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According to climate scientists at Oxford University, heavy storms, such as the one that caused devastating flooding in the South of England in the winter of 2013/2014, are heavily facilitated by climate change. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions increase the risk of extreme floods by more than 40 per cent, the researchers found. As temperatures keep […]
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For years, the concept of a head transplant has conjured illusions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, rather than being a tangible reality. Now, however, brain surgeon Sergio Canavero has proposed an operation, set to take place in 2017, in which a living human head will be transplanted onto a donor body. If it were to be […]
Continue ReadingAn investigation by The Oxford Student has found huge variations in the amount colleges spend on their students. Topping our ranking is St John’s, which spent more money on the “core activities” of teaching, research and residential services than their entire income. St John’s spent 110 per cent of its income for the 2012/2013 financial […]
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Oxford University has overtaken Cambridge to take the number one ranking for the quality and extent of its research. The Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Research Excellence Framework measured the quality of research from more than 52,000 academics in 154 universities to reveal that Oxford has the largest volume of world-leading research in the […]
Continue ReadingBig changes are coming to the University of Oxford’s medical research facilities. Earlier this month, the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis at the University of Oxford was granted £5.5 million, according to a recent University press release. The new osteoarthritis research centre was launched during National Arthritis Week, which ran from October 7 […]
Continue ReadingA ground-breaking study, led by Oxford Professor Gil McVean, has collated human genome sequences from 1,092 individuals around the world. The successful ‘1000 Genomes Project’ will allow scientists to identify genetic variations that occur in particular countries and geographic regions. This study will enable the international team to identify diseases that are caused by rare […]
Continue ReadingIt has been announced that a new £138m cancer research facility is to be built in the city. The centre will be built as part of the Churchill hospital in East Oxford, with expectation that it may become a leading facility of its kind in the world for early-stage cancer patients. It is hoped that […]
Continue Reading“…To love and to cherish, till death us do part.” Those words – uttered by the besotted, the head-over-heels-in-love and in my humble opinion, the brave – promise eternal bliss in the holy state of matrimony. Whilst the thought of walking the isle may be far from your thoughts as you embark on your highly […]
Continue ReadingOne of the main limits to crop production has always been soil that is deficient in key nutrients. Globally, about 50% of cropland has soil that is low in phosphorous levels, a nutrient key to growth and hardiness of plants. Although these levels can be supplemented with traditional fertilisers, in less developed areas of the […]
Continue ReadingHangover or not, every scientist at Oxford grudgingly drags their poor, shattered body out of their warm beds on a Monday for that dratted 9am – whilst our counterparts in humanities snuggle up for their beauty sleep. For what? To soak up the excellence and brilliance of the genii who walk our hallways. And here’s […]
Continue Reading“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single molecule in possession of an interesting structure, must be in want of an image”. [David Fox] UK chemists Anish Mistry and David Fox of the University of Warwick have thrown chemistry’s share into London 2012 with the synthesis of Olympicene, a molecule resembling the five interlocking […]
Continue ReadingBeing at one of the best universities in the country, let alone the world, has its perks, and several awards to boot. The Science and Technology section would like to congratulate the following for their remarkable achievements. Oxford chemists Professor Fraser Armstrong and Professor Frances Ashcroft have been recognised by the Royal Society in this […]
Continue ReadingInjectable gel to replace cataract surgery – researchers are hoping that one day, elderly patients suffering from cataracts could walk away with the clear vision of a young person…
Continue ReadingA study by Oxford researchers of schizophrenia patients has found a link between sleep disruption and schizophrenia independent of medication and social isolation.
Continue ReadingA timely Oxford study looks at how Twitter and social media are used in protests and riots
Continue ReadingBritain spends the second most money treating dementia in Europe according to University researchers
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