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Battalion Advanced Technology, a UK company specialising in next-generation materials for dual-use applications, will provide up to £750,000 per year for each project.

Ad Feature Scientists race to create materials tough enough for hypersonic flight

The new dissolvable 3D-printed patch that aims to improve treatment for localised skin cancer contains tiny microneedles that can pass through the outer layer of the skin without drawing blood. Pic: QUB

Queen's University Belfast pioneers improved treatment for localised skin cancer

Ulster University Professor of Intelligent Technologies, Prof Joan Condell, appointed to new UK medical science careers taskforce

Ulster University technology expert appointed to UK Medical Science Careers Task...

Professor Alice Roberts in Digging for Britain - she recently spoke at the NI Science Festival

Prof Alice Roberts on Clooney Road, christianity and the human story

Edeh Zamani is organising her second protest at Belfast City Hall this Sunday after 5000 Iranians were massacred by their own government back home.

Historian asks why no protests over Iran on streets of Belfast

Professor Maria McIlgorm has been made an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to nursing and midwifery. Photo: NI Department of Health/PA Wire

Northern Ireland’s chief nursing officer made OBE

Professor Fabian Monds. (Photo: Queen's University on X)

Tributes paid to 'towering figure in NI’s economic and academic life'

The main reason for introducing new routines before the turn of the year was in the hope it would help them to settle into healthy habits

An expert says you should ‘soft-launch’ New Year’s resolutions early

Professor Chris McConville from Ulster University’s School of Biomedical Sciences

Almac and Ulster Uni gets AMS grant to revolutionise drug manufacturing

Queen’s University Belfast will lead a new £11.5m AI-driven project that will transform how governments around the world use research evidence to inform decision-making on urgent issues like climate change, education, and public safety. Pictured is Professor Sarah Miller, from the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s to lead £11.5m AI-driven project to transform global policymaking

Blue-green algae at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh near Cookstown in Tyrone last month. Professor Robin May, chief scientific adviser at the Food Standards Agency, today said that fish caught in the lough 'are still safe to eat'. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images

Lough Neagh fish safe to eat despite toxin discovery, FSA says

Prof Frank Pantridge, pictured in 1978. Pic: Pacemaker Press Intl Belfast 283/78/bw

VJ Day: WW2 hero who revolutionised life-saving emergency medicine celebrated

Honorary Graduands with Queen's Vice-Chancellor and Chair

Queen’s University recognises honorary graduates for their contributions

A -Z author Doreen McBride

Roamer: All you need to know about Ulster in alphabetical order

One in six believe flames kill off bacteria

The barbecuing myth that ‘dirt adds flavour’ is dangerous health risk

24 per cent have considered their grill is clean following a good scrape

Biggest BBQ 'myths' revealed by experts such as 'dirt adds flavour'
The barbecuing myths that ‘dirt adds flavour’ and ‘flames kill off bacteria’ are dangerous health risks, according to an expert.
Laura Leveson

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. A QUB professor has said that the UK's cancer system is close to breaking point

'We are in a cancer crisis - and close to breaking point'

A Loughguile woman who became the first female Professor of Medicine in Britain and Ireland is to be commemorated with an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque at Ballycastle Presbyterian Church

Trailblazing NI female doctor to be honoured after making medical history

Alan and Jennifer Roberts whose nine-year-old daughter Claire died from hyponatremia, pictured at the High Court in Belfast today. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Parents of Claire Roberts: We haven’t got the justice we require

Professor Theodore Thomson Flynn pictured in 1923

Roamer: Newly discovered fish was named after a famous film star

Ulster University has revealed plans for a £15million investment aimed at enhancing its Coleraine campus

Ulster University reveals ambitious plans for a £15m investment in Coleraine

Current approaches to tackling school absences are falling short

Early intervention is key to turning tide on school absence according to leading...

Toys, games and puzzles for perfect presents at Aldi this week

Kids' stocking fillers with toys, books and puzzles on Specialbuys

During 2020-22, coinciding with the start of the protocol’s operation, the volume of goods purchased by NI from RoI increased by 35.5% but the volume coming in from GB grew by only 1.6%

Esmond Birnie: Trade data suggests ‘all-island economy’ more of a slogan

Donald Trump ran a vigorous campaign, gathering such widespread support that, placed alongside his controversial background, seemed baffling to so many

Ian Ellis: Sense of healing needed in deeply divided US society

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt

System-wide change needed to improve maternity care in Northern Ireland

Morning View

Editorial: Prof Bengoa is back in NI because MLAs have failed the health service
News Letter editorial on Thursday October 10 2024:
Editorial

Professor Raphael Bengoa during his visit to Northern Ireland where he met with Health Minister Mike Nesbitt

Northern Ireland has tools for health service reform: Bengoa

A 2016 plan by Prof Bengoa to restructure Northern Ireland’s health services was never implemented. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Hope Bengoa speech will help 'reboot' reform of NI health service

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's University Belfast, will take part in the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary-defence mission to help ward off the threat of an asteroid crashing into Earth

Queen's University professor with mission to save Earth from asteroids

Mike Nesbitt outlined his plans in a letter to MLAs. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Mike Nesbitt's autumn 're-boot' to tackle NI health service problems

Queen’s University researchers have grown human blood vessels from people with diabetes

Queen's University Belfast research could herald new diabetes treatment

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has set out a series of key initiatives to tackle health inequality

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt sets out series of key initiatives

Robots get a 'living skin' makeover thanks to researchers in Japan. Photo by 2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND /

Robots get ‘skin’ and ‘smiles’ in horrifying makeover

Professor Gerry Lynch to receive honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych).

Professor Gerry Lynch to receive honorary fellowship

New Northern Ireland virtual production studio complex Studio Ulster has appointed Professor Declan Keeney as its chief executive officer

New NI virtual production studio complex appoints chief executive officer

Pictured is RCN director Pat Cullen at the Belfast City Hospital in Belfast as part of strike action in the health service in 2019

Sinn Fein issues PR statement about Pat Cullen

Professor Ian Young, the chief scientific advisor for Northern Ireland's Department of Health, leaves the Clayton Hotel in Belfast after giving evidence at the UK Covid-19 inquiry hearing on Tuesday. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Stormont cross-community vote on Covid-19 lockdown 'not helpful'

It's the final episode of Professor T

Wednesday TV choice: Professor T (ITV1, 9pm)

Can Professor T get out of jail?

Wednesday TV choice: Professor T (ITV1, 9pm)

Belfast woman Lisa Morrison will speak about her experience of having Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at an event at Queen's on March 7

Mental health: NI woman will share her experiences of ECT

A welcome home parade in Castlereagh for the Irish Guards in 2011 after their tour of Afghanistan. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

New QUB report calls for more support for Armed Forces families

Letters to editor

Letter: We shouldn’t adopt bad policies just because we did it in the past

Freight lorries at Belfast docks. Dr Esmond Birnie argues significant changes need to be made to the current systems.

Windsor Framework: ‘Easements’ won’t radically change border

Jamie Bryson was responding to an article by Professor Henry Patterson that argued there has always been differentiation between NI and the rest of the UK. Mr Bryson claimed Prof Patterson 'fundamentally misunderstands' ArticIe VI of the Act of Union

Bryson responds to Act of Union claims

American professor Michelle Francl has claimed that we should be putting salt into our tea.

American professor claims a pinch of SALT makes the perfect cup of tea

Belfast Summit 2024 welcomes keynote speaker Professor Carlos Moreno - the creator of the 15-minute city concept - to first-of-its kind event focussing on the
challenges and opportunities faced by the region’s leading city. Pictured are Alan Crow, Belfast One, Professor Duncan Morrow, Ulster University, Eimear McCracken, Belfast One, Damien Corr, Destination CQ, Brendan Mulgrew, MW Advocate, & Chris McCracken, Linen Quarter BID

Belfast can be Europe’s leading small city for people to live, work and visit

The economic impact of a united Ireland has been the subject of debate. Esmond Birnie casts doubt over whether there would be an upsurge in economic subvention on a scale sufficient to render subvention irrelevant

Esmond Birnie: Subvention under a united Ireland would indeed 'matter'

Pancreatic cancer survivor Tom Hawthorne (66) from Lisburn welcomed the new partnership

Partnership to improve outcomes for people with pancreatic cancer in NI

Dr Anna Jerzewska, a customs and trade expert, and Professor Michal Gasiorek, an economic policy specialist from the University of Sussex spoke on a panel at Queen’s University Belfast on Friday.

Northern Ireland bound to EU regulation by Windsor Framework says customs expert

The Woman In The Wall is an unique drama is centred around the dubious, harrowing and incredulous practices that were common throughout the numerous mothers and babies homes in Ireland in recent years. Created by Joe Murtagh, the six-part drama stars Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack

Ulster University music professor and NI composer create music for hit BBC drama

Queen's University professor John Barry warns on climate crisis

Greece wildfires: Governments must take action, says Queen's professor

Research suggests that men have fewer social ties than women in part because they are less adept at being emotionally open and instead tend to bond over a shared interest or hobby. The number of quality friendships and familial relationships that we have can determine how happy and healthy we are and is even a valid indicator of longevity

Are you a middle-aged man with no mates? Stop being a loaner and read this

Health experts advise that men and women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week, which equates to ten small glasses of wine or

Drinking more than 14 units a week? Then you must read this

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Parkinsons - thousands could develop disease due to common chemical

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