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Aerial view of a coal-fired power station in winter, with clouds of carbon emissions rising from chimneys and towers.

Redefining net zero will not stop global warming, new study shows

Climate
Climate change
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
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Four Oxford academics receive ERC Synergy Grants to address complex scientific problems

Funding
Humanities
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Research
Science
Social Sciences
3D artistic concept of an AI processor. It shows a series of cubes on a computer circuit board. The largest has the word ‘AI’ on the top.

New, ARIA-backed project aims to unlock radically cheaper AI hardware

Artificial Intelligence
Funding
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
The head of Lomankus edgecombei, a fossil preserved in fool's gold.

Spectacular new fossil arthropod discovered preserved in fool’s gold

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
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Four Oxford researchers win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes

Awards
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Research
Science
Social Sciences
A person’s hand wearing a latex glove and holding a clear glass conical flask reaches down from a riverbank towards the surface of a river.

Novel computational method could prove a game-changer in tracking down river polluters

Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
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Researchers show accelerating carbon dioxide release from rocks in Arctic Canada with global warming

Climate change
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
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Major investment to boost Oxford’s heritage science capability

Arts
Funding
History
Science
Social Sciences
Piles of petri dishes with bacterial colonies growing on culture media.

New research network unites Oxford University’s global fight against antimicrobial resistance

Biology
Global health
Health
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Research
Science
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Expert Comment: Three key pillars to tackle antimicrobial resistance effectively

Biology
Expert opinion
Global health
Health
Policy
Science

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