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Bath hosts new water-based public health initiative

Added: 21 Jan 2024

The University of Bath is to host the newest Research England Centre of Excellence, with £13 millio…

Satellite offers a flood warning breakthrough

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Satellite video offers an enhanced means to monitor river flow and provide earlier and more compreh…

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…

Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…

AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …

Testing giant invests millions in connected lab

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…

Slipping on ice may be down to too much alcohol (or salt)…

Added: 10 Dec 2023

It’s a challenge for pedestrians and road users but also a major problem for industry: why are some…

Bath puts safer water on the map via new OASIS

Added: 12 Nov 2023

A portable water quality monitor developed by University of Bath students aims to enable rapid dete…

New map of UK 20th century land use throws light on biodiversity change

Brian Attwood | Added: 30 Oct 2023

The first map has been produced that can detail how nearly all of Britain’s lowland meadows and pas…

ABB and Imperial agree second decade of carbon capture collaboration

Added: 29 Oct 2023

Technology giant ABB and Imperial College London have renewed their longstanding carbon capture joi…

Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel

Added: 24 Sep 2023

Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead …

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

Added: 17 Sep 2023

Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest…

Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal

Added: 8 Sep 2023

UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread reli…

100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours

Added: 4 Sep 2023

One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s p…

UEA coastal erosion project will test new tech’s predictive powers

Added: 13 Aug 2023

One of the counties most at risk from coastal erosion will provide the location for a technological…

Tax crackdown heralds new R&D relief headaches

Added: 13 Aug 2023

Science research and development tax relief applications will now face an extra hurdle thanks to ne…

NPL clock watchers hit the big time

Added: 6 Aug 2023

Britain’s National Physical Laboratory is celebrating a major achievement by its scientists with th…

Juvenile star is image of the year

Added: 6 Aug 2023

American Laurent Formery’s portrait of the nervous system of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata) …

IET football tournament’s out of this world

Added: 3 Aug 2023

Moon Rovers 2: Lunar United 3. While it sounds like Fantasy Football, it could be one day as feasib…

Plastic recycling

Scottish researchers seek to turn plastic waste into pharmaceuticals

Added: 30 Jul 2023

A new project led by Scottish researchers is aiming to revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry by…