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A mother chimpanzee processing oil palm nuts with stone tools at Bossou. The mother (Jire) is 42 years old, and she is accompanied by her two children.

Past their prime? Tool use declines with age in wild chimpanzees

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
An array of solar panels standing upright on the ground in a rural area in Kenya.

Expert Comment: What is the role of community energy systems in achieving universal energy access?

Expert opinion
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Policy
Research
Sustainability
Artistic drawing of a futuristic, luminous battery icon with a lightning bolt icon.

Major investment for next-generation battery research for heavy industries

Funding
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
Technology
OrganOx metra Cover

Oxford’s OrganOx wins the MacRobert Award 2025

Awards
Innovation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
 Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) with wings open, resting on green foliage and showing subtle orange markings and black eyespots.

Trees and hedges on farmland significantly boost butterfly numbers, study finds

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
A historic tower surrounded by trees.

Expert comment: How can we make cities a place where people and nature thrive together?

Biodiversity
Biology
Conservation
Environment
Expert opinion
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Policy
Research
Society
Sustainability
Two African elephants in the savannah in Kenya. Circles radiate outwards from them, both in the air and on the ground, to indicate acoustic and seismic vibrations generated by the rumble noises the elephant makes.

Oxford’s Animal Vibration Lab showcased at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

Biology
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Society
Illustration of a brain and electrical connections

Oxford to lead new £50m MRC Centre to develop brain stimulation device-based therapies

Brain health
Funding
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Close up of injection

‘Single shot’ malaria vaccine delivery system could transform global immunisation

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Medical Sciences
Research
Vaccines
Abstract image of chemical structures.

Oxford University researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes

Awards
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability

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