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Can Britain’s disused mines grow its food?

No sun, no soil. Inside the world’s deepest underground farm, trial testing whether Britain’s disused mines could grow food in a changing…

Can Britain’s disused mines grow its food?

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Astrophysicist explains how we detect exoplanets

Have you ever wondered how we see planets outside our own solar system? Distant worlds light-years away…

Astrophysicist explains how we detect exoplanets

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Five Ways STFC Science is Helping the Planet

Science and technology are forever expanding the frontiers of what’s possible; advancing knowledge and improving lives. This happens across…

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How scientists are preparing for the Milky Way’s next supernova

The Milky Way hasn’t seen a supernova in over 400 years — but the next one won’t arrive unannounced. By listening for ghostly neutrinos…

How scientists are preparing for the Milky Way’s next supernova

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Dec 10, 2025

Fuel from thin air: turning wind waste into a climate solution

The UK throws away vast amounts of wind power. ASPIRE plans to capture it and turn it into green ammonia, a carbon-free fuel ready to be…

Fuel from thin air: turning wind waste into a climate solution

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Nov 27, 2025

MOONS: a thousand eyes on the Universe

On a Chilean mountaintop, a new spectrograph is about to give the VLT a thousand eyes… and each one is set to unlock the hidden history of…

MOONS: a thousand eyes on the Universe

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Nov 14, 2025

How AI could make your life better… no really, we’ve (literally) done the science

It’s easy to associate AI with badly-written clickbait and dubious videos of Popes fighting laser-wielding sharks, but here are a few ways…

How AI could make your life better… no really, we’ve (literally) done the science

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Oct 2, 2025

Putting quantum fingers on the Earth’s magnetic pulse

A network of UK-built quantum magnetometers will monitor the effect of violent solar storms on our planet’s protective magnetic field —…

Putting quantum fingers on the Earth’s magnetic pulse

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Sep 17, 2025

Bad medicine: Detecting death in tainted syrups

Cough syrup fraud might sound trivial, but it a global problem that costs hundreds of lives — many of them children. A new handheld…

Bad medicine: Detecting death in tainted syrups

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Sep 10, 2025

Gravitational waves prove Stephen Hawking’s black hole theorem

A decade after the first detection of gravitational waves, scientists have captured the clearest signal yet. The discovery confirms Stephen…

Gravitational waves prove Stephen Hawking’s black hole theorem

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