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The Three Lions in Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire, looks abandoned with windows boarded up and overgrown foliage

New research reveals the hidden human cost of pub closures

When a pub shuts its doors for the final time, it is rarely just a business that disappears.
A screengrab of the Think Human website, with a graphic of a brain against a dark background

Loughborough’s Think Human exhibit showcased in new website to guide young people through Ergonomics & Human Factors career choices

a man lying awake in bed

How scientists changed their view of insomnia

A woman wearing a t-shirt against a plain background which says five miscarriages, still pro-choice

New exhibition challenges how we think about miscarriage – and the stories we don’t hear

group of runners running along road

EXPERT COMMENT: “For runners of all abilities, their performance on Sunday will be dictated largely by their physiology” explains endurance running expert.

Artist’s impression of silica–gold nanoparticles acting as “light concentrators”, focusing energy into tiny hotspots to boost terahertz emission. The effect was studied using ultrafast laser pulses. Image generated by Dr Vittorio Cecconi using Adobe Firefly.

Tiny ‘light-concentrating’ particles boost terahertz technology, study shows

a close up of a football in a fire machine in sports tech

New research identifies previously unreported pressure wave energy transfer to the brain from football headers

Smartphone screen with lots of social media apps

EXPERT COMMENT: Social media content is increasingly shaping how people understand their health

Pope Leo XIV waving

‘I’m not a politician’: why the clash with Pope Leo could prove dangerous for Donald Trump

Newly elected Hungarian President, Péter Magyar.

Could Viktor Orbán be back in 2030? Why Péter Magyar has a fight on his hands after landslide win

A female cricketer hits the ball

The Hundred has helped level the playing field for women’s cricket

Trump’s exchange with Pope Leo reflects deep rooted tensions between the Vatican and the United States: 4 essential reads

Chagos Islands deal shelved – legal expert explains what happens next

How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responses

Scientists develop rapid method to uncover hidden structures in materials – including elusive quasicrystals

Teen girls feel pressure to be ‘perfect’ on Instagram, so many choose not to post at all – new study

Brain-inspired chip could make some AI tasks up to 2,000 times more energy efficient, study finds