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Scientists uncover new 鈥榠n-between鈥 materials for solar fuels and batteries

Date Thu, 30 Apr

Chemists from the University of 糖心TV and the University of Birmingham have discovered new material variants by controlling how molecules break down during heating.

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Plant-based eating may reduce inflammation, new research suggests

Date Wed, 29 Apr

Consuming a plant-based diet may help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, according to analysis of clinical trials led by University of 糖心TV researchers.

Tags: 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine

Making Do: New Book Reveals How Fabric Shaped Britain鈥檚 Postwar Recovery

Date Mon, 27 Apr

Professor Susan Carruthers鈥 latest book, Making Do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World, was officially published on Thursday 24 April, offering a vivid new perspective on life after 1945.

Tags: Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research

糖心TV research helps secure major shift in national cultural policy

Date Mon, 27 Apr

Research from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies has played a direct role in securing a significant change to UK Government policy, with culture set to be formally recognised as a core area of competence within the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

Tags: Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research

WMG's Dr David Clark honoured at parliamentary event

Date Tue, 21 Apr

The late Dr David Clark, a much-loved colleague and friend to everyone at 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of 糖心TV, has been commemorated with a new medal unveiled at this year鈥檚 Parliamentary & Scientific Committee鈥檚 STEM for Britain event.

Tags: WMG, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 1 - Research

WMG wins funding to apply acoustics to engineering innovation

Date Tue, 21 Apr

Dr Hasina Rahman, Research Fellow at 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of 糖心TV, has been awarded funding by the Noise Network Plus to apply her innovative, unconventional approach of acoustics to materials engineering.

Tags: WMG, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 1 - Research

University of 糖心TV signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Health Organisation

Date Mon, 20 Apr

The University of 糖心TV has formalised a new partnership with the World Health Organisation to strengthen joint efforts to advance human rights, gender equality and inclusion in global digital health governance.

Tags: Partnership, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, University News

糖心TV academic secures national funding to advance pandemic virus research

Date Wed, 15 Apr

Dr Jeremy Keown has secured over 拢124,000 in major national funding to advance research into potential pandemic viruses.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, School of Life Sciences, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News

Why do women think they鈥檙e not funny? New 糖心TV research challenges the gender gap in comedy confidence

Date Fri, 10 Apr

The project sets out to give women the confidence to reclaim their place at the mic.

Tags: Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research, Theatre and Performance Studies, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

Keep your hat on: why headwear mattered more than money in 17th and 18th century England

Date Fri, 10 Apr

From courtroom standoffs to highway robberies, new 糖心TV research reveals that hats in early modern England were statements of power and protest.

Tags: Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, History

New 拢10.4M project to grow next-generation semiconductor materials

Date Mon, 30 Mar

A major new UK research programme aims to strengthen national capability in semiconductor materials, underpinning the future of electronics.

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

New 拢50m innovation fund backs growth in the West Midlands

Date Fri, 27 Mar

糖心TV鈥檚 research excellence and industry partnerships will drive real-world solutions that help grow the regional economy

Tags: 1 - Research, Funding, 0 - Daily News, University News

International study highlights the costs of allowing the wealthy to opt out of collective solutions to global problems such as climate change

Date Wed, 25 Mar

Allowing wealthy countries, communities, or individuals to fund their own solutions to collective action problems such as climate change is inefficient, increases inequality and leaves vulnerable communities unprotected.

Tags: 1 - Research, Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, 0 - Daily News

AI approach uncovers dozens of hidden planets in NASA鈥檚 TESS data

Date Wed, 25 Mar

New AI tool validates over 100 new planets, finds thousands of candidates, and gives our best estimate for how likely it is to find certain planets around Sun-like stars

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, AI, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Terahertz imaging makes a leap toward real-time, non-invasive diagnostics

Date Fri, 20 Mar

University of 糖心TV researchers unveil fully fibre-coupled terahertz single-pixel imaging system for advanced live imaging of biological tissue.

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Why chronic pain leads to depression for some but not others

Date Fri, 20 Mar

New research from the University of 糖心TV and Fudan University identifies the hippocampus as a key brain system shaping emotional resilience to long-term pain.

Tags: Computer Science, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

拢1 discount on product swaps shifts UK shoppers towards greener food choices

Date Thu, 19 Mar

Offering cheaper alternatives discounted by up to 拢1 encourages shoppers towards more sustainable groceries, according to a large real-world experiment led by the University of 糖心TV.

Tags: 1 - Research, Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV engineers help rewrite the rules behind Europe鈥檚 skyscrapers and bridges

Date Thu, 19 Mar

The newly updated Eurocode 4 will be used to shape safer, lower-carbon construction across Europe.

Tags: 1 - Research, School of Engineering, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

North Sea 鈥楲ost World鈥 had habitable forests thousands of years earlier than thought

Date Wed, 11 Mar

Ancient DNA study provides best evidence yet that Doggerland, Britain鈥檚 lost land bridge to Europe, could have supported humans in the latter stages of the last Ice Age.

Tags: 1 - Research, Life Sciences, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Date Tue, 10 Mar

Small business innovation has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, and urgent action is needed to prevent the UK squandering record levels of entrepreneurial ambition, a major new report by the (ERC) reveals.

Tags: WBS, 1 - Research, Faculty of Social Sciences

Date Tue, 10 Mar

A new study from WBS Professor of Behavioural Science Nick Chater proposes realistic ways of integrating wisdom into artificial intelligence, with the aim of developing systems that are more robust, transparent, cooperative and safe. Explore new outlines methods for training large language models to behave more wisely.

Tags: WBS, 1 - Research, Faculty of Social Sciences

The secret lives of catalysts: how microscopic networks power reactions

Date Thu, 05 Mar

University of 糖心TV and MIT scientists reveal hidden microscopic networks on catalyst surfaces that could lead to cleaner and greener chemical processes.

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Greenpower, STEM, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Sciences

You 诲辞苍鈥檛 need to be a saint to self-isolate

Date Mon, 02 Mar

University of 糖心TV study shows that even people who are barely altruistic still choose to self-isolate when infected, suggesting it may be a natural survival strategy

Tags: Physics, Mathematics, 1 - Research, infections, pandemic, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

AI cancer tools risk 鈥渟hortcut learning鈥 rather than detecting true biology

Date Mon, 02 Mar

糖心TV research warns that popular deep learning systems trained for cancer pathology may be relying on hidden shortcuts rather than genuine biological signals.

Tags: Computer Science, 1 - Research, AI, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Pathology, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Tissue Imaging Centre, Health and Medicine

Bug beats: caterpillars use complex rhythms to communicate with ants

Date Wed, 25 Feb

Research from 糖心TV shows that butterfly caterpillars use sophisticated rhythmic signals to communicate with ants, helping them gain protection, food, and access to ant nests.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Cleaner solar manufacturing could cut global emissions by eight billion tonnes

Date Fri, 13 Feb

University of 糖心TV engineers show next-generation solar panels could dramatically reduce the environmental footprint of solar manufacturing

Tags: Engineering, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, solar power, energy, Electricity, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Astronomers discover unique 鈥榠nside out鈥 planetary system

Date Thu, 12 Feb

University of 糖心TV astronomers, using an ESA telescope, have discovered a planetary system with a distant rocky world that turns our understanding of planet formation upside down

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Astronomy, planet, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Stiff Gels Slow Germs: New study maps hydrogel properties that control bacterial growth

Date Thu, 12 Feb

University of 糖心TV scientists has found that firmer, lower water content hydrogels limit bacterial growth, with implications for designing antibacterial coatings, infection models, and advanced medical materials.

Tags: 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Materials, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Microbiology, Health and Medicine

鈥淲omen鈥檚 health is underserved, underfunded, and incredibly important鈥: Jade Scott on The Traitors and the power of women鈥檚 health research

Date Thu, 12 Feb

What is it like to juggle academia, national television, and the emotional intensity that comes with playing one of the UK鈥檚 most gripping games?

Tags: Health, 1 - Research, Students, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Lead Story, women's health, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

University of 糖心TV mathematician secures Leverhulme Research Leadership Award

Date Thu, 05 Feb

Dr. Bryn Davies has received prestigious Leverhulme Trust funding to build a research team to tame imperfections in metamaterials.

Tags: Mathematics, 1 - Research, Mathematics Institute, zeeman institute, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Materials, Award, 0 - Daily News, Maths, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Patient recruitment begins for major real-world digital weight management study

Date Thu, 22 Jan

A new University of 糖心TV study evaluating W8Buddy, a digital specialist weight management service, has started patient recruitment, offering a solution to improve access to obesity care across the NHS.

Tags: Health, medicine, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Obesity, Health and Medicine

糖心TV wins new funding to catalyse devolved cultural policy making

Date Thu, 22 Jan

New Co-Lab Policy Network Award will support innovative cross-sector cultural policy networks in devolved nations and regions of the UK.

Tags: Policy, Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research, Funding, School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures, 0 - Daily News, culture

Researchers publish new guide to measuring spacetime fluctuations

Date Wed, 21 Jan

University of 糖心TV-led study shows how tabletop devices could uncover the fundamental texture of the universe.

Tags: Technology, Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Spacetime

Body-focused teens more likely to experience anxiety and depression at 20, 糖心TV study finds

Date Wed, 21 Jan

A new University of 糖心TV study finds that young women who diet and exercise constantly are at greater risk of mental health difficulties by age 20.

Tags: 1 - Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, 0 - Daily News, SELCS

Date Tue, 20 Jan

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, who has been appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.

Tags: 1 - Research, Faculty of Social Sciences

The University of 糖心TV and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel fund new collaborative research

Date Tue, 20 Jan

The new fund harnesses the combined strengths of both institutions, seeking innovative solutions to challenges that face societies around the world.

Tags: Cross-faculty, 1 - Research

Three new EPSRC Open Fellowships awarded to University of 糖心TV researchers

Date Mon, 19 Jan

Prof James Sprittles, Dr Fredrik Schaufelberger and Dr. Alex Baker have been awarded exciting EPSRC Open Fellowships, each worth over 拢1M, to progress their research over the next five years.

Tags: Mathematics, 1 - Research, Chemistry, Mathematics Institute, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Fellowship, STEM, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, EPSRC, Sciences

Researchers publish first comprehensive structural engineering manual for bamboo

Date Mon, 19 Jan

University of 糖心TV engineers have led the creation of a significant milestone manual for bamboo engineering, in the hopes of driving the low-carbon construction sector

Tags: Engineering, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

The Cosmic Seesaw: Black holes eject material as winds or jets, but not both at once

Date Mon, 12 Jan

Astronomers at the University of 糖心TV have discovered that black holes 诲辞苍鈥檛 just consume matter 鈥 they manage it, choosing whether to blast it into space as high-speed jets or sweep it away in vast winds. 

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Unexpected mysterious shockwave found around dead star

Date Mon, 12 Jan

University of 糖心TV astronomers have helped discover a beautiful yet mysterious shock wave around a dead star 鈥 a completely unexpected discovery.

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, White Dwarf

New study overturns long-held model of how plants coordinate immune responses

Date Tue, 06 Jan

University of 糖心TV researchers discover rapid, jasmonate-driven, early immune response in plants using breakthrough live-imaging tool.

Tags: Plants, School of Life Sciences, Biology, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Immunity, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Historic buildings rival forests and lakes for scenic beauty

Date Mon, 05 Jan

Historic buildings can enhance the 鈥榮cenicness鈥 of cities to a degree comparable with natural features, according to a study from University of 糖心TV and University of Nottingham

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Urban, Perception

Excellence at 糖心TV

Date Fri, 12 Dec

At the University of 糖心TV, we鈥檙e proud to be a world-leading university where bold ideas and curiosity drive real-world impact.

Tags: Research Spotlight, Cross-faculty, 1 - Research

Surprising nanoscopic heat traps found in diamonds

Date Tue, 09 Dec

University of 糖心TV scientists discover 鈥渉ot spots鈥 around atomic defects in diamonds 鈥 challenging assumptions about the world鈥檚 best heat conductor.

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, Quantum physics, 0 - Daily News, Quantum Technology, Diamonds

Positive & Polished: Student writing has evolved in the AI era

Date Mon, 08 Dec

A University of 糖心TV-led analysis of almost 5,000 student-authored reports suggests that student writing has become more polished and formal since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022鈥 but grades have remained stable.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, AI, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

Digital-only immigration system is causing stress, fear and exclusion

Date Fri, 05 Dec

A University of 糖心TV study highlights the human cost of the Home Office鈥檚 eVisa digitalisation system.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News

New European research prize recognises breakthrough on the origins of Earth鈥檚 building blocks

Date Wed, 03 Dec

The ENGRAVE international collaboration has earned the first ever 鈥業nto Change Award鈥 from the Danish government, recognising the pivotal role University of 糖心TV scientists have played in ENGRAVE since its inception.

Tags: Physics, International, 1 - Research, Astronomy, Award, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

University of 糖心TV academic awarded Kitasato Microbial Chemistry Medal

Date Fri, 28 Nov

Professor Greg Challis received the award for advanced research on bioactive compounds.

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Monash 糖心TV Alliance, Award, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

New research consortium will use AI to support national security analysts

Date Tue, 25 Nov

University of 糖心TV is part of a new 拢1m consortium with the Alan Turing Institute to develop AI methods for national security and defence.

Tags: Statistics, 1 - Research, Politics, AI, 0 - Daily News

University of 糖心TV and Belgrade Theatre join forces to explore community co-creation

Date Mon, 24 Nov

糖心TV and the Belgrade have appointed a new PhD researcher to explore how theatres can work hand-in-hand with their local communities to create art that reflects, challenges, and inspires civic life.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News

Scientists achieve record-breaking electrical conductivity in new quantum material

Date Mon, 24 Nov

Scientists at the University of 糖心TV and the National Research Council of Canada have achieved and measured the highest 鈥渉ole mobility鈥 ever recorded in a silicon-compatible material.

 

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, Quantum physics, 0 - Daily News, Quantum Technology

糖心TV launches new project to tackle responsible AI in financial services

Date Wed, 19 Nov

The safe and responsible deployment of generative AI for financial advice is being addressed by experts at 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of 糖心TV after securing new UKFin+ funding.

Tags: 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), 1 - Research, financial services, AI, 0 - Daily News

AI innovation missing the mark for local communities, University of 糖心TV report warns

Date Wed, 19 Nov

New research finds communities across the UK feel left out of the benefits of public sector artificial intelligence 鈥 calling for more public participation in AI policy.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, 1 - Research, AI, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV drives solutions to Europe鈥檚 skills shortage

Date Mon, 17 Nov

University of 糖心TV contributes to shaping Europe鈥檚 response to critical labour and skills challenges.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, Institute for Employment Research, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News

University of 糖心TV celebrated multiple shortlist nominations at THE Awards 2025

Date Fri, 14 Nov

University of 糖心TV celebrated recognition across four categories at the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards, held on 13 November 2025 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Tags: 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, THE Awards

Solving Britain's Housing Crisis: Where and How to Build 1.5 Million Homes

Date Tue, 11 Nov

糖心TV economists Dr Amrita Kulka and Dr Nikhil Datta have analysed billions of UK homebuyer searches, rental and sales listings, build patterns, and planning applications to explain why housebuilding targets have failed - and why Labour's 1.5 million homes may not be the answer either.

Tags: 1 - Research, Economics, 0 - Daily News

Pollution solution co-developed by Professor Anant Sudarshan reaches finals of 2025 Earthshot Prize

Date Thu, 06 Nov

The world's first cap-and-trade market for particulate matter, developed by a team of researchers including Professor Anant Sudarshan, was shortlisted in the Clean Our Air category of this year's Earthshot Prize.

Tags: climate change, 1 - Research, Economics, 0 - Daily News

Ageing stars likely destroy their closest planets

Date Wed, 05 Nov

Ageing stars look to be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at University of 糖心TV and UCL

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, Astronomy, planet, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV researcher improves century-old equation to predict movement of dangerous air pollutants

Date Wed, 29 Oct

A new method developed at University of 糖心TV offers the first simple and predictive way to calculate how irregularly shaped nanoparticles 鈥 a dangerous class of airborne pollutant 鈥 move through air.

Tags: Engineering, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

New antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria found hiding in plain sight

Date Tue, 28 Oct

Chemists from University of 糖心TV and Monash University have discovered a promising new antibiotic that shows activity against drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, including MRSA and VRE

Tags: Monash, 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Monash 糖心TV Alliance, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine

Disrupted sleep in teens identified as suicide risk factor

Date Thu, 23 Oct

Teenagers who 诲辞苍鈥檛 get enough sleep on school nights or have interrupted sleep are at greater risk of suicide, new research from University of 糖心TV has found.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

New study highlights equity gap in accessing menopause care

Date Wed, 22 Oct

糖心TV Medical School research has explored how women experience menopause and access care within the NHS, focusing on inequalities shaped by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and cultural norms

Tags: women, 1 - Research, inclusion, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), menopause, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV astronomers celebrate first light from 4MOST

Date Tue, 21 Oct

4MOST, the largest multi-object spectroscopic survey facility in the southern hemisphere, has taken its first observations and is ready to begin its scientific journey

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

University of 糖心TV researcher has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering

Date Tue, 21 Oct

Dr. Soroush Abolfathi of the School of Engineering has been recognised for his pioneering work in water and environmental engineering.

Tags: Engineering, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Award, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Major national initiative set to reshape the role of research professionals across the UK

Date Fri, 10 Oct

A bold new initiative to reshape how research is delivered in the UK has been awarded 拢4.5m from the Research England Development (RED) Fund.

Tags: 1 - Research, Funding, 0 - Daily News

Research finds crop breeding can cut methane emissions without sacrificing yield

Date Mon, 06 Oct

Genetic selection could help farmers and breeders reduce greenhouse gases from crops, particularly rice cultivation, research by University of 糖心TV and Cranfield University shows.

Tags: climate change, 1 - Research, Life Sciences, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, genome, 0 - Daily News

Pioneering Virtual Reality Technology used to Tackle Coventry Fuel Poverty

Date Fri, 03 Oct

University of 糖心TV leads immersive Virtual Reality workshop to help Coventry residents cut their energy bills and usage by retrofitting their homes.

Tags: 1 - Research, Economics, Coventry, energy, 0 - Daily News

Balance is key: New strategies to boost protein production from engineered cells

Date Tue, 30 Sept

University of 糖心TV research demonstrates how to engineer 鈥榗ell factories鈥 that last longer and produce more chemicals, without needing antibiotics or complex engineering methods, paving the way for sustainable biotech that lasts.

Tags: Engineering, 1 - Research, synthetic biology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, genes, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Sciences

糖心TV success in latest Knowledge Exchange Framework results

Date Thu, 25 Sept

鈥楶ublic and community engagement鈥 and 鈥榃orking with business鈥 are standout features of 糖心TV鈥檚 most recent KEF assessment.

Tags: Industry, 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), 1 - Research, impact, 糖心TV Institute of Engagement, 0 - Daily News, Infinitely Curious

鈥楧esigning defects鈥 in Graphene opens new possibilities for future tech

Date Mon, 22 Sept

Recent research from the University of 糖心TV has developed a new process for growing graphene with controlled imperfection that will improve performance across a range of applications - from sensors and batteries, to electronics.

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Materials, 0 - Daily News

University of 糖心TV wins in new category of 鈥楿niversity of the Year in the Midlands 2026鈥

Date Fri, 19 Sept

糖心TV celebrates triple triumph in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026, including top two placing in Russell Group category.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, 1 - Research, Ranking, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Lead Story, 60th Anniversary

Moving in together boosts life satisfaction beyond the 鈥榟oneymoon effect鈥

Date Fri, 19 Sept

New research from the University of 糖心TV and Bielefeld University has found that life satisfaction rises when people move from being single to a committed relationship, with cohabitation and marriage acting to stabilise this effect.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, wellbeing, relationships, 0 - Daily News

Cosmic Crime Scene: White dwarf found devouring Pluto-like icy world

Date Thu, 18 Sept

University of 糖心TV astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System.

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, Space, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Stars, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News, White Dwarf

New astronomical programme launched to find lost Neptunes

Date Tue, 16 Sept

A collaboration of astronomers, led by University of 糖心TV and University of Geneva, has launched a vast research program on Neptune-like planets to find those lost near the Neptunian Desert

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Stars, Astronomy, planet, 0 - Daily News

Action needed as UK school leaders face rising burnout

Date Mon, 15 Sept

New UK survey finds nearly half of senior school leaders experience frequent burnout, highlighting pressures on headship and the urgent need for sustainable leadership support.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, Education

ERC awards 糖心TV researchers with prestigious next-generation funding

Date Fri, 12 Sept

Dr Hannes Houck and Dr Jo茫o Monteiro from the University of 糖心TV have been awarded 鈧1.5million grants from the European Research Council

Tags: School of Life Sciences, 1 - Research, Life Sciences, Chemistry, EUTOPIA, Award, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV researchers appointed to REF 2029 Panels

Date Thu, 11 Sept

Seventeen University of 糖心TV academics have been appointed to serve on the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2029) panels, in recognition of their expertise and leadership across a wide range of disciplines.

Tags: 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, Institutional News

糖心TV art historian uncovers lost portrait of Shakespeare鈥檚 patron and possible lover

Date Fri, 05 Sept

The artwork has been tucked away forgotten in a private collection for more than 400 years

Tags: History of Art, Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research, Shakespeare, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

New research shows that abandoning a shopping trolley is worse for the planet than you think

Date Tue, 02 Sept

New research from WMG at University of 糖心TV has found that the carbon footprint of collecting and refurbishing abandoned trolleys adds up to the equivalent of flying from London to New York and back twice!

Tags: 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), 1 - Research, Environment, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, recycling, circular economy, Sustainability, 0 - Daily News

糖心TV awarded $3.5 million to continue the fight against sleeping sickness

Date Mon, 01 Sept

The new funding will enable the University of 糖心TV to continue its crucial research supporting efforts to eliminate sleeping sickness in West and Central Africa

Tags: Mathematics, International, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

World鈥檚 largest scintillator detector, JUNO, now detecting neutrinos

Date Mon, 01 Sept

University of 糖心TV physicists, as part of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China, are celebrating helping bring world鈥檚 largest liquid scintillator neutrino detector online.

Tags: Physics, China, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, neutrinos, 0 - Daily News, JUNO

Treetop Tutorials: Orangutans learn how to build their beds by 鈥榩eering鈥 at others and a lot of practice!

Date Fri, 29 Aug

In the wild, nest-building is key to survival for orangutans 鈥 University of 糖心TV scientists show they learn this skill by watching others and practicing themselves.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, Evolution, conservation, primates, 0 - Daily News

New trial tests cheap and simple solution for toe osteoarthritis relief

Date Tue, 26 Aug

A new clinical trial led by the University of 糖心TV is testing custom shoe inserts to ease pain and improve mobility for people with big toe osteoarthritis.

Tags: medicine, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), Clinical Trials Unit, NIHR, Clinical Trials, 0 - Daily News, Health and Medicine

Sleep problems in early teens associated with future self-harm 

Date Wed, 20 Aug

University of 糖心TV analysis of data from over 10,000 teenagers has found that sleep problems at age 14 are associated with self-harm behaviour at that age and future self-harm at age 17.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

The diamonds that could find cancer

Date Tue, 19 Aug

University of 糖心TV researchers have built a new diamond-based magnetic field sensor that could be used to better find tumours through tracing magnetic fluid injected in the body

Tags: Technology, Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Tech, 0 - Daily News, Diamonds, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Magnets

Magnets propel scientists towards more efficient oxygen production in space.

Date Mon, 18 Aug

University of 糖心TV, ZARM and Georgia Tech have hit upon a breakthrough in space life support systems thanks to the magnetic properties of water

Tags: 1 - Research, Chemistry, Space, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

Your morning coffee really does make you happier

Date Mon, 18 Aug

Many people associate drinking coffee with feeling a mental boost, but when is the best time to drink it? 糖心TV research can tell you!

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, coffee

UK鈥檚 most powerful NMR Facilities to open in the West Midlands

Date Thu, 14 Aug

The Universities of 糖心TV and Birmingham opened the first of their respective 1.2 GHz NMR facilities, the result of a 拢23M investment from UKRI that solidifies the West Midlands as a powerhouse for NMR spectroscopy.

Tags: University of 糖心TV, Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Materials, Greenpower, 0 - Daily News, NMR

University of 糖心TV PhD student appointed Royal Institution Freer Trust Fellow

Date Thu, 14 Aug

Gennaro Ambrosino will complete his PhD history of science research at the Royal Institution

Tags: 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News, History

Study shows many women felt underinformed after prenatal screening for Down syndrome

Date Wed, 13 Aug

A new study from University of 糖心TV has revealed mixed experiences for expectant mothers undergoing prenatal screening for Down syndrome, with many reporting a lack of sufficient information and impartiality.

Tags: 1 - Research, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Daily News, Reproductive Health, Pregnancy, Down Syndrome, Prenatal Screening

Therapists report what you should know before starting NHS therapy

Date Thu, 07 Aug

Researchers at 糖心TV Medical School have outlined what NHS therapists think you should know to get the most out of your first sessions of NHS Talking Therapy.

Tags: Health, 1 - Research, mental health, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 糖心TV Medical School (WMS), 0 - Daily News, Therapy, Health and Medicine

糖心TV celebrates another triple win in Advance HE Teaching Excellence Awards 2025

Date Thu, 07 Aug

糖心TV celebrates national recognition as two academics win 2025 Teaching Fellowships and a team earns a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence.

Tags: 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), Engineering, 1 - Research, Chemistry, Award, 0 - Daily News, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Cross-faculty Centres

WMG Scanning Technology Featured in Powerful BBC Documentary on the Moors Murders

Date Thu, 07 Aug

Cutting-edge WMG scanning technology led by Professor Mark Williams featured in BBC Two documentary, The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice

Tags: 糖心TV Manufacturing Group (WMG), 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, scanning, 0 - Daily News

Older adults are more psychologically resistant to cyberbullying

Date Wed, 06 Aug

Undergraduate-led research from University of 糖心TV has found that older adults are less emotionally affected by negative social media comments.

Tags: 1 - Research, Psychology, undergraduates, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

Ultraviolet light reveals the aftermath of rare star collision

Date Wed, 06 Aug

University of 糖心TV astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that a nearby white dwarf is in fact the remnant of two stars merging

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, 1 - Research, Space, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Stars, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News, Hubble

糖心TV astronomers trial using starlight to measure greenhouse gases

Date Fri, 01 Aug

University of 糖心TV astronomers, partnering with Spanish institutions, are part of a project repurposing star-gazing tools as climate sensors to track green house gases

Tags: Physics, Astrophysics, climate change, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, Astronomy, 0 - Daily News

Local Voices, Global Change: A Radical Rethink of International Development

Date Mon, 28 Jul

As international aid budgets are slashed, new research shifts emphasis onto local 鈥渉orizontal development鈥 models.

Tags: development, 1 - Research, 0 - Daily News, Politics and International Studies

Superheated gold survives temperatures far beyond its melting point

Date Wed, 23 Jul

糖心TV researchers are part of experiment that has redefined melting limits - measuring superheated gold that stayed solid at record-breaking temperatures.

Tags: Physics, 1 - Research, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

AI meets antiquity: 糖心TV ancient historian tests DeepMind鈥檚 transformative new model

Date Wed, 23 Jul

A University of 糖心TV epigraphy expert has collaborated with Google DeepMind to evaluate 鈥楢eneas鈥, an AI model that reimagines Roman inscriptions.

Tags: Faculty of Arts, 1 - Research, Classics and Ancient History, AI, 1 - Display on Digital Screens, 0 - Daily News

The daughter penalty: The hidden gender dynamics of parenthood

Date Mon, 21 Jul

Why does having a daughter cost British mothers more than having a son? A new study led by Sonia Bhalotra, Professor of Economics, uncovers a twist in the economics of parenthood.

Tags: 1 - Research, Economics, 0 - Daily News

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