, for the first time. Image credit: Shutterstock.

$3m Rockefeller Foundation funding to strengthen pandemic surveillance and response innovation co-developed by Oxford biologists

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First observation of surface waves on Mars reveals details of planet’s crust. Kim et al., (2022) Science.

Two major meteorite impacts reveal new insights about the surface of Mars

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Artistic reconstruction of the fossil squamate, Bellairsia gracilis, basking on a dinosaur footprint. Artwork by Dr Elsa Panciroli.

New Scottish fossil sheds light on the origins of lizards

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The Omega Seamaster II submersible surveys the vertical walls of the Maldives subsea topography. These cliffs often descended from 30metres to 250metres and further to 500metres, a defining physical characteristic of the new ecosystem ‘The Trapping Zone’,

Discovery of new ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - creating oasis of life in the Maldives

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Members of the Druid Peak Pack in Yellowstone National Park engage in a game of chase. The gray colored wolf on the left represents the homozygous gray phenotype, while the black colored wolf on the right represents the K-locus black phenotype.

Oxford-led study finds disease outbreaks influence the colour of wolves across North America

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Image of Stephan's Quintet (a group of five galaxies) composed from JWST data using the Near-Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

James Webb Space Telescope reveals new surprises on galaxy organic molecules near black holes

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A young male and female researcher in a laboratory. Image credit: Shutterstock.

University of Oxford partners with Novo Nordisk Foundation to offer new research opportunities for talented international postdoctoral scientists

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