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Two women preparing a vegetarian meal

Changing diet choices may help cut greenhouse gases

27 August 2024

Study assesses emission savings from switch to plant-forward planetary health diet

A futuristic glowing quantum computer unit. It resembles a network of interconnected wires extending downwards from a cylindrical component.

Cardiff University researchers part of £106 million investment in new Quantum hubs

14 August 2024

Cardiff University experts are supporting two new research hubs which aim to harness quantum technology to improve healthcare and computing.

Sections of mantle rock photographed under a microscope.

Record-breaking recovery of rocks that originated in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of planet’s history

8 August 2024

International team begin to unravel mantle’s role in life on Earth, volcanism and global cycles

A simulated image of two colliding supermassive black holes emitting gravitational waves.

Using small black holes to find big black holes

6 August 2024

International team exposes loophole in gravitational waves signal to reveal presence of supermassive black hole binaries 

Ariel

AI quest to shed light on distant planets

2 August 2024

Cardiff researchers play major part in international space data challenge

Children playing in Techniquest

What can children teach us about the neuroscience of curiosity?

31 July 2024

Neuroscientists work with primary schools to understand how curiosity impacts learning and memory

An image of blurry blue light trails converging on a vanishing point against a black background.

Sci-fi spaceships could create gravitational wave bursts within range of future detectors, scientists say

30 July 2024

International team simulate gravitational waves generated from “warp drive” collapse

An artist’s impression of jellyfish like creatures swimming in a shallow sea.

Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims

29 July 2024

Scientists say unique episode of underwater volcanic activity produced nutrient-rich ‘lab’ for experiments in biological evolution

A photograph of marshland at sunset.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems

22 July 2024

New study maps groundwater dependent ecosystems around world for first time

Early days of the gravitational physics research group

Cardiff University celebrates 50 years of gravity research

19 July 2024

The Gravity Exploration Institute (GEI) began as a gravitational physics research group in 1974