9+ hour, 58+ min ago  (443+ words) An Oxfordshire MP is calling for urgent 'forever chemical' testing at a former RAF base site after documents reveal historic contamination. Bicester and Woodstock MP Calum Miller has called for specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances soil and water testing…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (417+ words) An Oxford University professor has stabilised 'elusive' nitrogen chains previously believed to exist only in extreme conditions. After decades of instability making them difficult to study, scientists have discovered a way to stabilise nitrogen molecules. Professor Meera Mehta from the…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (477+ words) Hospital devices could help combat the global threat of counterfeit vaccines and medicines. Researchers from the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) have found that routine hospital analysers could be used to help identify falsified…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (413+ words) A British scientist is among three Nobel prize winners in chemistry for their work in the development of metal'organic frameworks. Yorkshire-born Richard Robson, who studied at the University of Oxford, is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. The…...