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Female student using molecule models in science class

Big Bang Final

13 March 2017

Secondary school students who joined University research projects selected for national competition

blue pigment

Pigment research is ‘completely novel’

9 February 2017

Natural blue colouring agent could benefit cosmetics and food industries

Light bulb signifying idea

Unravelling mysteries of mind and matter

6 February 2017

Two research projects secure EU funds totalling €3m

Big Bang finalists

Nuffield placement students in final of UK Young Scientists of the Year Competition

13 January 2017

Three students have been shortlisted as finalists in the UK Young Scientists of the Year competition for a project they undertook with the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences as part of a Nuffield research placement.

Professor Hazel Prichard

Professor Hazel Prichard BSc, PhD, MBA (1954 –2017)

3 January 2017

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Professor Hazel Prichard.

Coastal road damaged by earthquake

Megathrust earthquakes

19 December 2016

New study could lead to more accurate models for forecasting where “megathrust” earthquakes are likely to occur

Aberfan painting on exhibit in School

12 December 2016

A painting by Ron Jones inspired by the mining village of Aberfan during the 1930s is being exhibited in theSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences

quahog clam

Longest-living animal gives up ocean secrets

6 December 2016

Analysis of the quahog clam reveals how the oceans affected the climate over the past 1000 years

Innovation award for Liz Bagshaw

1 December 2016

Prize money enables development of low-cost water quality sensors.

OIl rig

Academia and marine research institutions join forces to protect the Eastern Mediterranean Sea from oil spills

17 November 2016

A new study led by Cardiff University shows that oil slicks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea can reach the coast in 1 to 20 days.