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Unlocking space for agriculture: Satellite data meets farming on the ground

Two new pilot projects funded by the UK Space Agency are exploring how satellite data and digital technologies can help farmers make better decisions, improve productivity, and care for the environment.

Magma ocean: Structures in the Earth’s mantle are key to understanding its unique habitability

Two massive, mysterious structures deep within Earth's mantle, the LLSVPs and ULVZs, are revealed as ancient fingerprints of core material mixing into the early magma ocean, a process vital to the Earth’s unique habitability.

GDS relaunches Enterprise Architecture team to help shape the future of public sector technology

GDS launches new Enterprise Architecture team to improve digital foundations across government.

UK Space Operations Report: Protecting the UK and Space in October 2025

The National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, Met Office, and UK Space Agency, has released its report detailing space surveillance and protection activities for October 2025.

Oxford & GSK launch £50 million experimental medicine programme to prevent cancer

Oxford University and GSK launch a £50 million experimental medicine programme aiming to train the immune system to prevent cancer, paving the way for breakthrough vaccines and early‑stage treatments.

Submesoscale: Subsurface ocean ‘storms’ linked to rapid Antarctic ice melt

UC Irvine and NASA researchers have identified stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves that are causing aggressive melting. These "submesoscale" features drive warm water intrusion, accelerating the melt of key glaciers like Thwaites and Pine Island.

Creating a sustainable model for smart digital health systems

David Wyndham Lewis, Health and Life Science Partner at Atos, explores how smart digital health systems can create a sustainable model for future-ready healthcare.

Longest-ever NHS strike: Phlebotomists rally in Gloucester after 236 days

Striking for 236 days, phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Hospitals are now staging a rally in Gloucester. UNISON calls it the longest-running strike in NHS history, over demands for fair pay and re-banding.

Global urbanisation outpaces population growth, raising sustainability concerns

A new report, World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 (WUP25), reveals a dramatic shift in how humanity occupies the planet. Since 1975, the amount of built-up land has grown nearly twice as fast as the global population. a

UK Government invests millions of pounds to fuel life science innovation

The UK government has announced a substantial financial boost for the nation's life sciences sector, providing over £74 million in combined government and industry funding to back cutting-edge projects.

Quantum leap: Supercomputer simulates quantum microchip in unprecedented detail

A collaboration across Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has performed a simulation of a quantum microchip using nearly all 7,168 NVIDIA GPUs on the Perlmutter supercomputer. This physical modelling is a vital step toward perfecting next-generation quantum hardware.

New UK vaccine trial targets virus linked to MS

The UK’s Horizon trial will test a vaccine against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), linked to multiple sclerosis, aiming to train the immune system and explore a potential new treatment for MS.

Major services get hit with Cloudflare internet blackout: Why is the internet down?

An outage at Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure company, caused a widespread internet blackout around midday on Tuesday, 20th November.

NASA invited the media to their Artemis II crewed Moon mission launch

NASA is preparing to open a new chapter in human space exploration, and media from around the globe are being invited to witness the launch of the Artemis II mission, which is the first crewed flight test under the agency's campaign to return humans to the Moon.

Councils warn SEND system faces £18bn collapse without major reform

A report from the County Councils Network warns England's SEND system is on track for a cumulative deficit of £17.8 bn by 2029, potentially collapsing without urgent "root and branch" reform to funding and structure.

Portugal and the European Commission advance research and innovation reforms

Portugal and the European Commission have taken further steps in strengthening their cooperation on research and innovation, following up on the launch of their Enhanced Dialogue earlier this year.

Can the ocean help capture carbon through mCDR?

As the world struggles to slow global warming, scientists and policymakers are looking to the oceans for help.

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