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AI, genes and proteins dominate Nobel 2024 prizes
Added: 11 Oct 2024
Pioneering work in AI, gene regulation and protein science underpinned this year’s Nobel Prize scie…
Universities launch programme to boost UK space sector graduate opportunities
Added: 22 Sep 2024
Three south of England-based universities have launched a project to provide hands-on industry expe…
Bristol dominates uni cohort with double win at first AI awards
Added: 15 Sep 2024
The University of Bristol’s leading role in artificial intelligence for higher education received p…
Like humans, LLMs are irrational but in different ways
Added: 9 Jun 2024
A study of several of the best-known large language models appears to confirm that, like humans, th…
Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough
Added: 28 May 2024
A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new met…
Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia
Added: 13 May 2024
Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…
‘Moon lander’ molecule caught on the move
Added: 28 Apr 2024
A combination of spectroscopy and computer simulations have revealed how pyramidal molecules are ab…
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas
Added: 6 Nov 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater s…
CGI signs three year Royal Institution Christmas Lectures deal
Added: 29 Oct 2023
The Royal Institution (Ri) has launched a three-year agreement with business consultancy CGI as the…
Wearable tech enhances potential for friends-based mental health support
Added: 15 Apr 2023
Wearable tech that shares data between small circles of close friends and relations could provide a…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
Added: 22 Jul 2021
A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people wi…
New topological superconductor could fill critical component gap in quantum computing
Added: 18 Jun 2021
A newly discovered superconductor could have enormous impact on quantum computing. The relative sen…
Combining classical and quantum computing opens door to new discoveries
Added: 17 Jun 2021
New approaches are needed to lay the pathway to efficient and effective quantum computing. Now, res…
