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Royal Society Athena Prize nominations open

March 10, 2016
Nominations are now being accepted for a new Royal Society prize celebrating diversity.

New nano device offers hope for smart contact lenses

March 9, 2016
Australian researchers have created a stretchable nanoscale device capable of manipulating light.

Graphene outshone by new material

March 8, 2016
A new simulated material has been discovered that could replace graphene’s title as a wonder material.

British scientists win neuroscience prize

March 7, 2016
A trio of British scientists have won the world’s largest prize for brain research, awarded by the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation in Denmark.

New tetraquark particle discovered

March 4, 2016
A new particle comprised of all-differing quark content been found from data collected using the Tevatron collider at the FermiLab in Illinois.

First ‘real world’ carbon sea storage test

March 3, 2016
A deep water controlled experiment to assess the safety of offshore carbon capture and storage is to be launched.

Manchester University spin out receives 265k funding

March 2, 2016
An imaging company which develops images and diagnostic software for the dental industry has received a £265,000 investment.

Photonic crystals key to quantum networks

March 1, 2016
US researchers have created a crystal structure that could be used in future quantum networks.

National centre for university technicians opened

February 29, 2016
The first centre for university technicians has been launched by the University of Sheffield.

Universe’s ‘missing’ matter discovered

February 26, 2016
The cosmological model detailing the density of matter in the Universe has been confirmed by an international team of scientists.

Spin out develops new brain aneurysm device

February 26, 2016
An Oxford University spin out has raised £2m to develop a tool for treating intracranial aneurysms.

Ebola still affects survivors after they recover

February 25, 2016
With Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey hospitalised after complications with her recovery from the infection, US scientists are to present results suggesting Ebola survivors’ brains can still be affected at least...

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