(IN BRIEF) At the Africa Venture Finance Programme hosted by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, top African venture capital fund managers were recognized for their contributions to supporting start-ups across the continent. Awards were given to First Circle Capital, SpeedInvest, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business
Tagged Africa, Ambroise Fayolle, Awards, EIB, leadership, Oxford University, partnership, SMEs, Start-up Ecosystem
(IN BRIEF) The Africa Venture Finance Programme (AVFP) will take place at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School from September 9 to 13, 2024. This event will bring together 44 leading African and Africa-focused venture capital fund managers to advance the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News
Tagged Africa, Africa Venture Finance Programme (AVFP) Tech Innovation, Ambroise Fayolle, Aunnie Patton Power, EIB, gender diversity, Ido Sum from TLcom, Keet van Zyl from Knife Capital, Khaled Ben Jilani from AfricInvest, Martin Ewald, Oxford University, partnership
(IN BRIEF) A team of students from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made it to the finals of the Cyber 9/12 Strategy challenge, a competition organised by the Atlantic Council, which aims to help foster the cyber security … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, News, Security & Safety, United Kingdom
Tagged Atlantic Council, Competition, Cyber 9/12 Strategy challenge, cyber security, Dr Oli Buckley, Elana Fraser, Fergus Cutting, finals, Josh Dixon, London, Oxford University, SECURITY, Thara Jose, UEA students, UEAnonymous, University College London
Increased efficacy with longer inter-dose interval Protection of over 70% starting after a first dose First indication of reduction in disease transmission of up to 67% (PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 3-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), a British–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 17-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Men respond to their spouse’s illness just as much as women do and as a result are better caregivers in later life than previous research suggests, according to a new Oxford University collaboration. The study, … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 02-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at Oxford University have set a new speed record for the ‘logic gates’ that form the building blocks of quantum computing – a technology that could transform the way we process information. Quantum computers, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged computing, Oxford University, physics, Professor Andrew Steane, Professor David Lucas, quantum, quantum computing, qubits
SWINDON, 17-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The UK has built an essential piece of the globally-anticipated DUNE experiment, which will study the differences between neutrinos and anti-neutrinos in a bid to understand how the Universe came to be made up of matter. … Read the full press release
Exeter, England, 17-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — New research gives clues into how social networks can evolve by showing that complex social patterns seen in the animal kingdom may be simpler than they appear. Not only are friends an important part of … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged animal kingdom, complex social patterns, Dr Josh Firth, Oxford University, University of Exeter
Subheading: Violent football fans and radicals are motivated by shared experience, new research suggests OXFORD, 02-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Football has long been tarnished by outbreaks of fan violence. Although media headlines often link the behaviour to ‘hooliganism’, the activity could … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Martha Newson, Oxford University, Sociology of Sport, Violent football fans
OXFORD, 22-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Spin-out prize reinforces Oxford’s growing position as an innovation powerhouse. Oxford University spin-out Oxbotica has been crowned the winner in the smaller company category at this year’s Boldness in Business Awards. Run in collaboration with the … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 14-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Two new studies led by scientists at Oxford University have highlighted the threat posed to lions by human activity – including trophy hunting. The first paper, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, analysed the deaths … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 30-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Men in the 17th century believed they were outnumbered by women despite a lack of evidence for this claim, new research has revealed. Dr Margaret Pelling, a historian at Oxford University, looked at books, pamphlets and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
OXFORD, 05-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us closer to understanding the mystery of sleep. Sleep is … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Brain, Dr Diogo Pimentel, Dr Jeff Donlea, Oxford University, Professor Gero Miesenböck
OXFORD, 05-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Oxford researchers are developing a tool to make it much easier and cheaper to diagnose pneumonia – the number one killer of children under 5. Their latest research is published in Journal of the Royal Society … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Elina Naydenova, Oxford University, pneumonia
OXFORD, 05-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that using a rapid (5-minute) test can reduce antibiotic misuse for respiratory infections. Cutting the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions is a key way … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged antibiotic, Dr Cao Hung Thai, Oxford University, Prof Nguyen Van Kinh, respiratory infections
OXFORD, 27-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Research undertaken by Oxford University’s Careers Service shows that girls are significantly less confident about their career prospects than boys, and have very different attitudes to what they seek in a career – attitudes that significantly … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 18-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As many as 50% of all natural history specimens held in the world’s museums could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Even … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Robert Scotland, museums, natural history specimens, Oxford University, Zoë Goodwin
Can’t be bothered to read on? It might be due looser connections in your brain OXFORD, 18-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — When brain scientists at Oxford University studied apathy, they didn’t expect to see less motivated people making more effort. Their … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged biology, cause of apathy, Dr Raliza Stoyanova, Oxford University
OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently has been developed by material scientists at Oxford University in collaboration with scientists at Karlsruhe, Munster and Exeter. The device, which makes use of … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 20-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New York has dominated growth in the asset management sector since the crisis of 2008-09, taking an even more commanding lead over rivals, says a working paper by Oxford University researchers. The researchers found that … Read the full press release
Western conservation groups are seeking stricter law enforcement to tackle a trade in endangered wildlife, but an Oxford University researcher warns that this is not a ‘silver bullet’ solution and highlights the case of the Bali Starling in an article … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Law, United Kingdom
Tagged Bali Starling, Dr Paul Jepson, endangered wildlife, Oxford University
Fathers who want to be more involved with their newborn children feel held back by lack of support from health staff, government and society, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. The team also identified other issues such as … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Anna Machin, first time fathers, newborn children, Oxford University
OXFORD, 2-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Average house prices in the South East, and especially London, rose even faster during 2014 (January to December) than in the same period of 2013, says new research by Professor Danny Dorling of Oxford University. … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 2-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A diagnosis of depression is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of committing violent crime, compared to the general population, according to a new study based on nearly 50,000 people in Sweden diagnosed … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged committing violent crime, depression, Oxford University, Professor Seena Fazel
OXFORD, 27-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New letters by William Morris have been found by an Oxford University student on an internship at Kelmscott Manor, the country home of the writer and designer. Thomas Wilson, a history undergraduate, made the discovery … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr David Barnes, Oxford University, Thomas Wilson, William Morris
Oxford, UK, 18-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Fertilisation of grasslands significantly reduces their ability to cope with changing conditions even when they contain a diverse mix of plants, finds a global study involving Oxford University. The research, published this week in Nature, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged artificial fertilisers, artificially fertilised, BioDepth, diverse grasslands, Dr Elizabeth Borer, Dr Eric Seabloom, Dr Yann Hautier, Fertilisation, Global study, John Laws, Joseph Gilbert, negative impacts of artificial fertilisers, Nutrient Network (NutNet), Oxford University, Oxford University's Department of Plant Sciences, plant scientists, Professor Andrew Hector
Oxford, UK, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The youngest pair of stars to emerge from a supernova, dancing around each other as the neutron star cannibalises its partner, has been identified by an international collaboration involving Professor Rob Fender of Oxford University. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Circinus X-1, Dr Sebastian Heinz, giant stars, incredibly rare scenario, NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, neutron star, Oxford University, Oxford University's Department of Physics, Professor Rob Fender, supergiant, supernova, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Change the room; change the taste of your whisky Research results prove environment enhances taste and flavour. London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A change of environment can enhance the experience of enjoying whisky by up to 20% according to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Ailana Kamelmacher, Condiment Junkie, Crossmodal Research, Diageo, Dufftown distillery of Speyside, Environment, flavour of whisky, Gillian Cook, London, Oxford University, Professor Charles Spence, Singleton of Dufftown, study, taste of whisky, The Singleton Single Malt Scotch Whisky, whisky
11-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A faith in the explanatory and revealing power of science increases in the face of stress or anxiety, a study by Oxford University psychologists suggests.The researchers argue that a ‘belief in science’ may help non-religious people … Read the full press release
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