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Origins of black holes revealed in their spin, study finds

7 January 2025

Gravitational waves data held clues for high-mass black holes’ violent beginnings

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New anticancer T-cell type discovered

2 January 2025

Cardiff University researchers have discovered a new anticancer T-cell subtype, which could help our immune system tackle cancer in the future.

A photograph of a helmeted delivery driver dropping food to a woman’s apartment door.

Too hot to go outside: female, high-income, and older groups, most likely to ‘order in’ during heatwaves

2 January 2025

Study reveals heat exposure transfers to urban food delivery workers during extreme weather events

Scientists are photographed taking samples from the core on board a drill ship.

Past climate change shifts ocean currents and winds, altering heat and carbon exchange in the Southern Ocean, study finds

1 January 2025

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes

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Championing a multilingual future for Wales

17 December 2024

The Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) mentoring project celebrates 10 years of supporting learners

An autonomous racing vehicle on the circuit at Silverstone in Northamptonshire.

Students set course for Silverstone glory in Formula Student AI competition

13 December 2024

University’s autonomous racing team to develop driving systems for car to circumnavigate home of British Grand Prix

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University’s Archive Achieves National Accreditation

3 December 2024

Special Collections and Archives recognised by The National Archives and Welsh Government

COP16 – Cardiff University research tackling biodiversity loss

2 December 2024

Research from Cardiff University was featured at COP16 in Colombia to help tackle global biodiversity challenges.

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Strengthening bonds with Kazakhstan

2 December 2024

University in talks to open branch in Astana

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Chemistry textbooks need rewriting after new research

29 November 2024

Long-held misunderstanding of key chemical concept corrected by Cardiff University team.

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Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools

25 November 2024

The largest UK trial of its kind establishes a new way to prevent bullying in primary schools.

Roman burial within a stone cist prior to excavation by Teffont Archaeology Project

Largest study into the people of Roman Britain set to transform understandings of the period

21 November 2024

Research will combine archaeological, isotopic and ancient DNA evidence

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Welsh speaking students bond on trip exploring Māori culture

19 November 2024

Launch of Māori-Cymraeg student exchange

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Alumni discount extended to 2025

12 November 2024

20% alumni discount on master’s degrees.

Schoolchildren are photographed outdoors drawing their surroundings.

Schoolchildren light up streets of Cardiff with Christmas installations

12 November 2024

Themes of lighting, identity of place and migration explored in eight decorations set for Canal Quarter this Christmas

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How do you say that then?

31 October 2024

Project aims to uncover how English is spoken around Wales

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Text message reminders help teens brush their teeth

31 October 2024

New research finds that text message reminders will improve tooth brushing habits in teenagers.

First Kapila Hingorani Dialogue event takes place

29 October 2024

New lecture series celebrates and remembers the first South Asian woman to graduate from Cardiff University and her distinguished legal career

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Russian political technologists – experts in “information warfare” – prepare for US elections

24 October 2024

Report describes this “middle tier” of professionals who sit between Kremlin strategy and the delivery of disinformation operations.

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Economic background and deprivation are key factors affecting participation in tertiary education in Wales

24 October 2024

Fresh approach needed to reduce inequalities across the sector, academics conclude

A computer-generated image of the PRIMA telescope layered on top of astrophotography of the Milky Way.

Cardiff scientists part of team bidding for $1bn NASA mission

22 October 2024

Cardiff Astronomy Instrumentation Group will provide filters and other optics for NASA space observatory scheduled to launch in 2032

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Physical activity up among secondary school pupils in Wales

22 October 2024

Schools Health Research Network (SHRN) survey results also reveal increase in bullying

Babita Sharma

Broadcaster Babita Sharma explores the impact of disinformation

17 October 2024

Latest in Cardiff Conversations series focuses on issue that poses “serious threat to democracy”

Families attending the Hadyn Ellis Building for the launch of the first Timothy Syndrome family day and the launch of the Timothy Syndrome Alliance charity

Zuckerberg funding for rare syndrome research network

17 October 2024

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donates over $800,000 to support a research network into CACNA1C-Related Disorders and Timothy Syndrome

New £300 million investment vehicle to drive innovation across South Wales

17 October 2024

The spinout-focused investment vehicle will catalyse the creation and growth of science and technology companies addressing global challenges.