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UCL researchers among leading experts to sign open letter highlighting the "alarming misunderstandings and misconceptions" around the proposed Online Safety Bill. Scientists from the UK's National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) has called on Parliament to consider independent scientific evaluation before voting through the online safety bill, which could inadvertently enable surveillance technologies and erode online protection.

New forms of artificially-intelligent moderators which oversee 3D virtual spaces and intervene against bad behaviour could help protect children from online bullying and harassment, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Glasgow collaborated with parents and their children to gauge their reactions to 'Big Buddy', a prototype virtual moderator for online social spaces in virtual reality developed by the team.

Eye specialists, mathematicians and games designers at the University of Southampton have teamed up to develop and launch a smartphone app aimed at helping improve vital treatment for children with amblyopia, a common visual impairment, also known as 'lazy eye'. Amblyopia causes sight loss in young children, with around one in 50 affected.

Tech mandated by the UK Government's Online Safety Bill could be used to turn millions of phones into facial recognition tools.

Imperial experts in particle physics and robot vision have been granted Fellowship of the Royal Society.

Language used for app tracking privacy settings causes consumer confusion Privacy and security features that aim to give consumers more control over the sharing of their data by smartphone apps are widely misunderstood, shows new research from the University of Bath's School of Management.

The University of Glasgow is now a full member of a United Nations agency which is aiming to develop international standards for future autonomous networks.

Researchers from a Scottish university have teamed up with monkeys to learn more about how animals prefer to use interactive systems. The researchers, from the University of Glasgow, found that white-faced saki monkeys at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki preferred to use their mouths, teeth and hands to pull switches and swing panels from side to side.

Quantum Motion, a quantum computing spinout led by researchers from UCL and Oxford University, has raised more than £42 million from investors to help develop silicon quantum processors from the laboratory to industrial applications.

UCL VPEE Student Journalism Scheme student Caroline Coyer (MFA Creative Documentary by Practice), visits UCL's Institute of Cardiovascular Science to explore their amazing new virtual reality technology Visiting UCL's Institute of Cardiovascular Science is a day of firsts for me.

The first national 6G research facility - which will support the UK in becoming a world leader in 6G technology - is set to open at the University of Sheffield The new centre will create a vibrant 6G

A University of Glasgow data scientist has picked up a prize at the first annual Analysts Awards, administered by the Institute of Analytics (IoA).

Sussex scientists make breakthrough in developing quantum computers that can solve big challenges of our time Researchers from the University of Sussex and Universal Quantum have demonstrated for the first time that quantum bits (qubits) can directly transfer between quantum computer microchips and demonstrated this with record-breaking speed and accuracy.

Imperial and the Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office are to collaborate to tackle national defence and security challenges.

A UCL-led team of researchers is using the world's first exascale computer to identify a shortlist of potential new drugs for diseases and to better understand how stroke affects the brain. The supercomputer, Frontier, at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in Tennessee, US, is the first in the world capable of an exaflop - a billion billion operations a second.

Dr Mayra Morales has published a new paper in the Special Issue by Journal of Science Policy & Governance entitled Equitable Research Capacity towards the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case for Open Science Hardware.