News tagged with oxford
Skeletons found in Oxford could be '10th-century Viking raiders'
(Phys.org) -- Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John's College may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford researchers studying the remains.
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Nanopore: the Oxford story
Last month Oxford University spinout firm Oxford Nanopore revealed that it is to produce a new DNA sequencing machine the size of a USB stick. ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Oxford Nanopore announces groundbreaking GridION and MinION gene sequencers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University spinoff company, Oxford Nonopore has announced at this year’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference in Florida, two new machines for sequencing genes. ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Merriam-Webster adds 'tweet,' other new words
(AP) -- Here's something for your Twitter feed: "Tweet" has earned a spot in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Oxford English Dictionary may never be printed again
The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher said Tuesday.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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QUT physicist corrects Oxford English Dictionary (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) physics lecturer has found a 99-year-old mistake in the Oxford English Dictionary - and is having it corrected.
May 10, 2010 |
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A medicine 'classic' goes online and far afield
Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched, for the first time online, the prestigious Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Generations of consultants, trainees, and medical students have relied on this "classic" for practical guidance ...
May 06, 2010 |
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'Unfriend' is New Oxford American word of the year
The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend" -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape beneath Oxford
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists excavating the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric monumental landscape stretching across the gravel terrace between the Thames ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 04, 2009 |
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