Press Releases
Explosion on Jupiter-sized star ten times more powerful than ever seen on our Sun
A stellar flare ten times more powerful than anything seen on our sun has burst from an ultracool star almost the same size as Jupiter.
Pint of Science returns to Coventry bringing scientists out of the lab and into your local
The public science festival, Pint of Science, is returning to Coventry this year with experts from the Universities of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city.
Heavy metal planet fragment survives destruction from dead star
A fragment of a planet that has survived the death of its star has been discovered by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ astronomers in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets, which the star ultimately consumes.
Computer program developed to find ‘leakage’ in quantum computers
A new computer program that spots when information in a quantum computer is escaping to unwanted states will give users of this promising technology the ability to check its reliability without any technical knowledge for the first time.
£7 million funding to grant XMaS wish
A facility that allows scientists to use x-rays to examine materials for purposes as diverse as reducing corrosion on metal artefacts to re-growing teeth from stem cells is set for a multi-million pound upgrade.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ wins over £10 million funding for Centres for Doctoral Training in modelling of systems
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is to benefit from over £10 million in funding for two cutting-edge centres to train the next generation of doctoral level students in one of the UK’s most significant investments in research skills.