Do we see colour the same way? What scientists can learn from artists

Scientists have created a universal colour experience using lasers.

Sasha Rakovich, Senior Lecturer in Physics, King's College London • conversation
May 19, 2025 • ~7 min

Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences

Even allowing warming to exceed 1.5°C for a few decades could trigger irreversible damage.

Paul Dodds, Professor of Energy Systems, UCL • conversation
May 19, 2025 • ~9 min

Batteries that absorb carbon emissions move a step closer to reality – new study

Lithium carbon dioxide batteries could be a gamechanger for everything from renewable-energy storage to colonising Mars.

Siddharth Gadkari, Lecturer in Chemical Process Engineering, University of Surrey • conversation
May 19, 2025 • ~8 min

‘I can just copy-paste things, so do I really need to learn?’

Panelists in University-wide symposium explore promise, peril of AI in academia

Harvard Gazette • harvard
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of burn out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of being burnt out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of burnt out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Insect protein could support healthy ageing and fight climate change

Insects are packed with high-quality protein, as well as good fats, vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc.

Catherine Norton, Associate Professor Sport & Exercise Nutrition, University of Limerick • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~5 min

How a toxic seaweed choking Caribbean beaches could become a valuable resource

The sargassum problem is just one of many creeping slow onset events that is being exacerbated by climate change.

Emma Tompkins, Professor of Geography, Environment & Development, University of Southampton • conversation
May 15, 2025 • ~7 min

Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain

People who read report a deeper understanding of others’ experiences and beliefs.

Christelle Langley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge • conversation
May 14, 2025 • ~7 min

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