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A portrait of a young black man wearing a black polo shirt. Behind him and out of focus are classic red racing cars.

Helping improve diversity in Formula 1

16 November 2023

Cardiff student receives scholarship from Royal Academy of Engineering and Mission 44

Professor Haley Gomez

Meet our new Head of School

7 November 2023

Professor Haley Gomez MBE appointed Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy

A male wheelchair user poses for a photograph beside a train at the Bermondsey London Underground station.

"Offering people the freedom to choose how they travel"

24 October 2023

Graduate developing accessible travel app which flags lift disruptions on London Underground

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

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

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

Three men collect award at prizegiving ceremony.

Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2023

27 September 2023

Prestigious laser award for experimental gravitational physics researcher

Illustration of a Hycean planet

Methane and carbon dioxide found in atmosphere of habitable zone exoplanet

25 September 2023

JWST advances search for habitable planets and life with observations of the sub-Neptune K2-18 b

A female student poses for a photograph next to her research poster entitled ‘Solving the Mystery of Koi Fish Glitch Sources in LIGO’.

"Improving the detection of gravitational waves"

22 September 2023

Cardiff undergraduate develops new physics skills on research placement in US

Professor Graham Hutchings (L) Dr Wyn Meredith (R)

Regius Professor and CS expert elected Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering

20 September 2023

Honour for Graham Hutchings and Wyn Meredith