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Research

Research that Matters

Research Overview

Making Important Things Happen

Strategic Framework 2015 - 2020

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Intelligent thought on policy issues

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Astronomers at Birmingham playing a leading role in the TESS asteroseismology programme

Gravitational waves

Birmingham scientists develop highly sensitive instruments

Lab in a suitcase

Frontline efforts to tackle scourge of Ebola

Perfect Me

Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

Qur’an manuscript

Ancient text revealed

Progesterone finding on miscarriage

Supplements in first trimester do not improve outcomes

Birmingham Fellows

The world's brightest and best

Antibiotics

New focus on bug resistance

More than 81% of research is internationally excellent (3*) or world leading (4*)

Doing Cold Smarter

Birmingham launches new policy commission

BIFoR

Unique climate change experiment

Ancient solar system

Kepler-444 formed 11.2 billion years ago

Chirpy Dragon

Fighting childhood obesity in China

Our Institute of Advanced Studies promotes collaboration across disciplines

Brain science

Birmingham delves into memory

More than 60 research fellows have been recruited since 2011

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