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Dr Ruby Peters awarded Springboard funding to investigate how physical forces shape the natural immune response

The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded £6.7 million to 55 early career researchers at 38 institutions across the UK, backing new research that can transform our understanding of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, infectious diseases and chronic pain.
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A Global Astronomical Collaboration Achieves a 1% Precision Measurement of the Universe’s Local Expansion Rate

A community-built distance network sharpens the Hubble constant and broadens the evidence behind the “Hubble tension.”
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Scientists awarded £1m to develop potentially life-saving smart gel for brain cancer

University of Sheffield pioneers 'smart' drug delivery for glioblastoma and skin disease.
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New podcast episode: Artificial Unintelligence - Why AI lies with a straight face

Have you ever been having a perfectly normal chat with your favorite AI large language model, only to realise it's been confidently lying to your face?
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Public Lecture – Prof. Adam Riess (Nobel Laureate in Physics)

We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Adam Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2011), for a public lecture as part of the PASCOS 2026 conference.