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2025

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Award for academic’s research into seafarers’ working conditions

15 December 2025

Professor Helen Sampson’s work shines a light on life at sea for shipping employees

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Biodegradable wet wipes remain in rivers for more than five weeks

15 December 2025

Scientists show for the first time that most biodegradable wet wipes aren’t as biodegradable as their marketing claims.

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First patient recruited in clinical trial using cancer-targeting virus

8 December 2025

The ATTEST trial is using a pioneering virus technology to infect cancer cells.

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Shingles vaccine may help prevent and slow dementia, study finds

2 December 2025

Health record data suggests that Shingles vaccination significantly reduced new diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment and deaths due to dementia among those already living with the disease.

Senior UK and Welsh Government Ministers visit Cardiff University to explore cutting-edge AI and cyber security innovation

2 December 2025

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall MP, meets with Cardiff University’s leading digital innovators.

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Rising levels of banned toxic chemicals in otters from Wales

1 December 2025

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in every otter tested by the Cardiff University Otter Project.

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Cardiff’s leading health partners unite to improve benefits for patients

1 December 2025

Cardiff University, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Velindre University NHS Trust join forces to form Cardiff Health Partners

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Terror survivors face trolling, abuse and harm on social media – new report on eve of Fishmongers Hall attack anniversary

28 November 2025

More than two thirds (67%) of those surveyed saw content about the attack they were involved in and nearly all found it harmful or worrying

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Global leading scientist to head up Cardiff’s UK Dementia Research Institute

24 November 2025

Professor Baljit Khakh appointed new Director of UK DRI at Cardiff University

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Scientists map badger roadkill UK hotspots

24 November 2025

New research identifies badger hotspots for wildlife-vehicle collisions.