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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’

March 2, 2025
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Uni teams share £1 million award for work to tackle dormant breast cancer

March 1, 2025
Research teams from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield will share £1 million to help underwrite their work into breast cancer recurrence.

Therapy licence enables ‘life changing’ treatment for genetic blindness

February 22, 2025
UCL retinal specialists received special permission to use a novel therapy to restore some sight to children suffering from a rare form of genetic blindness.

New facial detection system claims 10 times better image resolution

February 16, 2025
Creators of a newly developed detection system say it provides accurate human facial detection over distances up to 1 kilometre.

Bath seeks cleaner, greener water option

February 15, 2025
Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have claimed a world first with the creation of a sustainable plant-based nanofiltration membrane that contains no fossil fuel-derived materials or toxic solvents.

Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse

February 14, 2025
They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where good hygiene is concerned.

Funds of £13 mill boost AIME to make Birmingham membrane research hub

February 13, 2025
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has received public and private funding of more than £13 million to fund its MEMetic project for water filtration.

Wolfson grant enables purchase of world’s fastest scanning microscope

February 9, 2025
Pioneering dementia research professor Roslyn Bill has welcomed the announcement of a £0.5 million grant for Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME), saying it will help accelerate her collaborative work...

Crafoord Prize laureates honoured for autoimmune disease work

February 8, 2025
Darwin and Wallace, Newton and Leibniz, or Priestley, Scheele and Lavoisier – history provides numerous examples of scientists independently making breakthrough discoveries in the same area of research.

Alga ‘superfood’ comes with scaling up challenges, say scientists

February 7, 2025
A common freshwater species of algae packed with nutritional benefits could be the next agricultural ‘superfood’, claim researchers from the University of Birmingham.

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