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The Oxford study used well-being data from nearly a million people across 72 countries over 12 years and harnessed actual individual usage data from millions of Facebook users worldwide to investigate the impact of Facebook on well-being.

No evidence linking Facebook adoption and negative well-being

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West African archaeology to benefit from partnership of Oxford School of Archaeology and Museum of West African Art

West African archaeology to benefit from partnership of Oxford School of Archaeology and Museum of West African Art.

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A male scientist in a white coat loads a sample into a machine using a pipette.

Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection

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The aqueduct at Pont du Gard

What did the Romans do for us? Aqueducts and the art of Roman water management

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A satellite monitors a developing typhoon on Earth (seen as a spiral shaped cloud). Image credit: Shutterstock/ NASA

Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time

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COVID-19 measures reduced life-threatening invasive bacterial infections

Coronavirus
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Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences

Twelve Oxford academics elected 2023 British Academy Fellows

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Several glass structures of molecules are suspended in the air: the molecules have a central atom, with four connected ones radiating outwards. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford chemists achieve breakthrough achievement: hazard-free production of fluorochemicals

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• International trade will be hit by impacts of climate catastrophes on ports

Multi-billion-dollar risk to economic activity from climate extremes affecting ports: Oxford report

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Artistic depiction of the James Webb Space Telescope in outer space. The triangular structure is topped by a large concave circular reflecting mirror.

James Webb Space Telescope detects interstellar dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

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