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New research into the lives of children who attend special schools has revealed a mixed picture of strong support from teachers alongside ongoing challenges with bullying and friendships, as well as unmet needs for some groups of pupils.

The FireDrone is designed to deliver real-time data from high-risk areas that are too dangerous for humans and conventional drones.

Professor Torsten Schöneberg, Professor of Molecular Biochemistry at Leipzig University, and his team at the Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry are investigating how genes, hormones and the environment regulate metabolism. His research shows why our bodies are often overwhelmed by modern diets and lifestyles - and how interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research can open up new ways of preventing and treating disease.

A new study co-led by UCD suggests that a greater understanding of biofilms could be key to protecting human health during spaceflights.

Protonica, an EPFL and CSEM spin-off has developed a new imaging and detection technology that aims to make proton therapy - a highly precise form of cancer treatment - quicker, more effective and, ultimately, cheaper.

A promising new scanning agent developed by researchers at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh has proved suitable for further testing in humans, opening the way for further clinical exploration.

Clinical NHS practices to dispose of pregnancy remains following an early-stage miscarriage (first trimester) appear at odds with some patient wishes and therefore are not conducive to inclusive care, a new study finds.

A recent scientific article by Peter Seele, a Full Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Culture, and Society at Università della Svizzera italiana, and Ludovico Giacomo Conti, a PhD candidate a

The use of medications for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased substantially across Europe over the past decade, with the steepest rises seen among adults - particularly women - according to a large population-based study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe .

Restricted access to healthcare appointments during typical working hours leads to poorer health-related quality of life, a University of Manchester led study has found.

Avalanche bulletin and snow situation With global trade not only products travel around the world, but sometimes also uninvited guests - such as fungi that can cause disease in trees.

Plastic pollution is everywhere - including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, scientists are working to measure the consequences of this contamination. There's the pollution you can see - on the beach, on the roadside and in open-air landfills. And then there's the pollution you can't - on the peak of Mount Everest, deep inside the Mariana Trench, in clouds, in buildings, and in our water supply, food, blood and brain.

After death, our digital lives persist. Digital remains raise complex questions surrounding the ownership, privacy and dignity of people after death.

A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and food security in West Africa.

Does holding someone's hand really help when you are watching a scary movie? During a festival (Lowlands) last summer, Professor Jan van Erp and PhD candidate Marie-Laure Snijders from the Human Medi

Microorganisms live in biofilms - the equivalent of microbial "cities"- everywhere on Earth. These city-like structures protect and house microbial communities and play essential roles in enabling human and plant health on our planet. Now, a new Perspective article published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes sets out a path to uncover the role of biofilms in health during long-duration spaceflight, and how spaceflight research can reshape our understanding of these microbial communities on Earth.

Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for landand sea-based waste.

Four in five women musicians have experienced sexual violence and harassment while working or taking part in the Scottish folk music scene, according to new survey findings.

A new collaboration between University of Glasgow engineers and the European Space Agency (ESA) has showcased the potential of nomadic mobile communications networks to enable remote healthcare.

Researchers are harnessing the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance weather prediction and improve climate resilience and food security in West Africa.

The latest results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration, which involves UCL researchers, combined four methods for measuring the expansion of the universe for the first time. Dark energy is the mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the universe and represents about 70% of the total content of the universe.

What if slightly heating membranes allowed us to describe the movement of their molecules? - Scientists from the EST Laboratory, Experimental Thermal Physics and Soft Matter, publish in the journal Small.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover across much of the Northern Hemisphere, finds new research led by UCL scientists. The findings, published in  Nature , show that despite the Earth being in an ice age, part of the ocean's interior - known as North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) - was only about 1.8°C colder than today, far from the near-freezing conditions previously assumed.

Study reveals changes International Olympic and Paralympic Committees could implement to keep Games viable and safer for athletes New research into the impact of climate change on snow sports provides recommendations to increase the climate-resilience of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Cities across Europe are getting hotter, and schools are among the places where heat stress is rising fastest.

Over one million people are estimated to currently have glaucoma in the UK, a figure projected to reach more than 1.6 million by 2060, according to a study led by UCL and Moorfields researchers.

In this STAR interview, we speak to Davoud Jafari of the Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET). STAR is an acronym for (S)ituation, (T)asks, (A)ctions, (R)esults.

Posted on: 21 January 2026 Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting that these specialist immune cells in the brain may actively manage memory formation and dictate what, and when, we forget. Infants of many species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-a phenomenon called infantile amnesia, but until now we have known little about how this happens.

Historic places are vital for mental health, providing the permanence people need to feel secure in their surroundings and the stability to function and thrive in everyday life, according to a new report published by Historic England and the University of Glasgow.

On January 21, the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) inaugurated its new data center (DC) at A6K in Charleroi.