AS-Levels are to be scrapped in Northern Ireland, but there will be changes to A-Levels to give pupils the option of taking ...

The changes for GCSE, AS and A-level are part of wider reform of education, called TransformED, which includes reviews of the ...

The transient Pauli blocking effect is a promising way to achieve ultrafast optical switching in semiconductors. Recently, a ...

The DUP Education Minister, Mr Paul Givan, has announced changes to our examination system at GCSE and A-Level with first ...

Today, organisations such as Unesco, the UN body for education, science and culture, are grappling with how schools and ...

Electrons can be "kicked across" solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, scientists have discovered, ...

Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by ...

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. These distortions ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

In the 25 years since the first enclosure of eight people inside Biosphere 2 came to an end, Columbia University and now the University of Arizona have tried to rebrand the unique space as a tool for ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...

Mar. 4, 2026 Daily aspirin does not reliably prevent bowel cancer in people at average risk, according to a major new review. Any potential protective effect may take more than a decade to appear — if ...