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US space science's $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster
Added: 3 Apr 2023
NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges ac…
Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes
Added: 1 Mar 2023
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his Europe…
Aston claims genome breakthrough with computer modelling
Added: 22 Jan 2023
Aston University claims to have achieved the first reconstruction of a virus with its complete geno…
REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration
Added: 1 Jun 2022
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘interna…
Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Added: 23 May 2022
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A…
Augmented Reality helps people live with Parkinson's disease
Added: 29 Apr 2022
A collaborative partnership has developed the World's First pair of Parkinson’s Walking Glasses, a …
Two millimetre optical microresonator will improve planetary landing success
Added: 21 Apr 2022
Smaller, they say, is better in space. A NASA-funded team led by SMU researchers think that their s…
Secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions revealed
Added: 14 Apr 2022
At the Quark Matter conference and Rencontres de Moriond conferences, the LHCb collaboration presen…
So... What is the point of physics? IOP is offering £1000 for the best answer!
Added: 7 Apr 2022
IoP launches a new challenge to get young people to see physics differently. With only one in ten p…
DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and it…
UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support program…
Scientists design remote monitoring system for inaccessible quantum devices
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Researchers have developed an innovative remote monitoring system for ultra-sensitive quantum devic…
Digital twins to link Metaverse to real-world decarbonisation towards NetZero
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the …
Hybrid atom response at CERN may lead to new forms of antimatter
Added: 25 Mar 2022
A hybrid matter–antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton, the proton’s antimatter equivale…
UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…
Rising costs and material shortages pile pressure on UK’s over-stretched laboratories
Added: 2 Mar 2022
A stark warning has been issued about the challenges facing under-pressure laboratories in the UK a…
Leadership pilot encourages progression for women in STEM
Added: 11 Feb 2022
To celebrate the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science the Pistoia Alliance has anno…
New Levelling Up white paper highlights research and innovation
Added: 8 Feb 2022
Academics and business experts respond to the Government’s new levelling up agenda, as outlined in …
Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
Added: 10 Jan 2022
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also rai…
2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…
