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@mplsoxford.bsky.socialWelcome to Michaelmas term! A warm welcome to all the new students and staff joining us across MPLS, and welcome back to everyone returning to Oxford. We hope you have a great start to the new academic year.
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialGood luck to everyone running the #OxfordHalf today! 🏃
We'll be cheering you on as you make your way through Oxford's Science Area.
Enjoy the run!
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialRESEARCH: A 'molecular film' has revealed previously unseen stages in how penicillin is made.
Led by Oxford's Department of Chemistry, with international collaborators, the research offers new insights that could support future antibiotic development.
➡️ Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/4v8tp66h
@oxfordstatistics.bsky.socialReposted by @mplsoxford.bsky.socialToday is International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science 🙌
This year’s theme, Creating Global Connections, celebrates the connections between people, ideas and communities that strengthen statistics and data science around the world.
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialAre you an entrepreneur with an idea ready to pitch? 🚀
Applications are open to Oxford students, staff and alumni to pitch at the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum on 13 November, with the chance to win a share of the prize pot.
Apply by 16 October 👇
https://tinyurl.com/hu43eahx
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialNew Oxford research involving Oxford physicists has linked India’s growing reliance on coal-fired power with worsening urban air pollution. The study estimates urban deaths attributable to PM2.5 exposure rose by around 30% between 2000 and 2020. ⬇️
@mplsoxford.bsky.social👏 Congratulations to Professors Martin Booth and Tom Melham, who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Their work spans pioneering optical technologies and making complex digital systems more reliable and trustworthy.
See more: https://tinyurl.com/sn6huet5
@mplsoxford.bsky.social📢 Networking lunch for postdocs next Thursday. Sign up for a networking event and free pizza with the Radcliffe Science Library 👇
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialRESEARCH: Oxford scientists have captured the step-by-step assembly of individual virus-like particles, revealing how simple molecular interactions can reliably build these complex structures.
The findings could inform vaccine and antiviral development.
➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/54b6527d
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialApplications for postgraduate study at Oxford are now open.
From AI and quantum technologies to ecosystems, sustainable materials, mathematics and the physical sciences, explore postgraduate courses across MPLS.
👉 Find out more on applications and funding: https://tinyurl.com/46e4wpts
@mplsoxford.bsky.social📢 Applications are open for the fourth round of SCGC-FIRST, supporting ambitious research with the potential for real-world impact.
Researchers at @ox.ac.uk can apply for awards of up to £100,000 for projects in sustainability and technology.
➡️ Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/2zxaz77f
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialOxford physicists have helped find strong evidence of quantum entanglement between Z bosons produced in Higgs boson decays, testing quantum mechanics in some of the most extreme conditions we can create on Earth.
👉 Find out more about the research: https://tinyurl.com/ymva9965
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialHow can we make solar cells more efficient?
Professor Laura Herz from @oxfordphysics.bsky.social studies what happens when light interacts with semiconductors, and how understanding these processes could lead to better solar technologies.
➡️ See more in Oxford’s Pulse: https://tinyurl.com/5n97s2ma
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialWhat can mathematics reveal about biology?
Professor Philip Maini explores how mathematical approaches can unlock new insights into living systems, from fundamental biology to potential new therapies.
Find out more about Philip Maini's work: https://tinyurl.com/4muxefxm
@mplsoxford.bsky.social📢 BOLD is recruiting Fellows and partners!
More than 350 researchers, innovators and policymakers gathered in Oxford to launch BOLD, a new national AI research programme aiming to transform how AI research is developed in the UK.
➡️ Find out more at https://tinyurl.com/5n95tu2m
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialAn international team, including physicists from Oxford, has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a quantum object for the first time.
The result shows Einstein’s equivalence principle remains consistent with quantum mechanics.
➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ytjzhvwx
@mplsoxford.bsky.social📢 Four places are still available for RisingWISE this year. Early-career women researchers: develop your leadership, communication and networking skills, broaden your network and build connections across disciplines. Applications close 11 September 👇
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialExpert comment: More extreme weather is coming – can AI help us to better prepare for it?
Dr Shruti Nath from @OxfordPhysics explores how AI-powered forecasting could help us better predict extreme weather, while addressing its limitations.
➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2e57ftp4
@mplsoxford.bsky.socialOur congrats to @oxfordphysics.bsky.social’s Professor Herz, awarded the @royalsociety.org's Rumford Medal and @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social’s Professors Iain McCulloch & Charlotte Williams, awarded the Hughes Medal and Armourers & Brasiers’ Company Prize respectively.
