News and events
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Self-driving vehicle trialled in UK public space for the first time
A self-driving vehicle equipped with Oxford-developed autonomy software has been tested successfully in public for the first time in the UK. -
HIV cure hope thanks to collaboration
Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could kill all traces of the virus. -
Medicine at Oxford named world's best for sixth year running
Medical and health teaching and research at Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best for the sixth year running in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. -
Science Minister sees development of Oxford's Centre for Advanced Research during China visit
Jo Johnson, the UK's Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, has visited the site of the new Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) as part of his trip to China. -
Health benefits of evening classes revealed
Those with a taste for adult education classes have long known it, but now Oxford University scientists have... -
Largest UK trial of treatment for prostate cancer publishes first results
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). -
Conclusions about the effects of electronic cigarettes remain the same
An updated Cochrane Review, led by a University of Oxford researcher, provides an independent, rigorous assessment of the best available evidence to date about electronic cigarettes for quitting... -
World first for robot eye operation
University of Oxford surgeons at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital have performed the world's first operation inside the eye using a robot. -
Unprecedented atmospheric behaviour disrupts one of Earth's most regular climate cycles
A team of scientists has discovered an unexpected disruption in one of the most repeatable atmospheric patterns.
