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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

Bilingual colouring activity in the Urdd Eisteddfod

Celebrating Welsh culture at the Urdd Eisteddfod 2026

22 May 2026

Cardiff University takes its research, learning and student experiences to one of Europe’s largest youth festivals

The Senedd election result: No return to business as usual

19 May 2026

Dr Jac Larner and Professor Laura McAllister assess the political landscape in Wales following the vote on May 7

Student creators shaping learning, workplaces, and communities win big at the 16th annual Student Start-Up and Freelance Awards

18 May 2026

13 of Cardiff’s student entrepreneurs win a share of the £22,000 prize pot that was up for grabs.

Scientists use new otter poo DNA sampling technique

13 May 2026

A new approach enables non-invasive collection and study of genetic data from otters with potential use in other species

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

What next for Wales?

8 May 2026

Academics have been busy helping us make sense of the issues that matter during the Senedd election period

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

Study exposes failures in prison healthcare

7 May 2026

Delivering safe, equitable healthcare in secure environments is vital to reducing harm in prisons, new research says

Feet stepping down from a step onto tactile paving, with a red and white guide cane.

How blind people build a sense of space from sound

6 May 2026

Researchers reveal how the brain extracts spatial information from sound during echolocation – mouth clicks used by blind people to navigate and represent their surroundings in real time.

Prosperity outside the capital will be a key issue for newly formed Welsh Government, experts say

5 May 2026

New research initiative to encourage development in areas outside the city

Scottish Neolithic tombs were used to trace kinship descent

30 April 2026

Ancient DNA analysis of individuals buried in chambered tombs finds close relatives were grouped together