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A team of experts has teamed up with the BBC, Channel 4 and Candour Productions to analyse the role of social class, both on screen and behind the scenes of TV production. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the broadcasters will work with the research team to support access to two drama productions, where the academics will analyse the series from production to reception.

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation office of the University of Oxford, has published its  first impact report , which showcases the ripple effect of spinouts, start-ups and social ventures started in Oxford.

Public awareness is needed to tackle the rapidly growing problem of electronics waste - and the outlook is stark if it's ignored - according to an e-waste expert from the University of Southampton.

An international team of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have launched a new research collaboration that will leverage the same technology behind ChatGPT to build an AI-powered tool for scientific discovery.

Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming.

New research by staff from Social Statistics has reviewed the methodology of one of the most comprehensive indices of gender equality, the Gender Equality Index by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).

Published: 12 October 2023 The PancAim project, which aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve Pancreatic Cancer treatment, will soon realise the broad implementation of a novel AI algorithm for earlier detection of the disease on CT.

An international consortium of leading experts is calling for governments and health systems to acknowledge that male infertility is a common and serious medical condition that may be increasing worldwide, and has provided a first-time roadmap for urgent, global action.

Student satisfaction scores are strongly determined by innate personality, not necessarily by higher education Published on Thursday 12 October 2023 Last updated on Monday 16 October 2023 A single pe

'Moored Solutions' system promises cost and time savings for operators, ease and convenience for boat owners.

For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two giant ice planets colliding, and the resultant dust cloud move in front of the parent star several years later. The star ASASSN-21qj - named after the network of telescopes that first detected the fading of the star at visible wavelengths - was then studied intensively by a network of amateur and professional astronomers including those at The University of Warwick, who monitored the changes in the star's brightness over the next two years.

By building a digital twin of its lab with virtual reality, a research group led by Dr Stephen Hilton (UCL School of Pharmacy) is able to train 10 times the number of students, while making science more accessible to local schools.

The charity has awarded £249,992 to Dr Sankari Nagarajan and her team at the University of Manchester to help discover why some triple negative breast cancers spread to other parts of the body and whether existing drugs can be repurposed to stop this from happening. Around 15%* of breast cancers are classed as triple negative and if this form of the disease becomes resistant to chemotherapy, there are few other treatments available.

In the run-up to Imperial's new travel policy, we asked a panel of experts about how we can accelerate the transition to sustainable travel.

Imperial scientists are among those to lead ambitious new UK-based research to kickstart future vaccine development.

Published: 10 October 2023 Adolescent girls have worse mental health and well-being across the board compared to boys, finds a new survey report by the WHO Regional Office for Europe released today, World Mental Health Day. Adolescent girls have worse mental health and well-being across the board compared to boys, finds a new survey report by the WHO Regional Office for Europe released today, World Mental Health Day.

Imperial College London and CABI will collaborate to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.