News story: Using medicine-based approaches to protect pollinatorsMolecular medicine approaches could improve the efficiency and sensitivity of pesticide research and evaluation, according to researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Queen Mary's place among world’s best universities recognised in new global rankings Queen Mary University of London’s world class status has been reaffirmed in an international league table that has been published today (4 March 2020).
News story: Queen Mary’s Arts programmes rated highly for their commitment to diversityThree arts programmes based at Queen Mary University of London have each been rated strong or outstanding by the Arts Council England in its 2020 Creative Case for Diversity Report.
News story: Queen Mary Professor named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghA Professor of Law from Queen Mary University of London has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new Fellows comprise leading thinkers and experts from Scotland and around the world, whose work has had a significant impact on the country.
News story: Social networks accelerate cultural evolution in hunter-gatherersA new study, involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London, has shown that the unique social structure of real-life hunter-gatherers increases the rate at which culture evolves.
News story: Queen Mary wins award for commitment to No Place for Hate campaignTower Hamlets Council has awarded Queen Mary University of London a trophy for signing up more than 100 people to the council’s No Place for Hate pledge during National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
News story: Professor of Pediatrics appointed as NIHR Senior InvestigatorQueen Mary’s Professor Grigg has been appointed as a Senior Investigator for 2020 by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - the nation's largest funder of health and care research.
News story: Immune therapy reduces risk of recurrence in aggressive breast cancerAn immune therapy for the most aggressive form of breast cancer can substantially reduce the risk of the disease returning, according to a clinical trial led by Professor Peter Schmid of Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Diabetes drug reduces complications of long-term steroid therapy A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes could offer a simple and cheap solution to reduce harmful side effects of steroid treatment, new research from Queen Mary University of London suggests.
News story: Queen Mary becomes first London University to host ‘Project SEARCH’ workplace immersion programmeQueen Mary University of London is the first university in the capital to host a Project SEARCH programme. Project SEARCH is aimed at enabling young adults with learning difficulties and/or autism to earn valuable work experience.
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News story: Bumblebees can experience an object using one sense and later recognise it using anotherHow are we able to find things in the dark? And how can we imagine how something feels just by looking at it?
News story: Psychologists discover secret to achieving goalsResearch led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London has provided new insights into why people often make unrealistic plans that are doomed to fail.
News story: World first in AI helps predict heart attacks and strokeArtificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow, in a new study involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Queen Mary ranks in the top 20 for universities targeted by employersQueen Mary University of London ranks 19th for universities targeted by the largest number of top employers in 2019-2020 according to a new report.
News story: The European Union is creating its own downfall according to new book by Queen Mary academicA new book authored by an academic from Queen Mary University of London has shed new light on recent EU reforms which, according to the research, are undermining the stability of the Eurozone.
News story: Cyber-security regulations for air transport may prove ineffectiveA new study led by academics from the Cloud Legal Project at Queen Mary University of London has found that current cyber-security standards set by the European Union, known as the NIS Directive, do not go far enough and could potentially be undermined.
News story: Foot-and-mouth-disease virus could help target the deadliest cancerThe foot-and-mouth-disease virus is helping scientists at Queen Mary to tackle a common cancer with the worst survival rate – pancreatic cancer.
News story: Queen Mary awarded over £3 million for astronomy research Researchers from the School of Physics and Astronomy have received funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation, to support new research projects aimed at improving our understanding of the universe.
News story: Queen Mary lead European project to tackle plastic pollution A €14m joint project involving key partners across England and France has launched this week in a bid to prevent plastic hotspots in the Channel.
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News story: International team delivers research breakthrough for leading cause of blindnessResearch from Queen Mary University of London has identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which affects over 1.5 million people in the UK alone.
News story: 'Sandpit’ workshop in Mexico results in research project to prove the diagnostic potential of saliva for breast cancer15% of women worldwide suffer from breast cancer, with over 55,000 and 1.6 million cases diagnosed in the UK and Mexico per annum respectively, and existing diagnostic standards are invasive, costly and painful. But an intensive ‘sandpit’ joint multidisciplinary research workshop between Queen Mary University of London, the University of the Americas Puebla and the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico has resulted in funding for a collaborative research project which aims to take the first steps towards diagnosis of the disease using saliva.
News story: Dental students teach local pupils all about staying healthy with SUGAR SMART Tower HamletsStudents from Queen Mary’s Institute of Dentistry and Barts Health NHS Trust have been teaching primary school pupils from Tower Hamlets all about the benefits of healthy living as part of delivering a national campaign – SUGAR SMART.
News story: Researchers uncover intense chaotic motions of the solar windNew research from Queen Mary University of London has observed the chaotic behaviour of the solar wind at distances closer to the Sun than ever before.
News story: Pinpointing rare disease mutationsA new study from Queen Mary University of London and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute has uncovered the genes essential for supporting life, which could help researchers to identify mutations responsible for rare childhood diseases.
News story: The Brexit referendum did not lead to more radical Euroscepticism elsewhere, according to new studyA new paper co-authored by academics from Queen Mary University of London sheds new light on populist radical right parties’ responses to the UK’s Brexit vote.
News story: Exploring the challenges and pitfalls of democratic politicsIn the first of a new series of In Conversation events, Queen Mary’s Global Policy Institute (GPI) and the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) hosted a discussion concerning the challenges and pitfalls of democratic politics today.
News story: Queen Mary hosts Lego engineering challenge for local school studentsOn 25 January, Queen Mary University of London opened their doors to local schoolchildren for the 2020 FIRST® LEGO® League tournament.
News story: Nobel prize winning alumnus Sir Peter Ratcliffe to speak at Queen MaryNobel Prize winning alumnus Sir Peter Ratcliffe is coming to Queen Mary to speak about his award and his time at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.
News story: Smart single mother bees learn from their neighbours Solitary female bees inspect other nests for signs of danger before making decisions on where to build their own, a new London-based study suggests.
News story: Queen Mary marks Holocaust Memorial DayAs part of Holocaust Memorial Day, Queen Mary University of London hosted an original theatre production in collaboration with the international charity Human Rights Watch and Georgetown University. It featured a performance by the Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn.
