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Tougher dependents’ rules blamed for drop in foreign student numbers
Added: 29 May 2025
New Office of National Statistics figures reveal a sharp fall in the number of international studen…
Space science helps target medicine’s ‘final frontier’
Added: 29 May 2025
Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they descr…
Ten year R&D budgets will encourage business to invest, says NCUB
Added: 24 May 2025
The Department of Science, innovation and Technology’s commitment to provide 10 year funding for re…
Peers warn maths teaching seen as ‘irrelevant’ in data-driven era
Added: 23 May 2025
UK maths education is failing to adapt to the AI and data-driven age, the chair of the House of Lor…
Call for biomedical collaboration as ‘window of opportunity’ looms
Added: 23 May 2025
Biomedical and health research body the Academy of Medical Sciences has called upon industry, unive…
Nominations open for the 2025 Lab Awards
Added: 23 May 2025
The nominations process for this year’s Lab Awards has opened, with the winners to be announced at …
National curriculum ‘biggest threat to practical science in schools’ warns survey
Added: 18 May 2025
The demands of the national curriculum are the greatest obstacle to providing the hands-on lessons …
Researchers get to the heart of organ development
Added: 18 May 2025
Advanced microscopy has enabled researchers to capture in real time the formation of an animal hear…
Sydney duo apply quantum tech to dynamic molecules
Added: 18 May 2025
Australia’s University of Sydney say they have performed a breakthrough simulation of how molecules…
Study unearths role of fertilisers in crop metals uptake
Added: 9 May 2025
Animal based fertilisers ensure agriculture and water systems are less exposed to pollutants than t…
Shall I compare thee to soft robotics…?
Added: 7 May 2025
A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential bre…
Lords urge UK to act now on visas in global fight for US STEM talent
Added: 7 May 2025
UK immigration laws leave the country in danger of missing out on a “massive opportunity” to benefi…
Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists
Added: 5 May 2025
Citizen scientists working with the University of Glasgow have amassed more than 700 reports over a…
Trials tackle if menstrual cycle contributes to women’s soccer injury
Added: 5 May 2025
Football governing body FIFA is funding Kingston University to research whether the menstrual cycle…
Royal Marsden claims first with online daily adaptive radiotherapy treatment
Added: 5 May 2025
London’s Royal Marsden Hospital is claiming a medical first for a radiotherapy planning system that…
NCUB: university-business R&D funding focused on too few institutions
Added: 28 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has warned that R&D investment is over rel…
PacBio to partner ‘first ever’ North African based dementia study
Added: 28 Apr 2025
Biotechnology company PacBio is to be a partner in a project to address the under representation of…
Evidence suggests chimps ‘bring it in’ like bonobos
Added: 28 Apr 2025
New research suggests chimpanzees and bonobos may not be markedly different from each other in thei…
£10 million approved for Liverpool LSTM’s AI Level 3 labs suite
Added: 27 Apr 2025
Funding of £10 million has been cleared for AI powered robotic laboratories to be provided to Liver…
AI enables vets to take cues straight from the horse’s mouth
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Two Swedish research institutions have developed an AI platform that provides a 'digital voice' for…
