Climate change adaptation will cost significantly more UK scientists have warned that UN negotiations aimed at tackling climate change are based on substantial underestimates of what it will cost to adapt to its impacts.
New test offers better diagnosis of asbestos cancer A new test can significantly improve diagnosis of the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, a joint team from the University of Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital has shown.
Oxford park ‘has best views in Universe’ A new exhibition opening Saturday 29 August will take visitors to Oxford on a tour of some of the most beautiful sights in the Universe.
Blue skies thinking nets Oxford two awards Oxford researchers have won two out of six new Royal Society awards that are intended to lead to ‘blue skies’ scientific discoveries.
Haida visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum More than a dozen members of the Haida First Nation, from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, Canada, will visit the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum next month to research nearly 700 Haida artefacts.
New chapter for wildlife conservation at Oxford Last week saw the official launch of a new diploma and new facilities at Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, strengthening its mission to achieve practical solutions to the global wildlife conservation and environmental challenges of the 21st Century.
Colleges release exam results for 2009 Oxford’s colleges have published information showing undergraduate degrees results in 2009. The interim figures give the number of undergraduate degrees gained by students at each college, broken down by degree classification.
Rats show effects of high-fat diet after nine days Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown.

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