With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
On Thursday, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet following a nail-biting entry and descent sequence vividly known as the “seven minutes of terror.”
Royal Meteorological Society gives Climate Science Communications Award to Dr Tamsin Edwards
The Royal Meteorological Society has awarded their 2020 Climate Science Communications Award to Dr Tamsin Edwards.
Bristol climbs to 11th in The Times Good University Guide 2025
The University of Bristol is celebrating after rising five places to 11th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.
Producing a solution to the gender imbalance in music production
A Massey researcher is embarking on a PhD to explore the experience of female music producers in Aotearoa and come up with solutions to address the gender disparity in the profession...
Global eradication of COVID-19 should not be dismissed – new analysis
Eradicating COVID‑19 across the globe is theoretically more feasible than for polio but much less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis by New Zealand researchers.
Breakthrough in understanding mysterious gamma-ray signal
A study by an international team of scientists has shed new light on the origins of a bright patch of gamma radiation toward the centre of our Milky Way.
Mini-satellite maker
With her students, aerospace engineer Kerri Cahoy is developing small, affordable “CubeSats” to monitor weather and search for exoplanets.
Salinity Solutions secures £1m investment from SQM Lithium Ventures
The investment, from one of the world’s leading producers of battery-grade lithium chemicals, will fund the next stage of the company's growth.
Ten organisations account for half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2024
On 23 October 2025, Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations that carried out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical
UM rector shares experience at Boao Forum for Asia’s conference on technological innovation and...
A conference on innovation and intellectual property (IP) protection as part of Boao Forum for Asia 2022 was held on 12 July and 13 July in both an online and in-person setting.
