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The 'game-changing' projects at the cutting edge of healthcare technology
News
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75 years of penicillin in people
News
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0043 – Agent of the no secrets service?
News
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Oxford machine learning spinout unlocks big data insights
News
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Partnership to test robotic surgical system
News
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Oxford awarded £13.5m for DPhil places and further funding for quantum research
News
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Home counties blamed for car pollution in the southeast
News
The research, published in the journal Transport Policy, lays out the need for a regional strategy in the southeast to tackle the environmental, transport and planning challenges. If business continues as usual, it says carbon emissions targets will not be met ‘by a large margin’.
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Young EU migrants more likely to be in work than their UK peers
News
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Prostate cancer vaccine trial seeks volunteers
News
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Oxford presented with Queen's Anniversary Prize at Buckingham Palace
News
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New dedicated institute for the study of human rights law
News
Building work is to start within weeks in the grounds of Mansfield College, where the new institute will be located.
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Study identifies global ecosystems most sensitive to changes in climate
News
The report identifies vital ecologically sensitive areas for ecosystem provision and poverty alleviation. The identification of properties that contribute to the persistence and resilience of ecosystems despite climate change constitutes a research priority of global relevance.
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Preventing children from accessing online pornography
News
The report by a panel of experts lays out the scale of the problem and possible measures to limit and mitigate risks.
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Fear of divine retribution linked to spread of human civilisations
News
The researchers conducted games with people of different religions and interviewed them about their beliefs.
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How best to tackle the stigma of menstruation?
News
Although current results are 'promising', the study concludes that policymakers need to carry out large, comprehensive reviews of such programmes, and also conduct research into any potentially damaging unintended consequences, such as 'outing' menstruating girls in cultures where such behaviour
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Who does most of the housework in multicultural Britain?
News
Meanwhile, Indian men report taking on a fairer share of routine housework than white British men – even though Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women report spending significantly more time on housework than white British women.
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Man-made climate change helped cause south of England floods, say scientists
News
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Predicting political surprises and uprisings before they happen
News
The researchers focussed on the digital traces left by tiny acts of political participation to find clues for why movements or campaigns snowball into significant collective action while others quickly fail.
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The public gives its verdict on how ombudsmen deal with complaints
News
In terms of what was valued most about those dealing with their complaint, the survey revealed the public wanted ombudsman staff to 'keep their word' and wanted the outcome properly explained.
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TORCH's 2016 headline series to be launched with live-streamed event
Oxford Arts Blog
'Humanities and the Digital Age' is the topic of this year’s Annual Headline Series in The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH).
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