University of Oxford

Agronomy22.05 - A new study dispels the myth that in general the homeless are starving and underweight. New research by Oxford University and Harvard Medical School has found that obesity is just as common among the homeless as it is among the general non-homeless population.
Life Sciences 17.05
Life Sciences

An analysis of the brains of military personnel exposed to bomb blasts or concussive injuries, combined with experiments simulating the effect of blasts on the brain, suggests how soldiers could be better protected from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Social Sciences 9.05
Social Sciences

There has been a major reduction in deaths involving the pain-relief drug co-proxamol since it was withdrawn in the UK in 2005, an Oxford University-led study has found.

Business 4.05
Business

Oxford researchers trying to improve the understanding of financial systems have new facilities to store and analyse huge volumes of financial data, which should speed up the research process.

Life Sciences 26.04
Life Sciences

Great tits are more likely to join defensive mobs with birds in nearby nests that are ‘familiar neighbours' rather than new arrivals, Oxford University research has found.

Social Sciences 25.04

Research led by Oxford University refutes claims that assessment reports by independent social work experts have caused delays in care proceedings.

Earth Sciences 15.05
Earth Sciences

Volcanoes on the seafloor can grow or collapse tens of metres in just a few days, a new study has found, suggesting that that the seabed is much more unstable than previously thought.

Physics 4.05
Physics

Last month was the wettest April on record according to data from the UK's longest running rainfall data collection station.

Life Sciences 30.04
Life Sciences

Satellite images have revealed that a network of ancient rivers once coursed their way through the sand of the Arabian Desert, leading scientists to believe that the region experienced wetter periods in the past.

Physics 26.04
Physics

Some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe have three times more stellar mass, and so many more stars, than all current models of galaxy evolution predict.

Life Sciences 24.04
Life Sciences

Scientists from Oxford University have uncovered clues as to how mammal genomes became riddled with viruses.




University of Oxford

Website Preview
Logo Careerjet