Author: UKRI

The ISIS Springboard Awards have been won by: Andrew McCluskey, University of Bristol Camilla Di Mino, University of Oxford Daniel Mayoh, University of Warwick The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source created the Springboard Awards in 2024 to support and encourage early-career researchers to use neutrons and muons in their research. The winners were chosen following […]

Remarkably, the specimens have been analysed without opening their 200-year-old preservation jars. Examining 46 historic specimens The study examined 46 historic specimens at the Natural History Museum, London, including mammals, reptiles, fish, jellyfish, and shrimps collected by Darwin and other naturalists. It was found that traditional preservation methods differed by species and era. Mammals and […]

The SKA Observatory (SKAO) has reached a significant milestone in South Africa: two of its SKA-Mid radio telescope dishes have successfully operated as an interferometer for the first time. This marks a key step toward full scientific operations. Largest radio astronomy facility The SKAO is currently under construction across two sites in South Africa and […]

The Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) fund is part of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Farming Innovation Programme. The programme, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, supports farmer-led, collaborative on-farm trials and experiments. ADOPT plays a key role in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, advancing agri-tech as part of […]

Experts led by Professor Carsten Maple at the University of Warwick’s Cyber Security Centre, have developed a new tool, called ICSThreatQA, to tackle the problem of cybersecurity breaches. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 found that just over four in 10 businesses and three in 10 charities experienced some form of breach or attack in […]

The allocations explainer provides information on how UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) funding will be invested across priority ‘buckets’ as set out by Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall and UKRI CEO Ian Chapman at the recent Innovation for Growth Summit. It also provides a breakdown of investment across the Industrial Strategy priority sectors. The […]

The Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Clinical Trial Innovation in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) will receive up to £50 million. The funding will last over 14 years with the ambition of transforming the clinical trial landscape. The centre plans to shake-up approaches to […]

We are likely to see overnight frosts, mist and fog, though more impactful cold weather looks less likely. In the run up to the seasonal holiday one of the perennial questions on people’s lips is, whether it will be a white Christmas. If so, do I need to change my travel plans? As well as […]