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Local poet brings °Â²¹°ù·É¾±³¦°ì’s discoveries to life in new book
A brand-new poetry collection inspired by groundbreaking research at The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has been launched as part of the University’s 60th celebrations.
Buzzers at the ready! ¹û¶³´«Ã½ team reaches University Challenge final
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has reached the final of BBC Two’s University Challenge, one of the UK’s most prestigious – and fiercely contested – quiz competitions.
The University of °Â²¹°ù·É¾±³¦°ì’s Dr. Alex Baker wins prestigious British Science Association Award Lecture
Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has been named as the winner of the 2025 British Science Association’s (BSA) Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture.
Why all lightsabers on Earth would be blue, and could we really freeze people in carbonite? ¹û¶³´«Ã½ chemist tells the scientific stories of Star Wars
Almost 50 years on from the release of Star Wars: Episode IV, Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is turning science fiction into science fact on May the 4th, International Star Wars Day.
University of °Â²¹°ù·É¾±³¦°ì’s secure E-voting software used in first real-world election
The University of °Â²¹°ù·É¾±³¦°ì’s pioneering Self-Enforcing E-Voting (SEEV) technology has been successfully used in a real-world election for the first time at the UNITA Students Assembly elections, assuring accuracy and verifiability of the vote tally while preserving anonymity.
£1.3m awarded to ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and the Crick to define the rules of cell fate
A research team led by David Rand at The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and James Briscoe at the Francis Crick Institute have been awarded over £1.3 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to establish a rulebook that defines the decision-making processes by which cells determine their fate or ‘type’.