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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
Professor Ian Shipsey

Professor Ian Shipsey FRS

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Oxford researchers record wettest month in 250 years

Oxford researchers record wettest month in 250 years

Climate
Climate change
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Ant on leaf

Ant queens cannibalise their sick offspring - then ‘recycle’ them

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Over 40% of major companies, cities and regions still lack emission reduction targets, shows Net Zero Stocktake co-led by Oxford University researchers

Over 40% of major companies, cities and regions lack emission reduction targets, shows new report

Climate
Climate change
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Policy
Social Sciences
A male African elephant on the plains of the Masai Mara with forests and mountains visible in the distance.

New analysis indicates UK hunting trophies law would cause more harm than good

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Policy
Research
Close up of the cross section across a nautilus shell, showing the internal chambers arranged into a spiral shape.

Mathematicians discover new universal class of shapes to explain complex biological forms

Biology
Mathematical
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
High angle drone shot of the Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, historic University of Oxford buildings in the centre of Oxford.

Six Oxford researchers awarded European Research Council Starting Grants to launch ambitious projects

Funding
Humanities
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Research
Science
Aerial view of historical Oxford University buildings built in yellow stone, including All Souls College, the Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Camera (a circular building with a dome).

University of Oxford to lead two projects from new UKRI interdisciplinary scheme

Funding
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
A pharmaceutical plant, showing vaccine vials being filled from above with solution.

New method developed to detect fake vaccines in supply chains

Global health
Health
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science

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