http://www.ionoxfordtube.com ...going places online Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King’s College London, Vietnam and the USA. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24047 Oxford University has been awarded approximately £3m to train a new generation of researchers to tackle the most important challenges in bioscience research. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24041 A flagship Oxford programme to attract students from educationally under-represented backgrounds is having a major impact on University entry, according to new figures. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24013 Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the brain - known as the orbital prefrontal cortex - that is found just above the eyes. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24036 http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24037 More than 50% of the world’s plant species have been discovered by 2% of plant collectors, a team led by Oxford scientists has found. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24034 A study shows that the market for litigation funding is firmly established for commercial disputes in the UK and is extending into cases involving ordinary citizens, such as personal injury and group actions. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24005 Bacteria which can cause pneumonia and meningitis in children swapped DNA to evade a vaccine targeted against them, a new study has found. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=24008 Extreme conditions of temperature and pressure found in stars have been recreated on Earth using the world's brightest X-ray source. http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=23963 http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=23961