http://www.huliq.com/tags/university-of-oxford The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.huliq.com/57129/new-clues-treating-type-2-diabetes-discovered Researchers have identified six new genes that play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. http://www.huliq.com/57129/new-clues-treating-type-2-diabetes-discovered#comments Health genes type 2 diabetes University of Oxford Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:30:36 -0500 seher 57129 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56944/early-elephant-039was-amphibious039 An ancient relative of today’s elephants lived in water, a team led by an Oxford University scientist has found. http://www.huliq.com/56944/early-elephant-039was-amphibious039#comments Science elephants University of Oxford Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:08:05 -0500 seher 56944 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56781/oxford%E2%80%99s-women-substance Professor Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee’s Professor of Anatomy at Oxford University and Fellow of Hertford College, has been immortalised on canvas after being chosen by an acclaimed artist to form part of her ‘50 Women of Substance’ exhibition. http://www.huliq.com/56781/oxford%E2%80%99s-women-substance#comments Arts Art Exhibitions University of Oxford Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:32 -0500 seher 56781 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56780/learn-how-use-victorian-census Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education is launching a new short online course to help non-specialists to use the records of the Victorian census for their own research in local, social and family history. http://www.huliq.com/56780/learn-how-use-victorian-census#comments Science Online courses University of Oxford Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:47:44 -0500 seher 56780 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56634/world%E2%80%99s-shortest-single-photon-pulse-created The world’s shortest light pulse containing just one photon has been produced by Oxford University scientists. http://www.huliq.com/56634/world%E2%80%99s-shortest-single-photon-pulse-created#comments Science Photons University of Oxford Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:18 -0500 seher 56634 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56633/free-range-%E2%80%98no-increased-infection-risk%E2%80%99-chickens Scientists at Oxford University have found that the free-range environment is not a major source for the infection of chickens with a bug responsible for 340,000 cases of food poisoning in the UK every year. http://www.huliq.com/56633/free-range-%E2%80%98no-increased-infection-risk%E2%80%99-chickens#comments Health food poisoning Meat University of Oxford Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:22:35 -0500 seher 56633 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56512/rise-autism-related-changes-diagnosis Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the number of cases of autism may be related to changes in how it is diagnosed. http://www.huliq.com/56512/rise-autism-related-changes-diagnosis#comments Health autism disorder University of Oxford Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:55:56 -0500 seher 56512 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56416/baa-baa-bodleian-sheep-wool-insulates-roof The job to insulate the roof of the New Bodleian Library has just been completed – using the fleece of over 2,000 sheep. A giant quilt comprised of lengths of 250 mm thick fleece is now lying on top of the roof space, an area of nearly 500 metres square, above the Upper Reading Room of the library. http://www.huliq.com/56416/baa-baa-bodleian-sheep-wool-insulates-roof#comments Society University of Oxford wool Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:58:01 -0500 seher 56416 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56412/personal-perspectives-life-motor-neurone-disease Personal experiences of people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and their carers can now be heard online on DIPEx, the award-winning patient website based on Oxford University research. http://www.huliq.com/56412/personal-perspectives-life-motor-neurone-disease#comments Health motor neurone disease University of Oxford websites Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:45:57 -0500 seher 56412 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56183/tourist-hotspots-need-climate-solutions A report on the effect of climate change on tourism says the countries that are likely to be hardest hit have ‘poor’ information about the implications. http://www.huliq.com/56183/tourist-hotspots-need-climate-solutions#comments Recreation climate change Tourism Travel University of Oxford Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:33:51 -0500 seher 56183 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56045/%C2%A384m-heart-disease-research Oxford research into heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer, will receive a large cash boost from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which is establishing a BHF Centre of Research Excellence at Oxford University with £8.4m over six years. http://www.huliq.com/56045/%C2%A384m-heart-disease-research#comments Health heart disease University of Oxford Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:32:44 -0500 seher 56045 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/56043/creative-writing-%E2%80%98passport-social-mobility%E2%80%99 American author JD Ballam has been appointed as the new Director of the Undergraduate Diploma in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford. http://www.huliq.com/56043/creative-writing-%E2%80%98passport-social-mobility%E2%80%99#comments Arts Creative Writing University of Oxford Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:23:39 -0500 seher 56043 at http://www.huliq.com