Scientists at Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope’s potential. Extending the limit of the...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum computer....
Two Oxford University scientists have proposed a solution to a puzzle of the human immune system: how our immune system scales its response in proportion to...
Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us...
Researchers from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that using a rapid (5-minute) test can reduce antibiotic misuse for respiratory infections. Cutting...
An international collaboration between the University of Oxford and other European institutions has uncovered a correlation between a rare mutation in bowel cancers and a better...
A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep. The researchers, led by Dr Stuart Peirson...
A species of tropical fish has been shown to be able to distinguish between human faces. It is the first time fish have demonstrated this ability....
Scientists at Oxford University have discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a 320 million-year-old fossil. The cells, which gave rise to...