Seabirds navigating thousands of miles without GPS are inspiring a new wave of resilient navigation technology, offering solutions to modern vulnerabilities in satellite-based systems.
Professor Karen Steel receives a major international award for her groundbreaking research into the genetics of hearing loss, marking a significant milestone in auditory science.
Global experts gathered at Imperial College London to confront the rising health risks of ultra-processed foods, calling for urgent policy action and systemic food reform.
The UK’s brightest early-career researchers took centre stage at STEM for Britain 2026, with groundbreaking ideas on display in Parliament. Among them, Ané Kritzinger’s award-winning work on detecting toxic methanol in sealed bottles captured top honours.
A new UK initiative to standardise radioactive waste containers promises safer storage, lower costs, and a more efficient long-term approach to nuclear decommissioning.
A new report highlights how metamaterials could drive UK innovation, economic growth, and technological leadership—if backed by coordinated policy action.
Applications are now open for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition 2026, offering a £50,000 prize fund and expert industry support to accelerate chemistry-led solutions in energy, health, environment and enabling technologies.
Healthy soil underpins food security, biodiversity, and climate resilience. A new policy report calls for a unified UK-wide definition of soil health, improved biological monitoring tools, and stronger collaboration to secure the future of our land.
A pioneering green ammonia prototype plant has gone live in the UK, offering a breakthrough method to store and release renewable energy without carbon emissions. The facility marks a key milestone in clean energy technology and could help balance the UK’s future power grid.