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Debris accumulating on Aldabra Atoll, a remote coral island and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the southwestern Seychelles. This photograph was taken as part of the Aldabra Clean-Up Project. Image credit: Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF).

New study shows that most plastic debris on Seychelles beaches comes from far-off sources

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Professor Susan Perkin. Image credit: Trinity College, University of Oxford.

University of Oxford Chemist honoured in annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

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Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs

Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs

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Artistic image of a house with streams of data coming from it. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford University to co-lead £8m Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory to help UK reach net-zero

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New study finds logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need protection

New study finds logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need protection

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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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