News and events
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Capturing carbon dioxide to make useful products could become big business
CO2 utilisation has the potential to operate at large scale and at low cost, meaning it could form part of a viable new global industry. If done correctly, using CO2 to create valuable products... -
Happy workers are 13% more productive
Research by Oxford University's Saïd Business School, in collaboration with British multinational telecoms firm BT, has found a conclusive link between happiness and productivity. -
Creating a trusted environment for the democratic use of technology
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC), convened by the Oxford Internet Institute, calls for co-ordinated action by the public and private sector to address and... -
Professor John Goodenough wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for lithium-ion battery research
Professor John B Goodenough from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work at Oxford University that made... -
Sir Peter J Ratcliffe wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2019
Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick... -
DeepMind renews commitment to under-represented students at Oxford
DeepMind, the leading British artificial intelligence company, has renewed and extended its commitment to supporting students at the University of Oxford following the success of its inaugural... -
A filament fit for space - silk is proven to thrive in outer space temperatures
Scientists from the universities of Oxford, Shanghai and Beijing who discovered that natural silks get stronger the colder they get, have finally solved the puzzle of why. -
Transatlantic partnership opens preventative healthcare clinic in London
In October 2017 Oxford University Hospitals (OUH), the University of Oxford and Mayo Clinic announced a new partnership, agreeing to work together to drive advances in medical research and patient... -
Oxford ranked world’s best university for fourth year running
Oxford has been named the world’s number one university for the fourth successive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. -
Oxford climate change conference ramps up efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions
Community leaders will join academics from the University of Oxford and around the world at the Achieving Net Zero conference, 9-11 September, to discuss opportunities, challenges and pathways for...