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A baby monkey inside a cage placed next to a stack on mango fruits. The monkey clings to the bars of the cage.

Oxford researchers urge reforms to improve global wildlife trade regulation as CITES turns 50

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Policy
Research
Sustainability
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed to the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed to the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology

Artificial Intelligence
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Science
Technology
University
Oxford comes first in Medicine and Computer Science rankings

Oxford comes first in Medicine and Computer Science rankings

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
University
Artistic image of a planet orbiting a distant star. Two smaller planets are visible in the distance, orbiting the same star. Distant stars are seen as surrounding pinpricks of light in the Universe.

Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable zone

Astrophysics
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A fungal network, seen as interconnected and branching thread-like structures.

Study shows plants are more likely to be ‘eavesdroppers’ than altruists when tapping into underground networks

Biology
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
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
A white male, with grey hair, wearing a ceremonial academic gown.

Professor James Binney awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal

Astrophysics
Awards
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Physical and Life Sciences
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
Close-up of a vibrant red and spotted flower from a lipstick vine.

Botanists name a beautiful new species of ‘lipstick vine’ discovered in the Philippine rainforest

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Sustainability

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