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Oxford researchers will lead a new £6M BBSRC-funded project nature’s “quantum compass” to uncover, how animals sense Earth’s magnetic field and turn this knowledge into innovative biotechnologies. 🧭 #QuantumBiology #BBSRC #OxfordResearch

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The Oxford team: Mark Hankins, Kevin Henbest, Madhavi Krishnan, Harrison Steel, Andrew Baldwin, Justin Benesch, Christiane Timmel, Chris Schofield, Achillefs Kapanidis, Stuart Mackenzie, Stuart Peirson, Sabine Huth-Rauschenbach. Photo credit: Thomas Player, University of Oxford.
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Oxford breakthrough: engineers show that light can do stable, digital-style maths.

A leap toward faster, low-energy photonic computing. 💡⚡

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/breakth...

#Photonics #Optics #FutureOfComputing
A group photo of the Vectorial Optics & Photonics (VOP) research team standing in front of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford on a sunny day. Around a dozen early-career researchers are grouped together, some smiling, with one holding a bouquet of flowers. Historic stone architecture and blue sky form the background. A scientific schematic illustrating how optical skyrmions—colourful patterns representing polarised light—are transformed as they pass through structured materials. The diagram shows input light fields, structured matter, and output fields, along with labelled examples of skyrmion number changes. Insets include circular colour maps, linear retarder arrays, and simplified components such as metasurfaces and liquid-crystal structures. Adapted from Nature Photonics.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Congrats to Dr Yingyu Yang for winning 3rd Place Best Oral Presentation at #MICCAI2025 👏

Her research is using AI to make fetal heart screening simpler and smarter.

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ying...

#OxfordEngineering #WomenInSTEM
Dr. Yingyu Yang, Postdoctoral Researcher at Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, smiling beside her research poster. A large quote overlay reads: “I’m particularly impressed by the vast amount of interesting and inspiring work that is advancing healthcare. It was very rewarding to see people engage with my research and discuss potential improvements and further applications.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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What if reading a clock cost more energy than running it? ⏱⚡

Oxford researchers found that measuring a quantum clock’s ‘ticks’ uses up to a billion times more energy than the clock itself - and may be what gives time its direction. 🤯

(Martyna Sienkiewicz 📸)

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/reading...
PhD student Vivek Wadhia carefully adjusts the golden cylindrical components of a dilution fridge used for quantum experiments, wearing blue gloves in a laboratory setting. PhD student Vivek Wadhia sets up the dilution fridge inside which the quantum clock experiment was carried out, surrounded by lab equipment and monitoring screens.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Oxford researchers are building next‑gen human pain models using stem cells and organoids. A news project aims to explore the mechanisms of chronic pain and validate findings against clinical data.

Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

#PainResearch #ChronicPain #HumanHealth #Neuroscience
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November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Implantable devices that draw energy from your body’s sugars - A £2.1 million project led by the University of Bath with @ox.ac.uk's Prof Tim Denison and partners is developing glucose-powered bioelectronics to improve long-term health care. #GLUTRONICS

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November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Kudos to our DPhil student Sindhu Balachandra Hegde on receiving a prestigious Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Perception! 🎓🌍

Her research helps machines interpret human gestures and lip movements.

🔗 Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

#OxfordEngineering #AI #MachinePerception #Google
Photograph of Sindhu Balachandra Hegde standing in the college garden with lush green tree behind her
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Kudos to Prof Philip Torr and Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt on being among the 2025 Schmidt Sciences #AI2050 Fellows!

Prof Torr explores #ComputationalHistoriography to interpret human history with #AI, and Christian focuses on #AIsafety and security.

Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/two-oxf...
A poster of Prof Philip Torr and Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt against blue background of AI related image
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Engineering isn’t just hard hats and nuts & bolts, it’s about solving problems that transform lives.
This #NationalEngineeringDay, meet our researchers driving life-saving healthcare tech, sustainable infrastructure, assistive robotics and clean energy innovations 👩‍🔬👨‍💻
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Welcoming the third cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars to Oxford!🎉

Women from 6 countries are now pursuing Master’s degrees in STEM through this fully funded programme 🌍💡

Applications for 2026/27 now open: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/third-c...

#WomenInSTEM #OxfordSTEM #Scholarships
Four members of the third cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars stand side by side on an indoor balcony at the University of Oxford’s Mathematical Institute. They are looking confidently at the camera, with vertical wooden panelling and metal louvres in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Kudos to Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt on being awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to tackle #GenerativeAI threats in multi-agent security.

His work strengthens digital trust and helps safeguard society from AI-driven risks. 👏

Read more 👉🏻 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Poster of Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt with background of AI or network image
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Professor Dame Molly Stevens has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine – one of the highest honours in medical science.

Congratulations, Professor Stevens!👏 

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/jhoncuddou
Professor Dame Molly Stevens standing outdoors, looking slightly off-camera. She is wearing a sleeveless floral dress and appears thoughtful. A modern building and greenery are visible in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The CaribOx Visiting Fellowship is linking Oxford + Caribbean research 🌍

Dr Dillon Ramsook & Prof Rene Bañares-Alcántara will apply green ammonia models to support sustainable energy in island states 🌱⚡

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/nkwcdhtmgj
Aerial view of a lush green coastline and blue ocean, overlaid with headshots of two individuals. On the left, Prof Rene Bañares-Alcántara, smiling in a dark suit. On the right, Dr Dillon Ramsook, Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), wearing a dark suit and tie. Their names are displayed beneath their portraits.
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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This #WorldSustainabilityDay, we share a talk by Dr Krupal Patel wherein he explores the history and research with a focus on transforming energy storage for a sustainable future.
#OxfordEngineering #SpotlightIE

📽️ Watch the full YouTube video here: youtu.be/azyo76nV0mI
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Oxford Engineers join new projects in the 4th Oxford– TU Berlin–Siemens Seed Fund 🌍

The Fund connects academia and industry to advance research in AI, sustainability, manufacturing & energy systems.

#OxfordEngineering #Innovation #ResearchCollaboration
🔗 read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Schematic view of interdisciplinary research areas
October 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Award-winning AI from Oxford!

DPhil student Ziyun Liang just won the MICCAI MedIA Best Paper Award 🏆

Her research: IterMask3D, an unsupervised model that flags unusual brain MRI scans - no labels required. Fast, scalable, & reliable.

Huge congrats to Ziyun + team!👏

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Ziyun Liang with her award certificate
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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New faces. New ideas.🎓

We’re welcoming a new cohort of academics to Oxford Engineering, and celebrating colleagues stepping into new professorships and leadership roles.

From sustainability to robotics & quantum tech, the future looks bright 💡

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-aca...

#STEM
A collage of portraits of eight new academics joining the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science. From left to right, top to bottom: Antonio Elia Forte, Luca Furieri, Sarah Thomas, Lucia Corsini, Johannes Weickenmeier, Aaron Graham (pictured with a dog), Daniele de Martini, and Jean-Baptiste Lugagne. The centre panel reads “New Academics” on a dark blue background.
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Kudos to Prof. Noa Zilberman and Emilio Martínez-Pañeda for being awarded the 2025 Philip #LeverhulmePrize as the UK’s most Outstanding researchers for contributions to computing infrastructure and material mechanics.
#Sustainability #EngineeringForLife

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Photo card of Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda and Prof. Noa Zilberman
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Congratulations to Dr Chenying Liu and Konstantin Dzavaryan from for winning top prizes at the #PodiumInstitute Conference!
Their research is advancing safety in sports from helmet impact models to digital twins for brain injury.

Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/enginee...
Dr Chenying Liu and Konstantin Dzavaryan with award certificates Image: Chenying Liu Dr Liu giving a talk Image credit Andrew Bailey The Best Student Presentation Prize was awarded to DPhil student Konstantin Dzavaryan Image credit Andrew Bailey
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A new Oxford-led project, EPIONE, will develop “smart” personalised therapies to transform #ChronicPain treatment.

🧠 Combining #neuroscience and #engineering to create adaptive implants and drug systems that respond in real time.

Read more 👉 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-oxf...
Left: Prototype of a flexible skin patch as a wearable device to control nerve signals. Right: Prototype of a soft, flexible implant that could precisely deliver drugs to specific areas of the brain or nerves. Images courtesy of Yixuan Leng, Massimo Mariello, Oxford Bioelectronics, Christopher Proctor.
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Kudos to Holly Passant, Gaurav Mediratta, and Xinying Li! 25 MEng students won our Departmental Awards prizes for achievements in design, academics, projects, and lab work. #OxfordEngineering #StudentAwards

Read more 👉🏻 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/student...
Photo of Holly Passant graduating with First Class Honours this month
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Congrats to Dr Thomas Monahan, on winning the ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Award for Europe's best fluid mechanics PhD! His ML research advances global flood forecasting. 🌊 #FluidMechanics #AIinScience #OxfordResearch

Read more 👉 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/thomas-...
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Oxford application deadline: 15 October, 6pm (BST)⏰ 
That’s earlier than most UK universities!🎓 

Make sure your UCAS form is complete and submitted on time.

📍 More info: https://f.mtr.cool/rtmmbbmblz

#ApplyToOxford #UCAS2025 #OxfordUniversity
A student wearing a red jumper smiles while working on a laptop. White text on the image reads: “Application Deadline: 15th October.”
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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10 years at the top.🏆

Oxford has been ranked the #1 university in the world by @timeshighered.bsky.social for a record tenth consecutive year.

An incredible achievement made possible by our students, researchers, and staff.

📖 Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

#OxfordUniversity #THErankings
A researcher sits at a desk in a robotics lab, working at a computer with lines of code on the screen. Robotic arms and lab equipment are visible in the background.
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Big news! 📣

Prof Manolis Chatzis has been elected Chair of the ASCE EMI Dynamics Committee 🌀

From soil-structure interaction to earthquake modelling, his research is shaping the future of structural dynamics.

A huge achievement!👏

🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

#CivilEngineering
Portrait of Professor Manolis Chatzis wearing academic dress, with glasses, a black gown, and bow tie, smiling at the camera.
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM