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Female Mechanic Working on a Heavy Machinery

Introducing the minimum wage in the UK made high incomes more acceptable to the lowest paid workers, study finds

19 October 2023

Providing employees with a clear wage reference alleviates concerns about inequalities, academics conclude

Artist impression of a doughnut-shaped cloud that was formed after two ice giant planets collided.

Planetary collision in distant solar system reveals new cosmic object

13 October 2023

Astronomers investigating a star that had unexpectedly faded discover ‘synestia’ – a cloud of molten, vapourised rock shaped like a doughnut – that had dimmed the star’s brightness

School girls using smart phone together

Social media regularly used by 48% of primary age children in Wales, report shows

12 October 2023

Social media regularly used by 48% of primary age children in Wales, report shows School Health Research Network expands its work to provide a clearer picture of health behaviours from childhood into adolescence

Concept art for the LiteBIRD spacecraft depicting - from left to right - a space telescope orbiting the Sun, planet Earth and the moon.

Analysing the dying embers of the Big Bang

9 October 2023

Cardiff lends tech and science expertise to space mission set to investigate the very edge of the observable Universe

The Net Zero Innovation Institute officially launched

6 October 2023

Cardiff University has launched a new innovation institute which is helping to shape our sustainable future.

Aerial photograph of South Wales community.

Enhancing UK research and innovation clusters

6 October 2023

Cardiff projects to deliver benefits for regional and local economies and communities

Four scientists at work in a laboratory

£2.2m funding to find non-addictive painkiller

2 October 2023

MRC supports Medicines Discovery Institute

Scan showing prostate cancer which has spread to the spine. Credit: Dr Tom Rackley, consultant clinical oncologist at Velindre Cancer Centre

Targeting BCL3 to treat prostate cancer

28 September 2023

Prostate Cancer UK awards £0.5 million to prostate cancer treatment research

Dr Sarah Gerson Barbie

Doll play allows children to develop and practice social skills regardless of their neurodevelopmental profile

28 September 2023

Latest findings from multi-year study suggest playing with dolls could be beneficial for social development of all children - including those who display neurodivergent traits commonly associated with autism

Three men collect award at prizegiving ceremony.

Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2023

27 September 2023

Prestigious laser award for experimental gravitational physics researcher