RESEARCH: @ineosoxford.bsky.social study shows the expansion of industrial poultry farming has increased the movement of Campylobacter more than 100-fold. The findings show how bacteria can spread and evolve in commercial flocks, with implications for AMR. ➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/32enfhck

How do you move a herbarium? Very carefully... 🌿 Oxford University Herbaria's 1.7 million botanical objects have moved to a purpose-built home in the Life and Mind Building, supporting research and teaching for years to come. Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/yr33xhae

Researchers at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (@ineosoxford.bsky.social) have secured a £500,000 award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to protect tetracycline antibiotics from resistance. 👉 Read about the research: https://tinyurl.com/4ukpprbu

From professional services and IT to estates, facilities, labs and workshops, the MPLS Excellence Awards celebrate the people whose expertise supports world-leading teaching and research across the Division. 👉 Find out more about the inaugural winners: https://tinyurl.com/yxa56j5e

Oxford mathematician Graeme Segal has been awarded the Chern Medal, recognising a lifetime of outstanding achievement in mathematics. The medal was announced today at the International Congress of Mathematics. ➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mu7hmwm7

This year's MPLS Teaching Awards recognise five members of the MPLS Division for their outstanding contributions to teaching and learning 👏  ➡️ Read about this year's winners: https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/mpls-division-honours-teaching-excellence-with-2026-awards

From robots that collaborate with humans to sensor-rich robotic hands, the Oxford Robotics Institute showcased cutting-edge robotics and AI as one of just 13 flagship exhibits at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. 🤖 Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/5ay4dkrb

👏 Congratulations to the five winning projects and three commendations recognised in this year's MPLS Impact Awards for research that is making a real difference beyond academia. ➡️ Read about all the projects: https://tinyurl.com/ypjpzxy6

As CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) enters its latest shutdown, Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics, explains what comes next and why the upgraded High-Luminosity LHC, due around 2030, matters for Higgs physics. Find out more 👇

The Large Hadron Collider is being upgraded so that it can unlock the secrets of the Higgs boson

Major upgrade works may allow the LHC to uncover signs of new physics.

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Did elephant energetics determine Hannibal's route across the Alps? A new study with the Department of Biology suggests that the Col de la Traversette was the least energy-intensive route for Hannibal's famous Alpine crossing. 🐘 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4c9xyurp

The Institute for Ethics in AI invites Oxford undergrads to part in this year's Bernard Williams Essay Prize: ‘Should AI speech be limited?’ Submit your entry for the chance to win up to £500 and help shape the conversation on the future of AI. Entries are now open. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3mtv9esk

How do volcanoes work? 🌋 Professors Tamsin Mather and David Pyle's new children's book, The Power of Volcanoes, combines science and illustration to introduce readers aged 7–11 to one of Earth's amazing natural phenomena. Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/3a6fddm2

Professor James Maynard has been appointed as the new Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He will succeed Professor Sir Andrew Wiles and take up the post in the Mathematical Institute on 1 October 2026. Read more about the appointment: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvmurc

Researchers led by the Department of Physics have discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected. The rare "super-puff" planets, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are about the size of Jupiter but have densities lower than candy floss. See more: https://tinyurl.com/4bwjxc9d

ICYMI:  Oxford chemists have been recognised in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Prizes. Professor Yimon Aye was named winner of a Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry and Team SNOM were awarded the Dalton Horizon Prize. Find out more at: https://tinyurl.com/y3tz5x3z

🎙️ Can AI accelerate the search for new medicines? Fergus Imrie from the Department of Statistics joins the @OxfordSparks podcast to discuss OpenBind, an open-access dataset of protein–ligand interactions designed to advance AI-driven drug discovery. 🎧 https://tinyurl.com/mryn5byh

Five researchers from Oxford's MPLS Division have been awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants. The awards, worth up to €2.5m each over five years, will support leading research in chemistry, mathematics and computer science. ➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4dmrcrh4

Oxford will host BOLD, the new UK AI Research Lab. Backed by a £60m EPSRC investment, the cross-university initiative will bring together researchers from Oxford, UCL and Imperial to develop open, safe and resource-efficient AI. Find out more at: https://tinyurl.com/ya9nh8se

Congratulations to the winners of the MPLS Awards for Outstanding Research Supervision! Recognised by colleagues and research group members, each winner has shown an outstanding commitment to nurturing talent and supporting career development 👏 ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/tbp5a7h5

Congratulations to Prof Brian Ripley, Emeritus Prof of Applied Statistics at Oxford, on being named a 2026 Rousseeuw Prize laureate. The award recognises the International R Core Team's work making advanced statistical computing tools freely available. 👇

Oxford statistician co-awarded $1 million Rousseeuw Prize for the R Project

The $1 million prize recognises the achievements of Professor Brian Ripley and the international R Core Team, whose work has helped make advanced statistical computing freely available to researchers, organisations and students around the world.

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From accelerating discovery to reshaping research, how is AI transforming science? Hear from Dr Stuart Feldman, President and Chief Scientist at Schmidt Sciences, at Oxford's Schmidt AI in Science Annual Public Lecture. ➡️ Register online at: https://forms.office.com/e/Bb429LV7J4

NEW RESEARCH: Work led by the Department of Biology reveals how ancient genetic doubling events gave evolution the raw material to create new brain cell types, shaping vertebrate brains for hundreds of millions of years🧠 Find out more about the research: https://tinyurl.com/y38k5jtz

👏 Congratulations to the winners, highly commended nominees and finalists from across the Division who have been recognised at this year's Vice-Chancellor's Awards. Read more about this year's winners from across the University: https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/vice-chancellors-awards

EXPERT COMMENT: Global coral reef collapse is not inevitable. Oxford Earth Sciences researcher Noam Vogt-Vincent discusses evidence that coral reefs could still recover later this century if we rapidly reach net zero. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y7zx2ces

Our congratulations to the Oxford scientists elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.  The new Fellows include researchers from across MPLS disciplines, including mathematics, biology, statistics, physics and computer science. 👏 Find out more at: https://tinyurl.com/3fstj3pj

Do you want to showcase the wonders of your science to the public? Then join the Science Wonder Garden Party @begbrokescience.bsky.social this summer! ☀️ If you're interested in sharing your work through talks or hands on activities, register interest by 5 June. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/23jkf4ap

RESEARCH: Scientists at Oxford’s @compscioxford.bsky.social have helped achieve a world first by encoding the hepatitis D virus genome using 117 qubits on IBM’s Heron quantum processor. The work opens new possibilities for quantum genomics and bioinformatics. ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2prna5ev

In conversation: Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics at @oxfordphysics.bsky.social, talks to CERN Director-General Mark Thomson about overseeing CERN’s biggest upgrade in 20 years and what it means for the future of science. ➡️ Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3jthsjed

Reminder: the Basics of SciFinder An initial session on the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform covering literature searching, saved alerts, projects, substance data, and AI research tools for chemistry and related disciplines. 📅 Tomorrow at 1pm 👉 Book: https://tinyurl.com/9rnnj7y8

Expert comment: New investments in nature are accelerating, but conservation science must remain central to decision-making. Researchers from @biology.ox.ac.uk  warn that without robust evidence, nature finance risks missing the mark. Read more 👇 https://tinyurl.com/pn4rwbdv