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Art 04 Apr 11 The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach (German Literary Archive) will today announce the joint purchase of a collection of letters b

The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach (German Literary Archive) will today announce the joint purchase of a collection of letters by Franz Kafka

People will suffer more pain for their close friends than for their acquaintances and sometimes more than they would for themselves, an Oxford University scientist has found. Dr Freya Harrison of Oxford University's Department of Zoology asked 19 members of a research group at the University to squat against a wall with knees at right angles - a ski training exercise which becomes increasingly painful with time.Individuals performed the exercise five times, once for themselves and once for four different colleagues, to whom they claimed varying strengths of social tie.

The protein survivin is frequently found at raised levels in tumours. The new drug being trialled in Oxford blocks the production of the protein.

The UK can realise a £10 billion economic opportunity through adopting a new, holistic approach to nuclear energy that would tackle concerns over security of energy supply, rising oil prices and safety issues, says a new Oxford University report.

Science | Schools Guest: David Pyle | 29 Mar 11 The first I heard about ' I'm a Scientist ' was from a link on NERC 's website, advertising upcoming science engagement activities.

Science | Schools Guest: David Pyle | 29 Mar 11 The first I heard about ' I'm a Scientist ' was from a link on NERC 's website, advertising upcoming science engagement activities.

Science Cath Harris | 28 Mar 11 Oxford University researchers have linked a surge in the incidence of tick-borne disease in Eastern Europe to poverty levels.

Science Jonathan Wood | 25 Mar 11 This beautifully preserved 525-million-year-old fossil is barely 4 cm in length, but minute details can be seen including 36 tiny tentacles along one feathery arm. Discovered in Yunnan Province in China, the new fossil belongs to an important group of primitive sea creatures that used the tentacles for feeding.

Science 24 Mar 11 Romark's Professor Jean-François Rossignol and University Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton unveil a plaque marking the opening of the Romark Centre for Virology and Cell Bi

Art | University 18 Mar 11 Oxford University has staked its claim as the place to be for early career researchers by offering what is believed to be the largest number of post-doctoral research fellowships in the history of the humanities division.

Health 17 Mar 11 The health of British Asians is to be investigated on an unprecedented scale in a study now being planned at the University of Oxford. The British Asian Health Study will follow the health of 250,000 people in the UK aged between 18 and 74 from backgrounds in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Health 16 Mar 11 New reference ranges for children's heart and breathing rates have been produced by Oxford University scientists to help doctors assess these vital signs.

Health 16 Mar 11 A new centre has been launched that will cement Oxford's place at the forefront of cancer research. The Oxford Cancer Research Centre is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, the University of Oxford and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. It will be funded by Cancer Research UK to the tune of £2.8 million in the first year.

Science 12 Mar 11 The judgements we make about the intimacy of other couples' relationships are influenced by the brain chemical serotonin, an Oxford University study has found.

Science Pete Wilton | 08 Mar 11 A new way of detecting TB inside cells has been developed by scientists from Oxford University and NIH in the US. Methods for diagnosing TB haven't changed much in a century, still relying on the staining of tissue sections and chest X-rays. In a recent issue of Nature Chemical Biology Ben Davis, from Oxford University's Department of Chemistry, and colleagues describe a new method which can, for the first time, detect TB inside cells using a small molecule.

Science | Earth Pete Wilton | 07 Mar 11 New radar imagery from the Alos satellite is helping researchers to map the devastating earthquake which hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on 22 February.

University | Sport 07 Mar 11 Oxford University's crew has been announced ahead of the 2011 Xchanging Boat Race on Saturday 26 March.

Technology 07 Mar 11 New free software, launched by Oxford University scientists, gives researchers the tools they need to collaborate more efficiently and quickly with colleagues scattered around the world and working in a variety of different research areas.

Art 24 Feb 11 John le Carré, one of the world's most celebrated authors, has offered his literary archive to Oxford University's Bodleian Library with the intention that it should become its permanent home.

Science | Health Jonathan Wood | 23 Feb 11 As an embryo grows towards its final adult form, the initial fertilised egg cell must divide many times over into cells that will become specialised and form the many different tissues and organs of the body.

Art 22 Feb 11 'Burton Beach', drawn from pictures of Burton Bradstock in Dorset. Rachel said: 'I stood studying the waves for quite a long time.

Health Cath Harris | 17 Feb 11 A trek to Everest base camp is helping Oxford University researchers investigate the links between heart failure and the low oxygen levels suffered by patients with a range of serious diseases.

Science | Environment 16 Feb 11 Greenhouse gas emissions due to human activity substantially increased the odds of damaging floods occurring in England and Wales in Autumn 2000 according to new research published in the journal Nature this week.

Policy 14 Feb 11 An Oxford University study suggests that nearly one in three of us who use the internet have visited online dating sites. An international survey of 24,000 men and women who are presently online found that just six per cent had gone to dating websites in 1997 but by 2009, 30 per cent of the sample had tried them with 15 per cent finding their current partner that way.

Art 11 Feb 11 The influence of Chinese tourists and consumers will be so great that in the next few years it will become normal for leading shops in the UK and USA to stock and accept Chinese currency, an academic has predicted in a new book.

Science | Environment Pete Wilton | 11 Feb 11 We've been tracking the progress of the OuTrop Project looking to conserve the environment and wildlife of Borneo's forests.