BBC Live Lessons visit the Lapworth Museum
The Museum recently hosted a unique television production.
- Published: 12 December 2025
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Scientists detect atmosphere on molten rocky exoplanet
Strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system - a thick blanket of gases above an ocean of magma.
- Published: 11 December 2025
Birmingham and Alan Turing Institute AI-powered satellite radar system backed by UK Space Agency
The project will receive a share of £17 million in funding to drive the next wave of space innovation.
- Published: 11 December 2025
More than €5 million awarded to University of Birmingham academics in ERC Consolidator Grants
Three mid-career researchers at the University of Birmingham have received ERC funding for new research projects.
- Published: 10 December 2025
Alfonso Ngan to lead the Institute of Advanced Studies
Professor Alfonso Ngan to become the new Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Birmingham.
- Published: 9 December 2025
World’s first mobile quantum brain scanner under development to measure effects of blast exposure
The fully mobile MEG scanner awarded £3.1m of government funding will be used across military training sites.
- Published: 2 December 2025
String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics
Professor Marika Taylor writes for The Conversation
- Published: 1 December 2025
New highly efficient material turns motion into power
Scientists have developed a new material that converts motion into electricity (piezoelectricity) without using toxic lead
- Published: 26 November 2025
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