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Novel triple drug combination effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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New algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change

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Researchers find oldest undisputed evidence of Earth’s magnetic field

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Study shows that island bats are valuable allies for farmers

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Four ‘outstanding research leaders’ at Oxford awarded major European Research Council grants

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Breakthrough promises secure quantum computing at home

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A great tit bird holding on to a hanging bird feeder filled with peanuts.

More social birds are more adventurous feeders, study finds

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A hand in a latex glove holding a petri dish with red agar medium that has a culture of the bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) growing on it.

Colistin resistant bacteria found in mothers and newborn babies in Nigeria

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Study finds that bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants

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Dr Sara Keller receives L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Rising Talent fellowship for Engineering

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