OXFORD, 23-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Religion has long been thought to be a solution to the problem of death. Notions of an afterlife are nearly universal, though there is great diversity in the details. Given this close association between religion and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Religion, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Atheists, Death, Dr Jonathan Jong, Religious, University of Oxford
OXFORD, 22-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In the next few months, video cameras will appear in secondary schools that have chosen to take part in a national study to observe maths lessons focused on quadratic equations. Researchers from the University of Oxford, … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 22-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers have started a new gene therapy clinical trial to treat X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), the most common cause of blindness in young people. Retinitis pigmentosa is currently untreatable and leads to a slow and irreversible … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged David Fellows, Dr Aniz Girach, gene therapy, Nightstarx Ltd, Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Professor Robert MacLaren, Robert MacLaren, Treatment of Genetic Blindness, University of Oxford
THE HAGUE, 26-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Twenty-one researchers who have recently gained their PhDs will do research at foreign research institutes with a Rubicon grant from NWO. The Rubicon programme gives young, highly promising scientists the opportunity to gain international research … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 10-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — New research, which shows that moderate alcohol consumption with friends at a local pub may be linked to improved wellbeing, has been published in the journal Adaptive Human Behaviour and Physiology. While most studies warn of … Read the full press release
Specific types of sport and exercise seem to be associated with differing risk levels OXFORD, 30-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In terms of exercise, swimming, racquet sports, and aerobics seem to be associated with the best odds of staving off death … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged aerobics, racquet sports, RESEARCH, staving off death, swimming, University of Oxford
GFS and the ‘Food System Resilience’ programme partners are pleased to announce that Dr John Ingram and his team at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford have been awarded the programme coordination award. Swindon, UK, 27-Sep-2016 — … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Flock leaders who attempt to give their fellow pigeons incorrect information about their direction of travel can be overruled by the collective wisdom of the group, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Recent … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 10-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — How do we perceive pain? How does light affect out mood? Can sound affect the taste of food? Do genes make some people more sociable? All these questions – and more – will be answered during … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Brain Awareness Week, Nicholas Irving, Oxford Neuroscience, University of Oxford
OXFORD, 27-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New research reveals the huge physical and mental health toll suffered by migrant women from poorer Asian countries like Sri Lanka who go to the Gulf countries to work as cleaners and maids. Those interviewed said … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Cleaners and maids from Sri Lanka, Dr Hiranthi Jayaweera, University of Oxford
University of Oxford researchers will lead the design and build of the HARMONI spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), as part of a contract signed today by the European Southern Observatory. OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The HARMONI … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of doctors and scientists from the University of Oxford have tested a tissue oxygen monitor in microgravity for the first time. Dr Thomas Smith, who leads Oxford’s Aerospace Medicine Research Group and led … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Thomas Smith, microgravity, tissue oxygen monitor, University of Oxford
OXFORD, 20-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new paper shows that British banks engaged in more offshore banking than any other financial centre. Researchers examining the resilience of the world’s financial centres after the global economic crisis conclude that the future … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The government’s imposition of sanctions on Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants has led to a significant rise in people leaving unemployment benefits, but they are not returning to work, according to researchers at the University of Oxford … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 27-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New institute will include research on the use of proton beam therapy A £110m cancer research institute is to be established at Oxford University, a development spurred by a £35m grant from the UK government. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Greg Clark, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Joe Matteo, Madeleine Atkins, Professor Andrew Hamilton, Professor Gillies McKenna, Professor Peter Johnson, Sir Jonathan Michael, The Precision Cancer Medicine Institute, UK Research Partnership Investment Fund, University of Oxford
The percentage of households falling below society’s minimum standard of living has increased from 14 per cent to 33 per cent over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling. This is one of the stark findings … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Child poverty, Heriot-Watt University, poverty, Professor David Gordon, Queen's University Belfast, Research Agency, the National Centre for Social Research and Northern Ireland Statistics, the Open University, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford, University of York
Newcastle, UK, 18-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Although Britain is currently suffering from rain, thunderstorms and severe flooding, experts at Newcastle University are warning the Government that its current thinking on future energy generation risks locking the UK into a situation where water … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged cooling water, Dr Jaime Amezaga, Ed Byers, energy generation, energy security in danger, Newcastle University, power station shutdown, Professor Jim Hall, UK electricity sector, UK's future energy generation plans, University of Oxford, water availability, water shortages
14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Assistant Professor Louise Turner, Assistant Professor Thomas Lavstsen, blood vessels, combat malaria, DRUGS, endothelial, endothelial protein C, EPCR, malaria, Malaria parasites, malaria symptoms, NIMR Tanzania, parasite, parasite proteins, PfEMP1, regulating blood coagulation, Retrogenix LTD, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, vaccines
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