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Artistic 3D graphic depicting squiggle-shaped bacteria among the cells of a host organism.

Wellcome Discovery Award of £5m to fund pioneering research to combat deadly diarrhoea

Biology
Funding
Global health
Health
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
An MRI scan of a brain, with an injured area highlighted in red.

First patients scanned in new study investigating traumatic brain injury in young athletes

Brain health
Health
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
An aerial photograph showing a tropical forest bordering an oil palm plantation. The rainforest is made up of various trees of different heights and species, whereas the oil palm plantation is a monoculture.

Logged tropical forests are still valuable for biodiversity, study finds

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
A person crossing a street in a city, surrounded by augmented reality-style overlays and bounding boxes highlighting objects such as the individual, vehicles, and traffic lights, implying the use of AI or computer vision for object detection and tracking.

Pioneering new mathematical model could help protect privacy and ensure safer use of AI

Artificial Intelligence
Innovation
Research
Science
Technology
Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’

Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’

Research
Science
Red blood cells

Researchers develop a way to test the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape

Innovation
Medical Sciences
Research
Science
A large fragment from a human skull showing signs of damage caused by blunt force.

Analysis of butchered bones suggests violent ‘othering’ of enemies in Bronze Age Britain

History
Research
Science
Social Sciences
A chimpanzee sits on the floor of a forest, with an infant chimpanzee at its side. The adult is holding a stone in its left hand and is moving it towards a larger stone on the ground in front of it, with the infant observing. Behind is another chimpanzee.

Study shows that chimpanzees perform the same complex behaviours that have brought humans success

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Aerial view over Oxford City Centre, with historic University buildings.

Oxford researchers selected for European Research Council Consolidator Grants

Awards
Funding
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
The seed capsule of a squirting cucumber has detached from the plant and is suspended in midair. The seeds are being ejected in a jet of mucilage.

New study reveals the explosive secret of the squirting cucumber

Biodiversity
Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

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