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A young woman wearing a lab coat is photographed examining a molecular model

New study on “building block of discipline” could improve chemistry education and understanding

8 June 2026

Researchers re-define the inductive effect, which has been incorrectly described in textbooks for almost 100 years

Two female and one male scientist are photographed wearing coats and visors in a laboratory

Search underway for new ways to use self-cleaning technology powered by sunlight

28 May 2026

Dr Isla Gow is exploring commercial opportunities for SunPad through an Innovate UK programme

Professor John Pickett smiles, seated in front of a wooden periodic table on the wall

Professor John Pickett elected to Academia Europaea

19 May 2026

Professor Pickett has been recognised for his extensive contributions to ecological chemistry

A telescope image of the Messier 51 galaxy, which comprises of red-orange, clumpy filaments of gas and dust that stretch in a chain from left to right. Shining cyan bubbles light up parts of the gas clouds from within, and gaps expose bright star clusters in these bubbles as glowing white dots. The whole image is dotted with small stars. A faint blue glow around the arm colours the otherwise dark background.

Massive star clusters “emerge” from natal clouds 1.5 times faster than low-mass ones, study finds

11 May 2026

Researchers use advanced space telescopes to quantify the time it takes for clusters to disperse natal cloud for first time

Yellow and white objects of different shapes and sizes are shown against a black background, representing hundreds of thousands of stars bound together in a crowded environment in space.

Biggest black holes built up in busy star clusters after series of violent merging events, research finds

7 May 2026

Team identifies two distinct black hole populations in version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

Cardiff academics bring earthquake and volcanic simulations to local schoolchildren

1 May 2026

Children at Howardian Primary School learned about geoscience hazards using simulation games and VR with the support of Cardiff experts.

Learned Society of Wales welcomes new Fellows tackling key world challenges

28 April 2026

15 academics from Cardiff University have achieved the prestigious honour of joining the Learned Society of Wales.

A drone photograph of a lush green mountain range.

Tracing magma’s hidden journey: researchers show fault systems guide and halt volcanic unrest

23 April 2026

Cardiff researcher part of international team that investigated 2022 volcanic system crisis in Azores

A tractor ploughing a farm field and creating a cloud of dust behind.

Cardiff lends expertise to first pan-European soil erosion monitoring network

31 March 2026

EU-backed project will contribute to European Soil Strategy and European Green Deal

An image of a dust storm on Earth captured by a space satellite.

New satellite driven model provides “more realistic and reliable” predictions of sand and dust storm emissions

24 March 2026

Cardiff-led team tackles decades-long problem of overestimating when and where sediment transport occurs