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The world’s most prolific carbon-fixing enzyme is slowly getting better

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Oxford early career researchers shine in Parliamentary competition

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Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence officially opened

Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence officially opened

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Seeing the wood for the trees: using hazelnuts to reconstruct ancient woodlands

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Study reveals high number of persistent COVID-19 infections in the general population

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Researchers achieve breakthrough in silicon-compatible magnetic whirls

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Innovative technique reveals that leaping atoms remember where they have been

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Endangered seabird shows surprising individual flexibility to adapt to climate change

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Stunning spiral galaxies seen in new James Webb Space Telescope images

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