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    Telescope to provide insight into Solar System lightshows

    Professor Tom Stallard, a Planetary Astronomer from Northumbria University, has been granted access to the James Webb Space Telescope to study and capture images of the auroras on gas giants Saturn and Uranus. This unique opportunity will provide unprecedented insight into these spectacular light shows and planetary atmospheres.

  • Northumbria students were the first to complete a new intensive programme offered by ACCESS: Policy, providing an insight into addressing emerging global challenges through policy making. Photo Credit: U.S. Embassy London

    Students take on real-world policy issues in the capital

    A group of nine Northumbria University students travelled to the U.S. Embassy in London to present their climate and environment policy recommendations after months of being mentored by a number of industry experts from the public, private and third sectors.

  • L-R: Prof Guillaume Zoppi, Dr Vincent Barrioz, Dr Lu Xing and Prof Neil Beattie from the ReNU+ team at Northumbria University

    £11m funding to expand access to renewable energy research in North East

    World-leading research from three North East universities to advance renewable energy technologies has received a welcome boost, with the announcement of almost £11.5 million to expand their work and include people from under-represented groups and non-traditional educational backgrounds to drive the transition to Net Zero.

  • Digital civics projects putting people at heart of digital innovation

    Digital civics projects putting people at heart of digital innovation

    Northumbria University is hosting the Digital Civics Exchange, a series of events focusing on the role of people in artificial intelligence and digital technology. The event will also mark the launch of Northumbria University's 9 million AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Citizen-Centred AI.

  • Professor Hamdi Torun, pictured holding the contact lens, developed to detect early signs of glaucoma.

    Contact lenses to diagnose glaucoma

    Researchers from Northumbria University and Boğaziçi University have developed a contact lens that can detect changes in eye pressure, an early sign of glaucoma. The lens contains micro-sensors that monitor intra-ocular pressure over several hours and send the data wirelessly for analysis. The technology has been successfully tested on six participants and will undergo further study.

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