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A herd of African elephants walking in single file. Image credit Shutterstock.

Satellite imagery reveals that wild African elephants choose paths leading directly to their favourite food

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The image shows a satellite image over Europe with clouds visible. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford climate research excellence recognised by renewed Met Office partnership

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The Sheldonian Theatre is a six-floor, Grade I listed building that serves as the official ceremonial hall of the University of Oxford. Image credit: Sheldonian Theatre.

Mapping the old with the new: handheld 3D scanning of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre

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Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea, seen from The SA Agulhas II research vessel during the field research. Image credit: Nekton 2022.

Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic samples show the ‘pristine’ continent is now a sink for plastic pollution

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The new National Thin-Film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional Materials, part of the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics. The image shows the main cluster glovebox where all substrates and masks are loaded, filled with high purity nitrogen

New research facility launches to develop the next generation of advanced functional materials

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Artistic impression of the exoplanet WASP-39b. Image credit: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

New data from James Webb Space Telescope reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before

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Four Oxford academics have been awarded competitive starting grants from the European Research Council. Image credit: University of Oxford Images / John Cairns Photography

Four Oxford academics ‘showing great promise’ awarded European Research Council Starting Grants

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Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

First evidence drug resistant bacteria can travel from gut to lung, increasing infection risks

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A fragment of the Winchcombe Meteorite. Credit: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, NHM.

New analysis of Winchcombe meteorite reveals a window into the early solar system

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