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Artist's reconstruction of Gangtoucunia aspera as it would have appeared in life on the Cambrian seafloor, circa 514 million years ago. The individual in the foreground has part of the skeleton removed to show the soft polyp inside the skeleton.

500 million year-old fossils reveal answer to evolutionary riddle

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Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed up to three years earlier

Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed up to three years earlier

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 In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the university, have recorded wishes and warnings in videos and written messages for the delegates to COP27.  Credit: Shutterstock

COP27 must deliver fast action, swift justice and protect nature – Oxford experts

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Global.health enables access to real-time, anonymized health data on infectious disease outbreaks, for the first time. Image credit: Shutterstock.

$3m Rockefeller Foundation funding to strengthen pandemic surveillance and response innovation co-developed by Oxford biologists

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First observation of surface waves on Mars reveals details of planet’s crust. Kim et al., (2022) Science.

Two major meteorite impacts reveal new insights about the surface of Mars

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Artistic reconstruction of the fossil squamate, Bellairsia gracilis, basking on a dinosaur footprint. Artwork by Dr Elsa Panciroli.

New Scottish fossil sheds light on the origins of lizards

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Oxford joins Schmidt Futures’ global initiative to accelerate use of artificial intelligence in scientific research

Oxford joins Schmidt Futures’ $148 million global initiative to accelerate use of AI in scientific research

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