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Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of ۲ݮƵ 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).
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 ۲ݮƵ thanks to new funding.     

tree trunk lying on ground showing a lot of decay with a lot of leaf folage

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 ۲ݮƵ project aims to combat the impact of forest diseases that can cost the UK economy billions.
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​Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South

Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.

Alan Turing's theory of biology is helping next generation of mathematicians crack the code

Mathematicians from the University of ۲ݮƵ are helping school children across the UK crack the code using Alan Turing’s theory of biology, to celebrate the new £50 note.

A wheelchair user and her carer visit a park, they are next to a pond with birds.

University of ۲ݮƵ to be part of leading new centre to implement evidence in adult social care

A new, first-of-its-kind research centre for adult social care will bring together academic expertise and those working in adult social care to promote the use of high-quality research and practice-based evidence to support innovation in adult social
Old and newly made dopamine-producing nerve cells in the zebrafish brain
Old and newly made dopamine-producing nerve cells in the zebrafish brain

Parkinson's gene may impair how new neurons are made throughout our lifetime

A pioneering study, published in Scientific Reports, found that the Parkinon’s gene PINK1 is important for the generation of dopamine-producing neurons throughout life, and is not just responsible for the premature death of these neurons
Carrots in a tub.

Voicing our support for low carbon food infrastructure in ۲ݮƵ

Why we're supporting an ambitious roadmap to expand and broaden low carbon food production in ۲ݮƵ.
A box of personal protective equipment being delivered.

۲ݮƵ scientists aim to pandemic-proof the NHS supply chain

A platform to help the NHS order essential supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE) from low-risk suppliers, could ease future shortages like those experienced in the first wave of the pandemic.