Scientists have found that immersing kids in computer games can train their brains to localise sounds better

Team at Imperial College London say techniques could be used to flag warning signs during surgery

Inexpensive test can help diagnose even ‘inaccessible’ tumours earlier, speeding up treatment and improving outcomes

Channel 4’s Dispatches claims University of Nottingham closed school under Beijing pressure and Imperial College professor collaborated on AI

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

Agricultural ecologist who was an early advocate of sustainability and helped shape policy on rural development all over the world

Concerns that ‘cancel culture’ is blighting universities appear unfounded, according to OfS report

Other lives: Head of nuclear engineering at Queen Mary College who foresaw the end of the era of cheap fossil fuels

Far more tiny particles now come from tyres than are emitted from exhausts but new tyre designs may help

Expert in device science at Imperial College London who developed the longer-life batteries that power electric cars and smartphones

Exclusive: two Chinese-sponsored aerospace research centres to close after warnings of ‘sleepwalking’ into aiding Chinese military

Drug firms, private healthcare providers and universities among those that may be failing to protect confidentiality, says report

Other lives: Chemical engineer who was also an expert on the Zoroastrian faith and Iranian culture