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Marking a major milestone in scaling high‑potential, research‑led businesses emerging from the Midlands, this will help unlock an initial £30 million of capital into the region. This active investment stage follows support from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (through Research England) along with the: Mayors of the East and West Midlands Rigby Group Department for […]

Further information The 2026 New Generation Thinkers cohort Dr Genevieve Robyn Arkle, King’s College London Working with Front Row, Radio 4’s flagship arts programme From being forbidden to compose to being called a muse, a monster, and a power-hungry seductress, Alma Mahler is arguably one of the most misrepresented composers of the 20th century. Dr […]

The study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), found that people with Parkinson’s and healthy individuals at genetic risk of the disease have a distinctive makeup of gut microbes. Led by researchers at the University College London (UCL), they say their findings could be used to develop a test to reveal a person’s risk […]

The study, published today in the Cell Press journal Molecular Cell, details a method of germ resistance they’ve coined ‘antibody-directed xenophagy’ (ADX). When we think of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs within our bloodstream. But researchers from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular […]

Participants supported research into SRM, particularly computer modelling, provided it is carried out within a robust ethical framework and does not distract from efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While participants saw the value of research, some urged caution about large scale deployment and stressed SRM should not distract from the root causes of climate […]

The first two projects to be funded in the LCR through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Local Innovation Partnership Fund (LIPF) have been announced. Led by the University of Liverpool, they are set to receive £23.7 million. The funding has been agreed locally by the LCR Local Innovation Partnership Group, and is the first allocation […]

The scientists have demonstrated a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light for the first time. The results, published in Nature, could unlock the path towards creating the most intense light ever produced in a laboratory. This could open the door to experiments that probe the fundamental laws of physics by […]

The study, published in ‘Nature’, was led by scientists at The Pirbright Institute. It brought together researchers from: the University of Cambridge the University of York the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme National Museums of Kenya It was funded primarily through the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) alongside Kenya’s National Research Fund. The […]

A new BBC Ideas film is spotlighting pioneering UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded research that could dramatically change how endometriosis is diagnosed. It is offering hope to millions of women who currently face years of pain, misdiagnosis and dismissal. The short film follows women living with endometriosis and features the work of Dr Barbara Guinn […]

The King’s College London study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is the first to investigate pollution exposure and development in Greater London. The study measures language and motor skills of infants whose mothers were pregnant. Pollution exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy (conception to week 12 to 13), emitted from sources such […]