Ghana has given regulatory clearance to a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University scientists. The West African country is the first in the world to approve the use of the R21/Matrix-MTM serum, the university said on Thursday. The vaccine has been endorsed by Ghana’s drug regulator, the Food and Drugs Authority, “for use in children aged five to 36 months, the age group at the highest... 

Oxford researchers are reportedly concerned that the US agency’s effort to communicate with extraterrestrials could be dangerous. Scientists at the UK’s Oxford University have reportedly sounded an alarm over plans by NASA to broadcast location data and other information into space, warning that the effort could have dangerous unintended consequences, including triggering an alien invasion. At... 

Oxford University is considering proposals to have sheet music scrapped from its curriculum over claims that teaching the Western form of musical notation has roots in ‘colonialism’ and is ‘complicit in white supremacy’. Professors at the University are set to reform their music courses to move away from the classic repertoire, which includes the likes of Beethoven and Mozart, in the wake... 

Deaths caused by cigarette smoking in China will double to two million people in 2030, a study says. In the study published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday, researchers warned of a “growing epidemic of premature death” in the world’s most populous nation. The research showed that one in three young Chinese men will be killed by tobacco. It was conducted by researchers from... 

Scientists have created images of ultrahigh resolution by applying electrical current to phase-change material. To do so, the Oxford University researchers placed a layer of the material, which can switch between amorphous and crystalline state, between two transparent electrodes. The images thus produced feature pixels just 300 nanometers across and are smaller than the width of a human hair. Lead... 

One of the primary goals of science is to advance knowledge and understanding to improve the human condition, but all too often this noble field of study has devolved into a profit-seeking quest for power, at the expense of mankind. Indeed, the science of technology is perhaps the worst culprit, a team of mathematicians, philosophers and scientists at Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute... 

Over 50 Chinese cities are sinking into the ground because of the continuous subsidence of the soil. The excessive consumption of ground water is to blame. As its result, under many Chinese cities, including Beijing, the world’s largest underground funnels have formed. But there are other environmental problems in the country. In China lakes are evaporating, rivers are drying out, 75 percent...