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��ý researchers power AI-driven pest monitoring for UK vegetable growers

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Researchers at the ��ý are helping to develop an artificial intelligence-powered pest monitoring system that enables UK vegetable growers to detect damaging insect pests earlier.

��ý receives £1.5 million grant to support groundbreaking research in sustainable energy, advanced materials, and manufacturing

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:40:00 GMT

The grant from the Wolfson Foundation will go towards the acquisition of a new aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (ac-STEM), a transformative investment that will create one of the world's leading platforms for electron microscopy and materials characterisation.

Black hole feeding frenzy ends in cosmic indigestion

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

��ý-led astronomers discover the cosmic digestive system of a black hole – showing that even when black holes appear faint, they’re not simply bottomless pits.

Advanced mass spectrometry technique breaks free from specialist hardware

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:05:00 GMT

Researchers at the ��ý and spin-out company Verdel Instruments have successfully demonstrated two-dimensional mass spectrometry on a benchtop instrument, making this powerful technique practical and affordable for everyday laboratory use.

New quantum material and chip architecture tackle a key barrier to scaling quantum computers towards 1M qubits

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:17:00 GMT

A new concept from ��ý researchers could help solve one of the biggest challenges to building large-scale quantum computers: enabling communication between vast numbers of quantum bits over long distances across a single chip.

Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart Croft awarded an honorary doctorate

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Professor Stuart Croft has been celebrated with an honorary doctorate from Coventry University.

��ý secures three prestigious Wellcome Career Development Awards

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:43:00 GMT

Three ��ý researchers have been awarded highly competitive Wellcome Career Development Awards to tackle fundamental questions in biology and history with the potential to improve future health, medicine and food security.

One in five adults born very premature face lasting economic and social struggles

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:03:00 GMT

A landmark 34-year study co-led by ��ý tracks very preterm babies from birth to middle adulthood and identifies early cognitive development as the strongest predictor of who flourishes and struggles as adults.

��ý Medical School professor appointed to House of Lords

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:15:00 GMT

Professor Swaran Singh, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the ��ý, has been appointed as a life peer.

��ý celebrates three new British Academy Fellows

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:37:00 GMT

Three ��ý academics have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of the originality and influence of their research in the humanities and social sciences.

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