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The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Teaching has taken place at Oxford since 1096. Oxford has the largest volume of world-leading research in the country, rating top in the REF power rankings published by Research Fortnight. Oxford’s research involves more than 70 departments, almost 1,800 academic staff, more than 5,000 research and research support staff, and more than 5,600 graduate research students. The University has 38 independent colleges to which undergraduate and graduate students belong. Oxford has the highest research income from external sponsors of any UK university: £478.3m in 2013/14. The University has pioneered the successful commercial exploitation of academic research and invention, creating more than 100 companies, and files more patents each year than any other UK university.

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Current climate future predictions do not go far enough. (Shutterstock)

Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans

Climate change predictions often use the year 2100 as an end-point. But it’s important to consider what will happen beyond that, at least up to the year 2500.
Le télescope William Herschel accueille un nouvel instrument qui permet d’étudier des milliers d’objets simultanément grâce à ses fibres optiques robotisées. 2©pem/Wikimedia Commons

WEAVE : tisser des fibres optiques pour explorer le cosmos

Sonder la structure de l’univers et faire de l’« archéologie galactique » – quelques uns des objectifs du nouvel instrument astronomique WEAVE.
Petugas kesehatan menyuntik vaksin COVID-19 pada pemuda di halaman Masjid Raya Baiturrahman, Banda Aceh, 6 September 2021. ANTARA FOTO / Irwansyah Putra/hp

Peran meta-analisis dalam riset medis: khasiat ivermectin pada pasien COVID belum pasti

Jika biaya yang digunakan untuk memperoleh ivermectin dibebankan ke JKN, hal ini akan mengalihkan sumber daya yang seharusnya dapat digunakan untuk obat-obatan lain yang telah terbukti efektif.
Governor Gavin Newsom holds a mock-up check for the first 15 Californians to be awarded US$50,000 for doing their part in getting vaccinated against COVID at the California Lottery Headquarters in Sacramento. ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

COVID vaccines: we need to find out which incentives actually work

Randomised controlled trials are used for drug trials. They should be used to find out of incentives to get the jab work too.

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