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Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Researcher in a lab using a pipet

New research to develop blood test that predicts the risk of secondary breast cancer

A blood test which could predict the likelihood of breast cancer spreading to the bone and becoming incurable, is being developed by researchers at the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ thanks to new funding.     

Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
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New collaboration harnesses COVID methods to combat multi-billion threat to UK forests

Harnessing methods used to successfully predict and understand the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, a new University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ project aims to combat the impact of forest diseases that can cost the UK economy billions.
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New report cites ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ researchers in call for government to improve agricultural transition
The remains of the Mary Rose on display in The Mary Rose Museum

The Mary Rose gets conservation boost from new x-ray technique

The Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s favourite warship - has received a major boost from a researcher at the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ to help conserve the ship for future generations.
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Scientists make breakthrough in understanding how penicillin works

The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time.

Dr Jennifer Coates

University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ academic and leading scholar in East Asian cinema awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize

Dr Jennifer Coates from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) has been awarded a prestigious £100,000 prize by the Philip Leverhulme Trust to further her promising career in Japanese cinema and culture.

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ engineers reach final of $10m global avatar competition

Researchers from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ are through to the final of a major global competition to develop an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location instantly.