Research

Professor Jennifer Welsh describes how her research helps the international community act effectively against genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Professor Liora Lazarus talks about how important it is for researchers of law to influence government policy, and how she has leveraged her own specialism in human rights to the benefit of society.

Professor Sir Marc Feldmann and Professor Sir Ravinder Maini talk about how they discovered that blocking a single molecule can improve the quality of life for sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis.

Professor Catherine Harmer on how understanding facial recognition can help us find better antidepressants.

The Oxford Impacts video series celebrates the ways that Oxford University benefits the world of policy, health, business and culture.

Professor David Pyle discusses work understanding the processes that underpin volcanic eruptions: and the devastating effects that volcanic plumes can have.

Professor Li He on understanding better how turbines function at high temperatures: making jet engines greener, and turbines cheaper to run.

Professor Gus Hancock and colleagues discuss the many things we can learn about the body's health through the breath: and new technologies that can make that process easier.

Professor Peter Dobson and his colleagues discuss the use of nanoparticles to improve cancer treatments.

Professor Yadvinder Mahli on work in Peru on the effect of tropical forests on climate change.

Professor Katherine Willis on the global race for biofuels: and Oxford's role in assessing their impact for policymakers.

Professor Constantin Coussios and colleagues on using ultrasound to deliver drugs much closer to tumors and other targets in the body.

Dr Alison Foster on audio trails in Oxford's botanic gardens, which allow visitors to learn about chemistry in beautiful surroundings.

What next for citizen science? Professor Steve Roberts on how advanced maths can make the findings of this exciting new field more useful.

Professor Gideon Henderson and colleagues on on understanding the underpinnings of Life in the Oceans.

Professor Paul Klemperer on how auction maths can make markets work better: and how academic research (in this case, on geometry) can be turned immediately into real-world policy.

Professor David Gavaghan on mathematical models of the heart, and making them work better to allow for predictions of heart function.

For more than a century, scholars have worked on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri: a million fragments of documents recovered from Egypt in the early 20th century, containing everything from lost Gospels to ancient tax returns. Led by Dr Dirk Obbink, the Ancient Lives project digitised the fragments, and allowed members of the public to identify the characters they contained.

Dr Mason Porter discusses the beauty of network maths, and how he and his colleagues have pioneered a programme to teach others about this vital area of mathematical understanding.

Cooling or 'moderate hypothermia' is used to treat term babies who experienced a lack of oxygen during birth. It has been shown to reduce the risk of death or impairment and is now the treatment recommended by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).