Category: Technology

UK scientists, supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), have played a leading role in the discovery of a new subatomic particle, a heavy proton, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The particle, known as the Ξcc⁺ (Xi cc plus), is a heavier relative of the proton which is one of […]

Getting children ready and on time for school can be stressful. In Finnish Lapland, where winters are long and snowy and some students travel long distances by bus, the challenge is even greater. In two Lapland communities, a school transport app developed through an EU-funded initiative called AURORAL has streamlined school bus pick-ups, reducing morning […]

Carcass of adult African elephant. By Geraldshields11 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, , CC BY-SA Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now Tanzania nearly two million years […]

Researchers and businesses will gain access to the world’s most advanced quantum computers, as the government commits to ushering in a new era of computing over the next decade. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will support the development and roll-out of large-scale quantum computers in the UK. This is part of a wider £2 billion […]

What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startup RoboTwin is doing exactly that, helping factory workers teach robots new skills by demonstration. Instead of writing complex code, workers perform the job once and RoboTwin’s technology turns those movements into a […]

This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings. You can read the first post here, and the second here. When people remember the 2011 uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), they picture crowded squares, raised phones, and the feeling that […]

It will provide industry and academia with the conditions to assess materials and perform testing from 2 Kelvin (-271.15 °C) to 20 Kelvin (-253.15 °C). A lab at these temperatures helps upscale technologies and propel innovation in sectors including quantum computing and high temperature superconductor (HTS) technologies. Advancing knowledge A wide range of companies have […]

Last winter, as Christmas markets opened across Europe, social media was flooded with alarming videos. Posts claimed that radical Islamists were “invading” Christmas markets.  One clip appeared to show people “disrupting” the opening of the Brussels Christmas market, while a separate photo showed a market surrounded by heavy security. The message was clear: Christian traditions […]

GENEVA — In the quiet halls of international diplomacy, a new and aggressive form of economic warfare is taking center stage. As of February 21, 2026, the global legal community is shifting its focus toward a burgeoning “Shadow Economy” where state-sponsored actors systematically dismantle private sector growth through the theft of trade secrets and strategic […]

Controversy over the chatbot Grok escalated rapidly through the early weeks of 2026. The cause was revelations about its alleged ability to generate sexualised images of women and children in response to requests from users on the social media platform X. This prompted the UK media regulator Ofcom and, subsequently, the European Commission, to launch […]