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£22 million UK programme backs human-based science to reduce reliance on animal testing
New investment includes a £20 million centre for miniature human organs and nine projects exploring alternatives including beating heart cells and AI drug modelling.
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Queen Mary secures £25m to train researchers in health, AI, waste and sustainable technology
Four new doctoral programmes will support around 80 researchers, including widening-participation scholarships and training for healthcare professionals moving into clinical research.
Liverpool secures €4.4m to train the next generation of materials innovators
A five-year Horizon Europe programme will train international doctoral researchers in materials chemistry, data science, robotics, AI and advanced manufacturing.
£20m Cambridge hub will use stem cells and AI to make early medicines research more human
A new MRC hub will combine patient-derived organoids, stem cells, bioengineering and AI to improve how potential medicines are tested before clinical trials.
UK flight trial will test whether tiny route changes can cut warming contrails
Operation Blue Skies will use AI forecasts and small altitude changes on North Atlantic flights to test whether persistent warming contrails can be reduced in normal airspace operations.
Paid AI placements are opening research careers to students from disadvantaged backgrounds
A national programme gave 132 students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds paid AI research placements, including ten at Cardiff Met.
Imperial and Seoul AI Hub launch research partnership linking UK academics with Korean start-ups
A new programme will connect South Korean AI start-ups with Imperial researchers through joint research, exchanges, education and commercialisation support.
Three community-shaped AI projects will test healthier ways to design UK cities
Three projects developed with residents and researchers will test AI approaches to fairer health data, temporary accommodation and healthier streets in Bradford and London.
AI supports sight-saving brain surgery in a clinical first
UCLH says AI was used during live neurosurgery to help a surgical team protect a patient’s sight while removing a brain tumour.
Bristol team backs technology designed to cut AI data-centre energy waste
A startup working with University of Bristol researchers has secured more than £600,000 to develop diamond-coated electronics for more efficient data centres.