Health
MRI Scans Reveal How Brain Protects Memories
Two distinct parts of the human brain – the neocortex and the hippocampus (a part of the brain involved in higher-order brain functions) –...
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Education
Genes Linked with Education and Fertility Depend on When and...
Different genes affect educational attainment and fertility in different times and places, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Th...
Education
Monkey Tool Use Threatens Prey Numbers, Say Researchers
Using tools to search for food is affecting primate prey numbers and could potentially lead to prey species extinction, new Oxford research suggests. ...
Education
Researchers show how to make your own supernova
Researchers from the University of Oxford are using the largest, most intense lasers on the planet, to for the first time, show the general public how...
Science & Environment
Birds Choose their Neighbours Based on Personality
Birds of a feather nest together, according to a new study which has found that male great tits (Parus major) choose neighbours with similar personali...
Health
Genetic Study Reveals How Hepatitis C Interacts with Humans
A big data study of hepatitis C and more than 500 patients with the virus has opened the way for a better understanding of how the virus interacts wit...
Health
Africa-Europe Partnership Launched to Develop New AIDS Vacci...
A new partnership has been formed between European and African researchers to develop an AIDS vaccine that can be used to prevent infection with diffe...
Science & Environment
Study Shows Wheat Crop Yield Can Be Increased By Up To 20% U...
UK scientists have created a synthetic molecule that, when applied to crops, has been shown to increase the size and starch content of wheat grains in...
Education
Ducklings ‘Maintain two separate Memory banks of visua...
Scientists from the University of Oxford have shown that newly hatched ducklings that are shown a substitute mother object with only one eye do not re...
Education
Scientists uncover Genetic Evidence that ‘we are what ...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes. In a study on two g...
