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This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page.
Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

University of 91Ö±²¥ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

91Ö±²¥ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Remtec's 2-axis tracking agrivoltaic system in north Italy
Remtec's 2-axis tracking agrivoltaic system in north Italy

Solar technology could meet UK’s electricity needs without sacrificing farmland

Ambitious government plans for the expansion of solar farms could be achieved without sacrificing farmland, according to new research on a technology that could meet the UK’s electricity needs four times over.
A close up of the remains of a stone tool which humans used 150,000 years ago

Scientists find earliest evidence that our ancestors lived in rainforests 150,000 years ago

The earliest evidence of humans living in tropical rainforests in Africa, around 150,000 years ago, has been published in a new study in Nature by researchers at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
female gynocologist looking at a mammogram

£1 million funding boost for research into preventing breast cancer recurrence

Researchers working to understand why some breast cancers come back years later and form incurable secondary tumours, have received a £1 million funding boost.
A carer supporting a person using a wheelchair

Caring for our carers: report calls for investment in digital tech to support unpaid carers in lockdown

A new report launched this week urges local authorities to invest in digital technology to support unpaid carers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Using fourjaw technology

Funding boost for the next generation of environmental scientists

91Ö±²¥ and its partners have secured a new £3.5m Centre for Doctoral Training with funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to research chemicals in the environment.
Campus looking green

University of 91Ö±²¥ pledges carbon neutral campus by 2030

91Ö±²¥ has today (Tuesday 10 November) pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions on campus by 2030 and across all activities by 2038.
researcher with microscope

Scientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope

A team of scientists and students from the University of 91Ö±²¥ has designed and built a specialist microscope, and shared the build instructions to help make this equipment available to many labs across the world.
Woman holding a baby

Deafness in infancy can affect non-verbal communication, suggests new research

Psychologists at the University of 91Ö±²¥ have found that deafness in infancy affects the development of early communication skills, including non-verbal behaviours like pointing.