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An image of a Click Beetle. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Leaping beetles inspire new, miniature jumping robots

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Major funding for Oxford will help find new cancer treatments

Major funding for Oxford will help find new cancer treatments

Cancer
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Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize

Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize

Awards
Genetics
Medical Sciences
Neuroscience
Role of lymphatic system in bone healing revealed

Role of lymphatic system in bone healing revealed

Biology
Health
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Debris accumulating on Aldabra Atoll, a remote coral island and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the southwestern Seychelles. This photograph was taken as part of the Aldabra Clean-Up Project. Image credit: Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF).

New study shows that most plastic debris on Seychelles beaches comes from far-off sources

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Many new methods are emerging with potential. Rather than focusing on one or two options we should encourage a portfolio, so that we get to net zero quickly without over-relying on any one method - Dr Steve Smith Credit: Shutterstock

CO2 removal is essential, along with emissions cuts, to limit global warming - report

Climate change
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Professor Susan Perkin. Image credit: Trinity College, University of Oxford.

University of Oxford Chemist honoured in annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

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Vaccination shown to protect against pregnancy complications from COVID-19 Omicron variant

Coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccine
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Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs

Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs

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Science
The Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal. Image credit: Royal Astronomical Society.

Professor Tim Palmer wins Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal

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