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Researchers from Simon Fraser University are urging snowshoers and winter hikers to get clued up on avalanche safety after a new study found a concerning lack of awareness among those taking part in the sports.

We rely on batteries now more than ever, from our phones and laptops to electric vehicles. But the ones powering today's technologies aren't without their shortcomings.

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that advising owners to behave calmly during their arrivals and departures helped puppies adjust to being left on their own.

A young boy born with a devastating, rare genetic condition has been given a new lease of life thanks to a team of UCL scientists who manufactured a pioneering gene therapy for him.

Posted on: 22 November 2025 Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI) researchers demonstrated the power of a structured, quality-assured Barrett's Oesophagus Registry to prevent and detect early oesophageal cancer.

What is the Research Integrity Advisory Panel? The Research Integrity Advisory Panel was developed as a means to offer informal and discipline-specific advice and support for University of Cambridge

Allegations of misconduct in research are rare but the University takes them very seriously. The University is committed to ensuring that allegations of misconduct in research are investigated with all possible thoroughness and vigour.

The use of virtual reality (VR) is expanding across industries, but its large-scale application in educational settings has remained largely unexplored.

New data from the Child of the North initiative shows stark inequalities in the number of children who have the skills needed to thrive in school.

Some defence lawyers acting for Post Office Horizon scandal victims during their prosecutions adopted a 'culture of defeat' and failed to offer adequate representation, a study co-led by UCL has found.

A total of 70 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate's annual 'Highly Cited Researchers List' for 2025, which recognises the most influential researchers in their fields.

After showing how Large Language Models (LLMs) can "guess" mental states from online posts or even rival expert psychiatrists in diagnostic accuracy, the REMEDI Lab (REthinking MEntal health through Clinical and Data Intelligence), part of USI Euler Institute , has now published a new study in Scientific Reports by Nature that raises a radical question: do psychological tests really measure what we think they measure?

A new study has shown that a clinical tool developed by the University of Liverpool, University of Manchester and The Walton Centre can accurately predict whether the most common type of brain tumour

Once known to locals as "Bish Vegas" for its bustling pubs, bars and nightlife, Bishop Auckland in County Durham is now at the centre of a very different story.

Chemical products such as medicines, plastics, soap, and paint are still often based on fossil raw materials.

In this first-person account, FMI's senior communications manager describes taking part in an early human trial that adapts previous experiments in mice to explore how the human brain responds when visual and auditory information suddenly fall out of sync.

A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has identified that ageing causes a significant loss of blood vessels in the tendons of horses.

Reducing the UK's energy demand could help the country reach its net zero target faster and at half the cost compared to relying mainly on supply-side technologies, according to new research by energy experts.

Psychology A new PhD thesis provides a rare insight into living with face blindness - and how research can improve diagnosis and understanding.

The spin-off VM Photonics GmbH delivers ultra-stable and 10 times purer laser light for high-precision optical measurements Business innovation: VM Photonics GmbH is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) and Leibniz University Hannover.

Something strange goes on inside platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). A new study by the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat demonstrates that while PtBi2 looks like a typical crystal, electrons moving through it do something spectacular.

What if in future wooden parquet floors were not only aesthetically pleasing, but also equipped with sensors - and could even supply their own electricity?

PhD Defense PhD researcher Tim Schoonbeek investigated how AR and AI improve the quality of industrial processes.

Posted on: 20 November 2025 Trinity College joined with Bohemian Football Club to examine the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in relation to participation, openness, discrimination and harassment, barriers and positive/protective factors in football settings in the Republic of Ireland.

Imagine a process that generates its own energy to operate. It converts waste into a substance that improves soil health, increases crop yield and filters contaminants - all while reducing greenhouse gases.

People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and the University of Oxford.

Closing the health gap between the North and the rest of England could put an extra £18.4 billion into the economy per year, according to new research by academics from Newcastle University, T