Science and Technology·21st November 2023Is nuclear energy the solution to a greener future? Gabriella Kchozyan The 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report reveals greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase at alarming rates....Read More
Science and Technology·21st November 2023Earth’s past collision with Theia Samkeet Shah The Earth’s shape has evolved quite dramatically ever since it was formed. Initially, the Earth was a tiny protoplanet without...Read More
Science and Technology·11th November 2023Chytridiomycosis: Will one fungus see the death of all frogs? Bridget Harrington The presence of a looming ‘sixth mass extinction’ is currently a much debated issue. Whilst some groups of plants and...Read More
Science and Technology·11th November 2023Attenborough’s echidna rediscovered after presumed extinct for 60 years Bridget Harrington After a presumed extinction of Attenborough’s echidna since the last sighting in 1961, a team of scientists from the University...Read More
Science and Technology·7th November 2023Is bird flu worse than ever? Bridget Harrington With a long history of cycling between catastrophic outbreaks and tentative lulls, bird flu is back, and threatens to be...Read More
Science and Technology·4th November 2023How is artificial intelligence transforming patient care? Samkeet Shah Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding and revolutionizing every field and industry. With healthcare becoming more important than ever before, a...Read More
Science and Technology·3rd November 2023Oxford researchers make waves in using 3D printing for brain repair Gabriella Kchozyan A new study conducted at the University of Oxford offers significant progress in using 3D-printed neural tissues to repair brain...Read More
Science and Technology·31st October 2023New Director of Oxford Global Health announced Gabriella Kchozyan Professor Alan Bernstein has been announced as the new Director of Global Health at the University of Oxford. In his...Read More
Science and Technology·23rd October 2023Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient: Light that has perplexed even astronomers Samkeet Shah The astronomical power of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made a very uncommon burst of bright light in the cosmos...Read More
Science and Technology·17th October 2023Global uptick in cholera cases raises alarm after decades of progress Gabriella Kchozyan Cholera, an acute intestinal infection that can prove fatal within hours if left untreated, has seen a global uptick in...Read More
Science and Technology·10th October 2023Can lab grown meat help solve the climate crisis? Bridget Harrington With carbon dioxide levels the highest they have been for over 4 million years, and the hope of staying below...Read More
Science and Technology·8th October 20232023 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry announced Samkeet Shah The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been conferred to three American scientists for discovering and synthesizing quantum dots. The Royal...Read More
Science and Technology·5th October 20232023 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine announced Gabriella Kchozyan Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their contributions to messenger RNA (mRNA)...Read More
Science and Technology·5th August 2023Researchers may have cracked the code for room-temperature superconductivity Emily Hudson Featured image credit: US Department of Energy on Flickr Featured image description: A grey cylinder floating above a white surface....Read More
Science and Technology·4th July 2023NANOGrav observatory confirms Earth surfing 30-year-long gravitational waves Emily Hudson Featured image credit: Olena Shmahalo for NANOGrav Featured image description: Artist’s impression of gravitational waves formed by black hole binaries....Read More
Science and Technology·8th June 2023On the razor’s edge: biological risk in the 21st century Nicole Hasler Three years ago, the world we live in changed seemingly overnight: as the Covid-19 pandemic spread, people stayed locked indoors,...Read More
Science and Technology·25th May 2023The little allotrope that might – does graphene still have potential? Tymoteusz Syrytczyk Graphene was promised to be the next big thing. I remember being told by my chemistry teacher about this miraculous...Read More
Science and Technology·24th May 2023Stress: its effects and how to manage it Nicole Hasler Our bodies have evolved to respond to threats. In human history, being able to quickly react to predators and run...Read More
Science and Technology·11th May 2023Penrose and the search for “Einstein”: the story of the aperiodic monotile Emma Zinkin In 1961 Hao Wang conjectured that there exists a finite number of tiles of different shapes which can only fill...Read More