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Six Oxford University scientists win Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes

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New study could help unlock ‘game-changing’ batteries for electric vehicles and aviation

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Oxford Professor of Chemistry elected to oldest learned US society

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Nuclear Fusion is known to have transformational potential as a safe, clean, and abundant energy source

Oxford joins Imperial and York in £12 million fusion power industry partnership

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An overhead image of Europe during a heatwave, with countries coloured yellow, orange and red. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe

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New Centre for Energy Materials Research officially launched

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2D artificial neurons mimic complex brain abilities for next-generation AI computing

Artificial neurons mimic complex brain abilities for next-generation AI computing

Artificial Intelligence
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Oxford University joins largest ever ocean survey in a global effort to save marine life

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

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Sleeping 2-month-old northern elephant seals on the beach at Año Nuevo State Park, California. Photo by Rachel Holser. NMFS 23188.

Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface

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