News

28 May 2025
Dr Paula Serafini visited Argentina for Pasturas, a unique film festival focused on transhumance, to present new sustainability tools and pilot a consultancy supporting the festival’s environmental goals

22 May 2025
Two Professors from Queen Mary join 54 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected by the Academy to its prestigious Fellowship.

21 May 2025
Breakthrough study reveals how potassium ions flow through channels in cells – with implications for drug development and understanding neural signalling

20 May 2025
Peopling the Palaces Festival returns to Queen Mary University of London this June with a vibrant five-day programme of live art, performance, film screenings, workshops and conversation. Taking place from 4 to 8 June 2025, this year’s festival is curated around the theme of resistance.

20 May 2025
Professor Morris Brown MD FRCP FMedSci FRS has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. He is one of 90 outstanding scientists from the UK and internationally who have joined the prestigious body this year.

20 May 2025
Women of African or South Asian genetic ancestry tend to develop breast cancer and die at a younger age than women of European ancestry, according to new research by Queen Mary University of London. The study also found important genetic differences in these women’s cancers that could impact their diagnosis and treatment.

19 May 2025
Professor Peter Cameron, Chair in Energy and Climate Law at Queen Mary University of London, will help launch a European conference on energy law in Brussels on 3 June 2025, exploring the future of hydrogen and gas market regulation

19 May 2025
As many as 1 in 4 men and 1 in 3 women will develop dementia in their lifetime. Getting a timely diagnosis is important as it allows people to understand and get treatment for their symptoms, access help and support, and plan for the future.

16 May 2025
Atomic-level snapshot of a 3-billion-year-old photosynthetic assembly shows life nailed the design early.

15 May 2025
A landmark study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modelling the universe’s most extreme events: the collisions of black holes and neutron stars.

13 May 2025
The Centre for Bone and Joint Health at Queen Mary brings together experts across musculoskeletal care to drive research that improves the health of people with bone and joint disorders and injuries.

13 May 2025
New techniques to mimic the complexity of living human organs provide an alternative to using animals in science

13 May 2025
The results of an international study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) shed new light the underlying biological mechanisms which cause differences in health risks, symptoms and outcomes between males and females.

13 May 2025
The results of the MIROCALS randomised clinical trial showed that adding low-dose interleukin-2 (IL2LD) to standard treatment for this degenerative disorder slowed functional decline and extended the lifespan of people with ALS.

12 May 2025
Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University have co-delivered the first joint Global Migration Spring School, held from 4 to 9 May at the Queen Mary Malta Campus in Gozo. The School marks a new chapter in the growing academic partnership between the two institutions, following their earlier collaboration on a transnational migration workshop.

9 May 2025
A single blood test for the chemical signals of many different types of cancer could detect the disease at its early stages, making it easier to treat for almost 50% of patients

8 May 2025
A new national initiative to pioneer brain-inspired, energy-efficient computing technologies has been launched, with Queen Mary University of London playing a crucial role alongside other leading UK institutions.

7 May 2025
Last week, Queen Mary University of London embarked on a tour across the Middle East, strengthening its global footprint through strategic partnerships in education, research, and student mobility.

7 May 2025
Two new advanced predictive algorithms use information about a person’s health conditions and simple blood tests to accurately predict a patient’s chances of having a currently undiagnosed cancer, including hard to diagnose liver and oral cancers.

1 May 2025
The Academic Centre for Healthy Aging (ACHA) is a landmark collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London, and Barts Charity, focused on improving the health, wellbeing, and care of older adults in north-east London and beyond.

30 April 2025
Ian Parkes, formerly Chief Executive of the East London Business Alliance (ELBA) and Director of London Works, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Queen Mary’s Spring graduation ceremony.
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29 April 2025
A team of UK scientists at Queen Mary University of London, University of Nottingham and University of Glasgow has received a £6 million EPSRC programme grant, “Enabling Net Zero and the AI Revolution with Ultra-Low Energy 2D Materials and Devices (NEED2D).” This will develop energy efficient, atomically-thin semiconductors to dramatically reduce the electricity demand from AI data centres and high-performance computing.

28 April 2025
Last week, IEEE’s Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2025 was held at Queen Mary University of London, the first time the conference was held in the UK. This is a flagship event of the IEEE Education Society.

28 April 2025
An international team uncovers a hidden celestial structure using innovative far-ultraviolet techniques.

24 April 2025
A new strategy for tuberculosis (TB) screening, proposed by a team of researchers led by Queen Mary University of London, provides a solution to problems with current TB screening, which does not always accurately detect disease.

16 April 2025
Last month, Queen Mary University of London hosted History East: A Festival of History, a public celebration of the ways that history continues to shape literature, politics and culture.

15 April 2025
A small group of powerful investment firms is quietly fuelling the global oil industry’s retreat from climate targets, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.

9 April 2025
Further details have been announced for the British Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 2025, where Professor Kathryn Yusoff from Queen Mary University of London is one of four curators leading the UK’s contribution.

4 April 2025
Researchers propose a unified framework to monitor and protect insect biodiversity amid growing concerns over global declines

2 April 2025
Professor Caulfield, Vice-Principal (Health) at Queen Mary, joins twelve other senior figures from health, science, and medicine on the Council.