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Study looks at factors behind GP diagnosis errors

Health
Research

Pigeons must feel the need for speed if they want to lead

Research
Science

Sri Lankan migrant women ‘forced to work in Gulf countries even when they are ill’

Research
Society
Policy

Sixth-form girls less career confident than boys, which can affect the types of jobs they secure, Oxford University research shows

Education
Research
Society

Scientists discover the secret behind the power of bacterial sex

Health
Research
Science

Parliament meets in Oxford for the first time in 350 years

Hitting children in school linked with poorer test scores later on

Research
Society

Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Oxford’s innovation in biomedical engineering

Innovation
Research
Science

Ultra-short x-ray pulses could shed new light on the fastest events in physics

Half the world’s natural history specimens may have the wrong name

Research
Science

Isle of Skye fossil makes three species one

Research
Science

Brain structure may be root of apathy

Wild birds choose love over food

Volunteers sought for study into vaccine for serious childhood infection

Health
Research

Using human genetics to reveal fundamental processes involved in type 2 diabetes

Genetics
Health

Academics to investigate unopened letters from 17th-century Europe

Arts

Competition between ‘good bacteria’ important for healthy gut, say researchers

Health
Research
Science

Studies identify when risks of droughts are due to climate change or local factors

Arts organisations outside of school can help disaffected pupils, says study

Research
Arts
Education

Testing the thermal tolerance of the fusion reactors of the future

Science

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