Study tracks how we decide which groups to join (2016)

The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation? (2013)

Role of lymphatic system in bone healing revealed

Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population – Oxford study

CO2 removal is essential, along with emissions' cuts, to limit warming to 2°C or lower

New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs - one of the largest and least protected ecosystems

Satellite imagery reveals that wild African elephants choose paths leading directly to their favourite food

Nearly 1 in 10 young people experience physical pain and suicidality

Smoking increases the risks of 56 diseases and kills more than one million adults in China each year from 22 different causes

Scientists have discovered that plastic pollution in Antarctica is as bad as everywhere else on the planet

The latest Cochrane Review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking.

Bacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics

Survey on 12,000 secondary school-aged students (12-18Y) shows that although many adolescents are spending considerable time gaming (at least 3.5hours/day),it is not having a negative impact on the wellbeing and 44% of ‘heavy’ gamers reported higher wellbeing than those who play less or don’t play

Remote working is exacerbating the urban-rural divide in the digital market

Researchers found people carrying an allele (version) of an HLA gene called HLA-DQB1*06 generated a higher antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine and were less likely to experience infection following vaccination…

New study finds that monkeypox virus can spread widely within specialist hospital isolation rooms

New analysis of shipping emissions reveals that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought

Researchers have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy

Why It’s OK to Block Ads (2015)

Study found who avoids the news do it in part because they anticipate news will make them anxious without being relevant to their lives, resulting in limited engagement with news, and by extension…

New research reveals relationship between particular brain circuits and different aspects of mental wellbeing in the social, emotional, sleep, and anger domains

Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions - Oxford study

The number of children estimated to have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has climbed to more than 10.5 million globally as of May 1, 2022.

Oxford archaeologists discover monumental evidence of prehistoric hunting across Arabian desert

Statin therapies are not the cause of muscle pain in over 90% of those who experience symptoms, according to a new study with data from 23 large-scale randomised studies from the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration, including information from almost 155,000 individuals

The largest-ever survey of nearly 40,000 gamers found gaming does not appear harmful to mental health, unless the gamer can't stop: it wasn’t the quantity of gaming, but the quality that counted…if they felt “they had to play”, they felt worse than who played “because they felt they have to”

Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers: scientists modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene identify how the 20 molecules unique to elephants get activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans

Scientists have found two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are effective against severe disease for people who are underweight, overweight, or who have obesity

The massive eruption from the underwater Tonga volcano in the Pacific earlier this year generated a blast so powerful, the atmospheric waves produced by the volcano lapped Earth at least six times and reached speeds up to 320 meters (1,050 feet) per second.

New study finds that politicians typically enjoy longer lives than general populations

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