An international team of scientists has identified a common phenomenon in galaxies that could explain why huge numbers of them turn into cosmic graveyards. Galaxies begin...
Why doesn’t a spider’s web sag in the wind or catapult flies back out like a trampoline? The answer, according to new research by an international...
Oxford spinout company Vaccitech has been launched with £10m seed investment to develop a universal flu vaccine already showing promise in clinical trials. The company is...
Pioneering gene therapy has restored some vision to patients with a rare form of genetic blindness for as long as four years, raising hopes it could...
Scientists at the University of Oxford have created synthetic tissues that possess functional properties controlled by light – including the ability to ‘switch on’ the expression...
Scientists have long known that our bodies need to control the communities of bacteria in the gut to prevent a beneficial environment from turning into a...
Researchers from the University of Oxford, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the University of Bergen have published a new study taking the first step towards...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has February 12, 2016, announced £9m of funding – known as the Healthcare Technologies Challenge Awards – to be...