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UKRI minimum stipend to rise to £18.6k for academic year
Added: 6 May 2023
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has said its minimum stipend for funded doctoral students’ living…
‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough
Added: 28 Apr 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwa…
Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.
…Top US lab hails its nuclear fusion breakthrough
Added: 14 Dec 2022
US scientists have hailed a landmark achievement in nuclear fusion that could one day transform ene…
Multi-million award to scale up uni lab’s cyber-crime solution research
Added: 4 Dec 2022
Heriot-Watt University academic Mehul Malik has been awarded £2.5 million from the Royal Academy of…
Tech challenges hinder mountain water data gathering
Added: 7 Nov 2022
Global failure to make better use of the latest monitoring technologies for high altitude water dat…
Global project to measure carbon footprint of clinical trials
Added: 16 Oct 2022
A new international initiative is developing a methodology to assess the respective environmental i…
Jacobs to support refurbishment of UK nuclear research laboratories
Added: 26 Sep 2022
US technical consultancy leaders Jacobs has won a £10 million contract to support National Nuclear …
Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry
Added: 27 Aug 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable indust…
Leading chemical and utility firms join RSC polymer sustainability task force
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced four leading industry recruits have joined its S…
Cambridge’s ninth fund underlines place as UK uni spin-outs investment leader
Added: 26 Jun 2022
Cambridge University has cemented its standing as the UK leader for university spin-outs with the f…
REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration
Added: 1 Jun 2022
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘interna…
Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help
Added: 25 May 2022
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological ag…
Secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions revealed
Added: 14 Apr 2022
At the Quark Matter conference and Rencontres de Moriond conferences, the LHCb collaboration presen…
DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and it…
New 'levelling up' roadmap: review sets out three ways business can reduce health inequalities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
A major review of health inequities published on 4 April 2022, lays a roadmap for the role of indus…
UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support program…
Digital twins to link Metaverse to real-world decarbonisation towards NetZero
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the …
UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…
Rising costs and material shortages pile pressure on UK’s over-stretched laboratories
Added: 2 Mar 2022
A stark warning has been issued about the challenges facing under-pressure laboratories in the UK a…