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Cardiff research associate named as one of Europe’s top Early Career Women in field of Operations Research

30 January 2026

Dr Elizabeth Williams is one of 12 women from across Europe to be recognised with the YoungWomen4OR award.

Professor Aris Syntetos appointed Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

30 January 2026

Professor Aris Syntetos has been appointed to the inaugural cohort of Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

In pursuit of Net Zero: re-evaluating traditionally built rural houses

29 January 2026

A major new Welsh research partnership is challenging long‑held assumptions about the energy performance of rural farmhouses and other pre‑1919 homes.

Cardiff hosts event with Airbus to inspire next generation of engineers and cyber security practitioners

26 January 2026

The event was funded as part of Cardiff Business School's Public Value Fellowship in partnership with the Computer Science Outreach Team

A photograph of the interior of the Gigi Gao Chinese restaurant in Swansea

From the flamboyant to those doubling as a ‘chippy’: telling the stories of Chinese restaurants in South Wales

22 January 2026

Cardiff researchers team with BAFTA-Cymru winning cinematographer on film project about migration, architectural and urban histories, and intercultural heritage

An elliptical shape composed of the colours red, blue and green sits on a black background

Mysterious iron ‘bar’ discovered in famous nebula

16 January 2026

New instrument on William Herschel Telescope spots previously unknown strip of ionized iron atoms at the heart of Ring Nebula

A man is photographed carrying out a science experiment in public

Cardiff astrophysicist wins prestigious medal for global science outreach

15 January 2026

Dr Edward Gomez is the recipient of the Royal Astronomical Society’s Annie Maunder Medal 2026

Head of the Mathematical Analysis Group awarded Leverhulme Trust grant for multinational project

14 January 2026

Professor Marco Marletta has been awarded the three-year grant for his project 'Maxwell and Drude-Lorentz, spectra and resonances: how hard can they be?'

A chemistry researcher is photographed from the back using equipment in the lab

New catalysts aim to turn “problem” of carbon dioxide into “opportunity”

7 January 2026

EPSRC Open Plus Fellowship helps researcher develop innovative catalysts and champion equality, diversity and inclusion

Two scientists are photographed carrying out an experiment in a laboratory

Developing cleaner, smarter ways to make important molecules

18 December 2025

Professor Rebecca Melen awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grant to support cutting-edge RadicalCAT project