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The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the breakthrough – podcast

The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and now two have come along in quick succession. On October 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a new malaria vaccine, R21, developed by the University of Oxford be rolled out for the prevention of malaria in children, just…

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Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval

R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target

The Guardian - UK

Mental health among UK secondary pupils worsened sharply in pandemic, study shows

First comparative research of its kind finds those with lots of social interaction and supportive family coped better

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Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research confirms

“Class is the basis of British politics; all else is embellishment and detail.” So wrote Peter Pulzer, the former Gladstone professor of politics at the University of Oxford in the 1960s. Nowadays, however, it is age, not social class, that is the biggest demographic division in Britain’s electoral politics.

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‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

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Scientists reveal why Covid-19 causes ‘brain fog’ and memory problems

Discovery could help clinicians to treat cognitive symptoms caused by virus

Evening Standard

New study reveals 11 key factors that could increase dementia risk

Researchers were able to create a new tool that can be used to predict risk of dementia

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Revealed: 11 signs that show if you’ll get dementia in next 14 years

Researchers have developed a tool which can ‘strongly predict’ whether a person will develop dementia

The Independent UK

Dementia risk study finds 11 key factors behind condition

Predictive tool ‘significantly outperforms’ others available and could help avert about 40% of cases

The Guardian - UK

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’

A new report draws together the findings of six expert-led evidence reviews.

The Independent UK

New model could offer personalised breast cancer screening approach, say experts

Researchers say their study could help to potentially reduce breast cancer deaths, and cut unnecessary screenings for those at lower risk.

The Independent UK

Are “poor quality” courses in the U.K. impacting Indian students?

The number of Indian students going to the U.K. for education has been increasing, making Indians the second-largest group of foreign students after China. However, many Indian students have struggled to find jobs or continue their studies in the U.K. after completing their degrees. The trend of students’ visas expiring…

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Superconductor breakthrough could represent ‘biggest physics discovery of a lifetime’ – but scientists urge caution

Breakthrough would mark ‘holy grails of modern physics, unlocking major new developments in energy, transportation, healthcare, and communications’ – but it is a long way from being proven

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Chemistry breakthrough makes fluorochemicals production safer

Scientists from the University of Oxford have come up with a new way to obtain fluorine atoms in a much safer and less energy-intensive way. Inspired by how the human body makes bones and teeth, the researchers ground fluorspar in a ball-mill with potassium phosphate, creating calcium phosphate and another…

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How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning

Jesus Lizana, Marie-Curie research fellow in the Department of Engineering Science, Nicole Miranda, senior researcher and college lecturer in Engineering, and Radhika Khosla associate professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford explain the easy ways to keep cool as the mercury rises.

Evening Standard

Who is Keir Mather? Selby winner becomes youngest MP in Commons

The 25-year-old has been branded “baby of the house”.

The Guardian - UK

Make brain scans routine for new psychosis patients, experts say

Study finds MRI scans led to different diagnosis or change in care in 6% of cases

The Independent UK

Routine brain scans could pinpoint underlying cause of psychosis, study suggests

Researchers analysed more than 1,600 cases to identify any secondary, physical causes.

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415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations (UN) said on July 11, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world’s most populous nation.

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Two in three state secondary schools in England teach just one foreign language

Survey finds German is most affected by shift towards single-language offer in key stage 3

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Holy cow: Will lab-grown meat save the world or wreck it?

Can lab-grown meat save chicken and cows from slaughter, and feed poorer countries, without wrecking the environment?

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Canadians are losing their appetite for news — and trusting it less

Canadians have less appetite for news and are less inclined to pay for news online, according to the latest findings from the 2023 Digital News Report survey by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

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Most early-stage breast cancer patients will be long-term survivors – study

For some patients the risk of death within five years is as low as 0.2%, according to large-scale research

Evening Standard

OPINION - I wasn’t breastfed as a child and I’m perfectly clever

Another day, another study claiming that breastfed babies are vastly intellectually superior to their poor, bedraggled dim-witted simpleton bottle-fed pals. This study, by the University of Oxford no less, involving almost 5,000 children in England, concluded that those breastfed for at least a year were 38 per cent more likely…

The Guardian - UK

‘His snoring would make me really angry’: can sleeping apart help a relationship?

Sleeping in different bedrooms could make partners of chronic snorers less irritable, advises expert

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