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Maral Bayaara at the Prototypes for Humanity award ceremony

Oxford Engineering Student Wins Prototypes for Humanity innovation award at COP28

Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
University
A hand in a latex glove holds an assortment of pills and capsules. Nearby are several petri dishes with bacterial colonies growing on agar.

Antibiotic resistance genes are spread more widely between bacteria than previously thought

Biology
Health
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Artistic image showing two colonies of bacterial cells attacking each other. Some bacteria have released chemicals into the surrounding environment. Other bacterial cells are attacking competitors at close-range using spikes attached to their membrane.

Armed to the hilt: Study solves mystery behind bacteria’s extensive weaponry

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A satellite in orbit over the earth. The satellite has a cylindrical body with two arms made of solar panels.

AI that automatically detects methane plumes from space could be a powerful tool in combating climate change.

Artificial Intelligence
Climate change
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A view looking down over a large dome-shaped building. In the background is an Oxford college; a collection of buildings arranged in four sides around a quadrangle.

Four Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grants

Awards
Funding
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Social Sciences
E.coli bacteria, seen as a collection of 3D, rod-shaped structures

Oxford-led study shows how AI can detect antibiotic resistance in as little as 30 minutes

Artificial Intelligence
Biology
Health
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A bumblebee on a flowerhead made up of many tiny tube-shaped flowers.

New study reveals that bees cannot taste even lethal levels of pesticides

Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A dog-like robot with a rectangular body and four jointed legs crouches in a forest.

Oxford Robotics Institute wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize

Awards
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
An extremely bright explosion in outer space radiates white-hot light in all directions. A spiral galaxy is visible to the side.

Extraordinary new space phenomenon mystifies scientists

Astrophysics
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

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