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News story: Zebrafish testing identifies a gene potentially at the root of domestication

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide genetic baz1b clues to the evolution of social behaviours in humans and domesticated species.

News story: British scientist describes rare discovery of a dinosaur eating a mammal

The small, feathered dinosaur Microraptor is preserved with the foot of a small mammal inside its ribcage.

News story: Dr Andrea Larosa receives the AGU Fred L. Scarf Award

Queen Mary University of London’s Dr Andrea Larosa was celebrated as the recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Fred L. Scarf Award at a recent reception in Chicago.  

News story: Shine Bright: NASA, Queen Mary and Edinburgh scientists use James Webb Space Telescope data to unveil young stars in early stages of formation

James Webb Space Telescope infrared capabilities pierce through dust clouds to make rare find.

News story: Insects may feel pain, says growing evidence – here’s what this means for animal welfare laws

Professor Lars Chittka and Matilda Gibbons have co-written for the Conversation on insects' ability to feel pain.

News story: Professor Alan Drew appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Professor Alan Drew has just been appointed to be a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts (FRSA), for his charitable work in Indonesia.

News story: Research reveals the benefits of a classic chalk river plant, the water crowfoot (Ranunculus)

A PhD research project conducted by Queen Mary’s Dr Jessica Marsh in conjunction with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has revealed the importance of water crowfoot – an aquatic plant found commonly in lowland rivers – in the conservation of young Atlantic salmon.

News story: New research by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary researchers prompts urgent call from scientists to protect Madagascar’s unique biodiversity, before it’s too late

In two new papers published in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Queen Mary University of London, and partners from over 50 global organisations have undertaken a major review of Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity.

News story: Instagram can support sea turtle conservation

Researchers have used Instagram to measure the pressures of tourism on loggerhead turtles in Zakynthos, Greece.

News story: To switch to renewables, we need better energy storage

Ana Jorge Sobrido explains why she works on Sustainable Electrodes for Redox Flow Batteries   

News story: Teams of bee-like drones are ready to 3D-print buildings

‘The homes and cities of the future could be built with the help of autonomous robots,’ says Queen Mary’s Dr Ketao Zhang. 

News story: Queen Mary chemical engineers have developed technologies to slash energy consumption in industry

In two papers published in the journals Nature and Science, Queen Mary's Professor Livingston and Dr Zhiwei Jiang present their work on nanomembranes – exquisitely thin membranes that can provide an energy efficient alternative to current industry practices.

News story: Queen Mary Science and Engineering researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships to tackle heart irregular heart rhythms and explore turbulence in space plasma

Dr Caroline Roney and Dr Christopher Chen are among 84 promising leaders awarded fellowships totalling £98 million.  

News story: Queen Mary research is changing the way we think about bees

Hot on the heels of his new book ‘The Mind of a Bee’, Professor Lars Chittka’s lab shows that bumblebees appear to feel pain

News story: 1 in 10 WhatsApp messages are spam

New research has found that 1 in 10 WhatsApp messages are spam – with clickbait, adult content, and hidden URLs being the most common.

News story: Queen Mary's Faculty of Science and Engineering celebrates its REF success

Queen Mary University of London has excelled in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, being ranked joint 7th in the UK for the quality of its research. This confirms once again the University’s status as one of the best research-intensive universities in the UK.

News story: Matter at extreme conditions of very high temperature and pressure turns out to be remarkably simple and universal

New discoveries open the way to a new understanding of supercritical matter 

News story: Queen Mary's new Centre for Academic Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CAISE) sets out to champion inclusive education 

CAISE aims to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to become scientists and engineers. 

News story: Archive of Queen Mary academic Peter Landin available at Bodleian Library at Oxford University

Located at 10 Godward Square, E1 4FZ, Queen Mary’s Peter Landin Building may seem like your average 1970s style building and home to computer science students, research labs and offices. But do you know the complex history of the person who the building is named after? 

News story: Queen Mary appoints Bryony Butland as Director of Research and Innovation

Dr Butland joins us from BEIS/UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) where she has previously  led on work in BEIS to negotiate the UK research budget.    

News story: First-ever study shows bumble bees ‘play’

Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behaviour has been shown in an insect, adding to mounting evidence that bees may experience positive ‘feelings’. 

News story: How bumblebees can help us understand the evolution of human memories

Yonghe Zhou, PhD student in Animal Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, has written for The Conversation about how bumblebees can help us understand the evolution of human memories.

News story: Queen Mary University of London's Faculty of Science and Engineering to invest in 30 new research-focused permanent academic posts

The new posts are part of an ambitious growth plan, further strengthening the Faculty's outstanding world-leading research. 

News story: Queen Mary appoints Phil Clare as CEO of Queen Mary Innovation 

Dr Clare will drive knowledge exchange and commercialisation of Queen Mary’s innovations in science, technology and the life sciences.

News story: Queen Mary becomes Science Council Employer Champion

Queen Mary has joined the Science Council’s Employer Champion Programme. 

News story: Scientists develop Covid-19 testing lab in a backpack

Researchers have created a simple Covid-19 testing lab that fits into a backpack providing a cheap and effective solution for low income or remote areas.

News story: Large-scale study of Brazilian wetlands ramps up evidence that biodiversity loss undermines ecosystem functioning

A new study analyses human impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in 72 lakes distributed across four large neotropical wetlands of Brazil – Amazon, Araguaia, Pantanal and Paraná. The research spans a 3.7million km gradient of human activities in Brazil.

News story: Only 1 in 5 Syrian children in refugee camps show resilience to mental health problems

Many more Syrian children living in refugee camps appear to be living with mental health problems than previously thought, according to new in-the-field research led by Queen Mary.  

News story: IOM3 awards: Queen Mary scoops up four prizes for engineering and materials science

The School of Engineering and Materials Science goes from strength to strength as researchers pick up four awards and medals from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

News story: Queen Mary partners with the Faraday Institution to power up redox flow batteries  

Queen Mary’s Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido will lead a project to overcome engineering issues that are currently preventing the wide-spread adoption of redox flow batteries (RFBs).   

News story: Genomic analysis shows 18,000-year-old-puppy Dogor is a wolf

When Dogor was found in frozen mud in Siberia, scientists couldn't tell if he was a wolf or an early dog.

News story: Queen Mary scientist wins UKRI fellowship to develop membranes that will advance medicines and vaccines

Membrane scientist Dr. Zhiwei Jiang has been selected as one of eighty-four of the most promising science and research leaders to win a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships scheme.   

News story: Total methane and CO2 emissions from liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGs) measured for the first time

The study, led by Queen Mary’s Dr Paul Balcombe, provides important data as LNG imports are likely to grow substantially to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russian gas. 

News story: Physics and machine-learning join hands as molecular modelling doctoral network is awarded €2.6m EU Horizon funding

The EU Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions Doctoral Network ‘PHYMOL’ has been awarded nearly €2.6m following an application coordinated by Queen Mary’s Dr Alston J. Misquitta.

News story: There are reasons girls don’t study physics – and they don’t include not liking maths

Dr Olivia Keenan from Queen Mary's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has co-written for The Conversation on removing barriers to girls’ participation in physics.

News story: Queen Mary academic awarded €2.3m to investigate how planets are formed from dust

Dr Sijme-Jan Paardekooper from the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has been awarded € 2,314,680 from the European Research Council (ERC) to study how dust distribution impacts the formation of planets. He is one of 253 leading researchers across Europe who have been awarded funding in the ERC's 2021 Advanced Grants competition. 

News story: Largest ever survey of exoplanet atmospheres reveals mysteries of 'hot Jupiters'

Hot Jupiters are giant gas exoplanets - 'alien' planets only found outside our own solar system. They have a short (10 day or less) orbital period around their parent stars.

News story: Queen Mary academic awarded funding to become an ICT public engagement champion

Professor Paul Curzon from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded £162,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to boost public engagement with ICT.

News story: Queen Mary academic appointed as Research Chair to help solve economic and environmental challenges through computer-manipulated materials

Professor Yang Hao from Queen Mary University of London has been appointed as the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering’s Research Chair.

News story: Relationship help programmes may be more successful for people who have ‘sensitivity’ genes

Professor Michael Pluess from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences has co-written for The Conversation on how genetics impacts therapy and similar relationship courses.

News story: Queen Mary academic wins major funding for European ‘rising stars’

A Queen Mary academic has risen to the top of thousands of proposals to win a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant worth €2m as part of the EU’s new R&I programme Horizon Europe.

News story: Scientists find new colony structure of fire ants evolved in one species before spreading to others

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new form of ant society spread across species. They found that after the new form of society evolved in one species, a “social supergene” carrying the instruction-set for the new social form spread into other species. This spread occurred through hybridisation, i.e., breeding between ants of different species. This unlikely event provides an alternate way of life, making the ants more successful than if they only had the original social form.

News story: DeepMind academic fellow joins Queen Mary University of London

Rendani Mbuvha, a promising Actuary & Machine Learning Researcher, joins Queen Mary as the DeepMind Academic Fellow in Machine Learning from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

News story: Animals have evolved to avoid overexploiting their resources – can humans do the same?

Dr Axel Rossberg, Reader in Theoretical Ecology at Queen Mary University of London has written for The Conversation on why predators don't overexploit their prey, based on research published in Ecology Letters.

News story: Queen Mary’s Professor Joshua Reiss appointed Entrepreneur in Residence for Science, Engineering and Technology

Professor Reiss will work to strengthen entrepreneurship and commercial impact across Queen Mary in fields such as AI, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

News story: Project protecting online privacy for people going through serious life events secures major funding

Protecting people from stalking, online trolls, and other serious online dangers they are exposed to when going through serious real-life events is the focus of a major new £3.44 million project involving Queen Mary University of London researchers. It is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

News story: Queen Mary researchers join group in search for gravitational waves

A team of researchers from the Astronomy Unit in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London have been admitted to the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the global organisation leading the detection and interpretation of gravitational wave events.

News story: New study pinpoints bumblebee genes that help them adapt to environmental changes

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London have identified genes that could help bumblebees overcome environmental challenges such as climate change.

News story: Genetic study suggests more sensitive people respond better to couple’s therapy

How well someone responds to couple’s therapy could be determined by their genes, according to a new study led by Queen Mary University of London and the University of Denver.  

News story: Graphene could replace rare metal used in mobile phone screens

A new study, published in the journal Advanced Optical Materials, is the first to show graphene can replace Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) in an electronic or optical device.

News story: DNA from air could revolutionize the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists

Two new studies published today in the journal Current Biology show that environmental DNA (eDNA) collected from air can be used to detect a wide range of animal species and offers a novel, non-invasive approach to monitoring biodiversity.