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03 Dec 2025 - Managing the Load Profile: Study Shows Heat Pumps Cut Energy Use but Increase Peak Demand

A study on residential decarbonisation in the UK confirms the efficiency gains of heat pump technology while emphasising the need to mitigate increases in network load during peak hours…

07 Oct 2025 - Gloucester Rugby and The Podium Institute partner on head injury study

Gloucester Rugby and The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford are joining forces to undertake a revolutionary multimodal study into concussion.…

25 Jul 2025 - Study shows patients in mental health crisis are open to wearable monitoring

Findings challenge perceptions of disengagement and highlight patient willingness to shape health tech solutions…

16 Jun 2025 - New study presents exciting prospects for quantum technology and the science of defects in wide gap materials

Researchers have made a significant advancement in quantum photonics by demonstrating the laser activation of single group-IV colour centres in diamond…

17 Mar 2025 - New study explores advances in calcium looping technology for carbon capture

Researchers reviewed a decade of progress in improving carbon dioxide capture materials and highlighted the potential of AI in material design…

09 Jan 2025 - First patients scanned in new study investigating traumatic brain injury in young athletes

Researchers at The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology, within the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, have recruited their first participants for a new study exploring the impact of head injuries on the brains of 11 to 18-year-olds using cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques…

22 Nov 2024 - Social Equity of Bridge Management study wins Journal of Management in Engineering 2024 Best Paper Award

Research published in September 2023 found that bridge maintenance in the U.S. is more greatly associated with wealthier and less marginalized communities…

24 Sep 2024 - New study shows that ocean waves can grow way beyond known limits

Research published in Nature has shown that when waves are three-dimensional as opposed to two-dimensional, they can be twice as steep before they break and continue to grow even steeper after breaking has occurred…

28 Mar 2024 - University spinout Amber Therapeutics reports positive preliminary results from first-in-human study of Amber-UI

Amber Therapeutics, a leading medical technology company, has announced encouraging preliminary results from its first-in-human investigation of Amber-UI, a groundbreaking implanted pudendal neuromodulation system designed to address urinary incontinence…

10 Jan 2024 - New study uses machine learning to bridge the reality gap in quantum devices

A study led by the University of Oxford has used the power of machine learning to overcome a key challenge affecting quantum devices…

14 Dec 2023 - Study finds that vast amounts of waste are caused by single-use e-cigarette batteries

While the lithium-ion batteries in disposable electronic cigarettes are discarded after a single use, they can continue to perform at high capacity for hundreds of cycles, according to new research from the University of Oxford and UCL, supported by The Faraday Institution.…

15 Feb 2023 - Oxford researchers to contribute to Pioneering Places study on Oxford’s transition to Net Zero

University of Oxford researchers will work with a range of local partners on a feasibility study aimed at improving our understanding of systemic changes required to accelerate the preparation of Oxford’s homes for a zero-carbon energy system…

13 Feb 2023 - New study: STORMS: Investigating how low-pressure systems may change in the future

Quantifying controls on the intensity, variability and impacts of extreme European STORMS…

07 Jul 2020 - Air and noise quality study will help inform Oxford City’s future environmental policy approach

Researchers at Birmingham and Oxford Universities have secured £207,000 funding to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 related public health measures upon air and noise quality in Oxford. …

15 Feb 2019 - DPhil students study Dynamic Robot Locomotion

17 Oct 2018 - Innovate UK funding for study looking at Virtual Private Wire Networks

Innovate UK funding for study looking at Virtual Private Wire Networks …

30 Nov 2015 - Wireless sensor enables study of traumatic brain injury

Paper by Prof Riyi Shi's paper 'Wireless sensor enables study of traumatic brain injury' published in the journal Scientific Reports…

Heat Pumps cut energy use but increase peak demand

A study focusing on the real-world deployment of ground source heat pumps (GSHP) in retrofitted UK social housing apartments, has quantified the impact of domestic electrification transition on the electricity grid. The research provides data that could be useful for policymakers, as the UK progresses its net-zero roadmap, demonstrating both substantial energy savings and emerging infrastructural challenges.

AI-Assisted Annotations for Histology

By exploring how AI models could enhance annotation processes, colleagues in Medical Sciences sought to reduce the manual workload for educators while enriching the learning experience for students by providing clearly annotated resources that encourage autonomous, interactive, and engaging study.

Student Profile: Nwangele Godwin

First inspired to study engineering by his parent’s constant struggle with patchy electricity provision during his childhood in Nigeria, Nwangele Godwin (Emeka) Chukwuemeka is now studying the MSc in Energy Systems at the University of Oxford.

Tamara Sopek, Hypersonics Group

Dr Tamara Sopek is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Hypersonics Group at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute. Hypersonics is the study of very fast and highly energetic flows encountered by space vehicles, planetary probes and air-breathing engines called scramjets.

Alumni Profile - Swytch CEO Oliver Montague

Oliver graduated from Oxford Engineering Science in 2012, before going on to study accountancy. He is now Co-Founder and CEO of Swytch Technology, which produces kits to turn any standard bicycle into an electric bike. Oliver believes his engineering background has been invaluable in the business world.

Can AI help improve bowel cancer treatment?

A leading group of researchers have developed a new way to study bowel cancer samples using digital pathology images. This means the subtype of bowel cancer a patient has can be more easily identified to better understand how bowel cancer will grow and respond to treatment.

MEng student wins accolades for sport and study

A Salters' Graduate Award is just the latest achievement for MEng alumnus Sam Collier, whose time at Oxford also saw him cox the rowing team to victory in the 2017 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.

Engineering Science Year 12 Study Day

16 Mar 2026 12:00 AM to 17 Mar 2026 12:00 AM, The Department of Engineering Science and St Hilda’s College

Improving High Throughput Computing’s Energy Efficiency - a Measurement-Based Case Study

02 Jun 2023 12:00 AM to 02 May 2023 12:00 AM, Linux Foundation Energy Summit

The Challenges of Electricity Supply in Africa: Nigeria-South-Africa as a Case Study

25 Jan 2023, Atmosphere room, School of Geography and the Environment, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QY

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