Category: Technology

From rural and coastal health research to mathematics for artificial intelligence, and digital innovations in health and social care to blended realities. Research England is investing in a diverse range of units across disciplines, as well as geographical regions in England. The investment will help these units build the capacity and quality of their research through supporting […]

A pill to slow Parkinson’s? Done. Detecting cancer early with an electronic nose? Invented. A smart road that charges electric vehicles as they drive? In testing. Clean electricity from seaweed and drinking water from dry desert air? Solved. The list of incredible breakthroughs made possible by the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is almost […]

What’s Really Happening At CERN The world’s most astonishing science experiment at CERN explained. At the borders of France and Switzerland lies CERN, humanity’s grandest scientific venture. Deep underground, there stretches a 27-kilometer loop beneath local communities. Within this loop, scientists have constructed a large, blue tunnel that one could crawl through. Inside this tunnel, […]

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasa’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life”, according to the official mission objectives. Jezero Crater was chosen as the […]

Two innovative start-ups are the first to join a new business support programme designed to help early stage, high potential biotechnology companies succeed in commercial markets. The Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) is on a mission to enable small biotechnology businesses to achieve their full commercial potential by bridging the gap between science and […]

Dogs come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve moulded some of them to have large protruding eyes, sloping backs and shortened legs through selective breeding. What is increasingly clear is that some of the extremes of physical shape, size and appearance seen in many dog breeds damage their health. Despite this, many of these breeds, […]

The actions set out in the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Chief Executive’s response to the Secretary of State’s letter have been carried out, and the UKRI Board and Research England Council have each considered relevant aspects of the issues raised. Central to UKRI’s response was a well-governed, principled, evidence-based independent investigation of the Secretary […]

Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who view the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission as a cornerstone of plans to explore the Solar […]

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