Congratulations to Dr Marc Fernández-Yagüe (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences) who has received a European Research Council Starting Grant. A fantastic achievement and recognition of Queen Mary’s research strength in materials chemistry. Find out more: tinyurl.com/bde9yh79

Queen Mary is delighted to be a ‘University of the Year’ finalist in the #THEAwards! And we’re so proud Professors @larschittka.bsky.social and @alastairhackney.bsky.social have been shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year. @timeshighered.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/ebe8yx23

A new study from our researchers shows that highly sensitive people are more likely to experience mental health problems compared to less sensitive people. The findings suggest these individuals could benefit more from interventions like mindfulness. shorturl.at/IHUsD @qmul.bsky.social

Fantastic to see this paper in @nature.com, co-authored by @qmul.bsky.social researchers, showing how arrow worms invent new genes!

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Arctic winter is changing fast. In February 2025, #Svalbard saw rain, thawing tundra, and pooling meltwater. The comment by Bradley and co-authors shows how winter #warming is reshaping #polar ecosystems—and why this is the new #Arctic.

"The gear I packed felt like a relic from another climate." – @drbradbrad.bsky.social‬, on a shocking February in #Svalbard. The new Nature Comms commentary reveals the #Arctic winter reaching its melting point, with widespread thaw & vegetation bloom. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you're melting, take comfort: even fruit flies are apparently over this heatwave. 🫠 A fantastic new study shows how #Drosophila larvae have repeatedly evolved to pick their perfect temperature, essentially "fine-tuning" their comfort zone. Read more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Brilliant to see this fascinating research! We're especially delighted to see @ehowaspi.bsky.social, visiting researcher at the @qmulsbbs.bsky.social, contributing to this amazing study.

Our very own Dr Babis Rallis's fascinating work on #caffeine and #cellularageing has been featured in Bloomberg. Beyond just a morning boost, new insights suggest caffeine could play a role in slowing cellular ageing. Find out more about this exciting research: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Researchers at @qmulspcs.bsky.social confirmed the "helicity barrier" in solar wind using NASA Parker Solar Probe data. This explains why the Sun's atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface! A breakthrough for space weather & astrophysics. Read more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Smaller islands in Wallacea, Indonesia, provide vital, higher-quality habitats for endangered mammals, highlighting the importance of targeted conservation and habitat protection on these landmasses. doi.org/g9rdch

Researchers from Queen Mary and Kew Gardens, have found that natural selection is working to combat the devastating ash dieback disease. Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

A new study led by our researchers finds women with ADHD could be 3x more likely to have PMDD — a severe premenstrual disorder with serious health impacts. Even undiagnosed ADHD symptoms = higher risk. Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/news/it... @agnewblais.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Livingston, VP for Research & Innovation at Queen Mary, who has been recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Chemical Engineering Council and has secured a major grant from @ukri.org's EPSRC! www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Queen Mary has risen 35 places in two years in the QS league table. We’re now ranked 110th in the world according to QS, and for the second year, a top 100 university globally and top 10 in the UK by @usnews.com Learn more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Expert panellists have recognised Queen Mary’s innovation and research excellence at the University’s Research and Innovation Awards. Judges were incredibly impressed by the high standard of submissions and positive impact of their work. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

A robotic hand featuring high-resolution tactile sensing across 70% of its surface achieves human-like dexterity and adaptive grasping, outperforming previous systems in dynamic real-world tasks. doi.org/g9psjw

Ever wonder how your cells build themselves? 🤔 New research from @qmulsbbs.bsky.social & @dundee.ac.uk, out in @pnas.org, reveals the key mechanism behind microtubule growth. It's crucial for understanding cell division and has potential impacts on cancer treatments. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Scientists from @mpi-nat.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk cracked the code on ion channel currents with atomic-level accuracy. As Dr @wojciechkopec.bsky.social says, this "opens up entirely new avenues for studying physiology and developing therapeutics."

Our paper on testing #Alphafold predictions and structural phylogenetics of a #photosystem subunit is now published in @pplplantarum.bsky.social. Work by @tomdongmin.bsky.social, with JW Murray & D Pretorius at Imperial. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk 🌳

Excited to kick off Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI)'s inaugural Research Day and explore "Hard Problems: Can Interdisciplinarity Solve Them?" with world-leading researchers exploring critical challenges like #ClimateChange, #HumanHealth, and the impact of #AI.

Thrilled to see Dr @lindacremonesi.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast this morning! She was talking about the scientific race to uncover why our Universe exists within the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Read more about this groundbreaking research here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The structure of a light-harvesting nanodevice in ancient cyanobacteria offers new insight into how early life used sunlight to generate oxygen, shaping Earth's atmosphere. doi.org/g9kcwz

A paper in Nature presents a high-precision prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes. The work may pave the way for more accurate gravitational wave models, which will guide future efforts to detect gravitational waves. go.nature.com/4kEUcsH ⚛️ 🧪

Our paper: Structure and evolution of photosystem I in the early-branching cyanobacterium Anthocerotibacter panamensis is out now in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Great collab with the labs of Ming-Yang Ho and Chris Girsiel.

Huge congrats to Dr @gmogull.bsky.social for co-leading this new paper in @nature.com on #blackhole scattering. The team's found some truly mind-bending connections to Calabi-Yau manifolds using quantum field theory in classical gravity: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This week on the pod 🔊 🚚 An antimatter delivery van takes its first road trip ⚫ The mathematics of a near-miss between black holes https://go.nature.com/42ZOz24

Exciting news from @qmulsems.bsky.social bioengineers! They've developed new #OrganOnAChip techniques for more complex human tissue models, aiming to reduce animal testing. This could speed up safer drug development! More info: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2... #Bioengineering #AnimalAlternatives

Imagine if you could charge your phone just once a week! Queen Mary is leading a team working on atom-thin semiconductors that could cut energy use by over 90%. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

An international team, led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist and including Dr Thomas Haworth, has discovered a vast molecular cloud, named Eos, lurking surprisingly close to our solar system. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CPE is offering two new training sessions this May, available to Queen Mary students and staff. Explore the sessions and book your spot on the CPD Training Platform! Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengage...

Are you interested in engaging the public with University research or co-producing research with stakeholders outside the university? The Centre for Public Engagement (CPE) Large Grants and Participatory Research Fund Schemes are now open! Visit: bit.ly/4d8fx9v Deadline: Friday 6 June 2025! 🔔

This year, for the first time, #IEEE #EDUCON is being held in the UK! And we’re so proud that it’s being hosted at Queen Mary educon-conference.org As the conference kicks off, hear from its chair Usman Naeem about this year’s themes and aims. @qmuleecs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social

Imagine a #DigitalTwin of your heart helping doctors plan treatment: researchers at @qmulsems.bsky.social have developed #AI tool creating 'synthetic scarred hearts' to predict success in atrial fibrillation procedures. www.frontiersin.org/journals/car...

Can we outsmart the deadliest form of skin cancer? 🧬 #Springboard25 awardee Dr @elett.bsky.social is decoding the DNA mutations behind melanoma to help develop better therapies. 👉 bit.ly/44irB7l @wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

NEWS: Despite fears about insect declines, we know very little about 99% of species globally 🌍📉. Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪 🧵 1/

🦋🪲🪰 Insects account for up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and are vital for 35% of global food production, however research on their biodiversity is lacking (and underfunded) 🧵1/6

99% of insect species lack conservation data. A major study led by @ukceh.bsky.social and @zslofficial.bsky.social, with contributions from Professor Iwan Jones and Dr John Murphy of @qmulrivercomms.bsky.social, highlights urgent gaps in our understanding of global insect populations.

Daniel Gill and Ekaterina Ivanova from EECS have launched Minds (Mutual Inclusion through Neurodiversity in Science), a new Neurodiversity in Science Network dedicated to supporting and celebrating neurodivergent researchers. Read the interview here: equalities.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/2025/03/24/a...

You are all invited to"Meet the team"! We will post regularly to introduce our fantastic staff at the Department of Psychology and Centre for Brain & Behaviour. Today, we would like to introduce Elisabetta Versace @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and Mairi Irvine @meirvine.bsky.social #meettheteam

Well done to Kite Jones, PhD student in my group @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social, who will be presenting at the Royal Institution in London on April 10th. www.rigb.org/whats-on/sci...

Published in @pnas.org today. Congratulations to QMUL @qmulsbbs.bsky.social PhD student Weiling Huang and thank you to everyone involved, including BBSRC, CSC and Leverhulme Trust for funding. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🧪 Calling all scientists (and everyone in between)! Got a STEM idea that gets people talking? Apply now to showcase it at Lambeth Country Show or New Scientist Live! Deadline: 22 April 🗓️ 👉 bit.ly/4240yK6

Working with colleagues at @lborouniversity.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social @zoologyotago.bsky.social we have shown that organic component of excess fine sediment in stream bed governs invertebrate community response. Open Access paper now out in Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

A new @pnas.org study led by Prof @mauriceelphick.bsky.social of @qmulsbbs.bsky.social has uncovered that bombesin, a neurohormone that controls appetite in humans and starfish alike, have been regulating feeding behaviour for over half a billion years. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

A new solar hydrogen production method using organic materials achieves high efficiency and stability, offering a promising path for sustainable energy solutions without additional electricity. doi.org/g88wkh

Exciting research update! EECS PhD students have developed a novel approach that enables large language models (LLMs) to “hear” and “understand” sound - a breakthrough in multimodal generative #AI: www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/news-an...

🌍 #ClimateChange = mental health crisis. New research reveals soaring anxiety & despair among youth in climate-hit Madagascar. 90% face food shortages; 69% go days without eating. Time to act: #MentalHealth support must be part of climate adaptation.

A UK team from @imperialchemeng.bsky.social and @qmulsems.bsky.social has cracked a major challenge in #SolarHydrogen production. Their new design uses low-cost organic materials to create stable, efficient systems for turning sunlight into hydrogen fuel. #GreenTech www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

📢 New Episode Alert! This week, I chatted to Prof. Kaspar Althoefer from Queen Mary University of London about soft #robotic manipulators for healthcare and manufacturing. 🤖 🖐️ Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/03/14/e... #Robots #Robotics #Prosthetics #Surgery #Manufacturing