Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

The £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there's new money for artificial intelligence

Vitamin D deficiency, high CRP levels linked with dementia in midlife

Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and

Patients with gout may have smaller brains with more iron, and they may be at increased risk for dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in the first 3 years after diagnosis.

Sophisticated computer algorithms used to set prices in online marketplaces put consumers at risk of collusion among sellers, according to a study today from computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute and Imperial College.

Computer security experts have developed a system capable of guessing computer and smartphone users' passwords in seconds by analysing the traces of heat their fingertips leave on keyboards and screens.

Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is spreading rapidly through close human-to-human contact primarily amongst communities of men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM). Behavioural change arising from increased knowledge and health warnings may decelerate the rate of transmission and Vaccinia-based vaccination is likely to be an effective longer-term intervention. Here we investigate the current epidemic within the UK population and…

Although a significant amount of carbon has been caught and stored so far, governments should curb overestimation.

Researchers have demonstrated how airborne diseases such as COVID-19 spread along the length of a train carriage and found that there is no 'safest spot' for passengers to minimise the risk of transmission.

An electronic skin which can learn from feeling 'pain' could help create a new generation of smart robots with human-like sensitivity.

Researchers have been investigating an alternative treatment approach called adaptive therapy that focuses on maintaining disease control instead of complete tumor cell elimination. Researchers used mathematical modeling to reveal that the spatial organization of a tumor is an important factor that governs how cells compete with one another and the effectiveness of adaptive therapy.

Researchers have developed a 46-inch woven display with smart sensors, energy harvesting and storage integrated directly into the fabric.

Understanding the factors that influence the airborne survival of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols is important for identifying routes of transmission and the value of various mitigation strategies for preventing transmission. We present measurements of the stability of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol droplets (∼5-10µm equilibrated radius) over timescales spanning from 5 seconds to 20 minutes using a novel instrument…

MIT CSAIL researchers created an AI-powered method for low-discrepancy sampling, which uniformly distributes data points to boost simulation accuracy.

DenseAV, developed by MIT and Google researchers, learns to parse and understand the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking, with potential applications in multimedia search, language learning, and robotics.

So-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m

Researchers discovered a fascinating aspect of human memory: our recall becomes sharper following negative experiences.

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A newly developed neural implant can help restore limb function to those suffering from paralysis and other movement disorders. The device improves the connections between the brain and the paralyzed limbs.

Moltex Energy Limited subsidiary MoltexFLEX has received a research grant to work with researchers at the University of Manchester to investigate how its FLEX reactor's molten coolant salt interacts with graphite, enabling detailed characterisation work to be undertaken.