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Catalonia is building a vison for a resilient landscape: Agroforestry

Transformative Innovation can help tackle local sustainability challenges, says Business School at UNECE forum

2 May 2025

Side event with UNECE, EC and Government of Catalonia unpacks role of innovation in addressing regional challenges and improving lives of citizens.

scientist holding block of material used to build wind turbine blades

How to ‘hide’ a wind farm and move towards Net Zero

5 February 2025

Cleaning up ‘radar clutter’ produced by wind farms will open up new sites and increase renewable energy capacity, say researchers at Sussex

81 species identified in Sussex seas – new study supports future of marine recovery in Sussex

1 May 2024

Research shows effectiveness of combining underwater video with eDNA methods and will impact future conservation efforts in Sussex and globally.

University of Sussex launches ‘The Big Bee Hotel Experiment’

16 April 2024

Sussex researchers launch citizen science experiment to support nesting of solitary bees.

New study offers hope for thousands impacted each year by aggressive brain cancer

15 February 2024

Sussex led research identifies protein (PANK4) as an obstacle that blocks cancer cells from responding to chemotherapeutic treatment for glioblastoma.

Vasas et al. (2024) unveil a new camera system and software package that allows both researchers and filmmakers to capture and display animal-view videos. This image of three male orange sulphurs Colias eurytheme is an example of one such depiction.

New video camera system captures the coloured world that animals see

25 January 2024

Researchers at the University of Sussex & George Mason University have developed a new camera system to accurately replicate the colours animals see.

Academic, Oliver Visick, looks at veteran tree.

Protect our trees to help our honey bees: University of Sussex research indicates around 75,000 honey bee colonies

9 January 2024

Research confirms the importance of ancient and veteran trees to wildlife and the need to protect them.

Long in the Bluetooth: Sussex scientists develop a more efficient way to transmit data between our devices

20 November 2023

University of Sussex researchers have developed a more energy-efficient alternative to transmit data that could potentially replace Bluetooth in...

University awarded funding to help improve treatment for aggressive childhood leukaemia

2 October 2023

University of Sussex awarded funding from The Little Princess Trust to support research into less toxic treatment for childhood leukaemia.

Image of adult and baby at Van Gogh Alive installation at the Brighton Dome

Babies bias for Van Gogh – new study finds taste in art is present from babyhood

2 August 2023

University of Sussex study finds babies and adults have similar taste in Van Gogh paintings.

Seagulls steal your chips because they’re smart – new study

24 May 2023

New study shows that food-pinching Brighton gulls observe humans and mimic their food choices.

Image of Dr Yuliya Kyrychko and Dr Konstantin Blyuss at the University of Sussex

Want satisfaction? Do the maths

5 April 2023

University of Sussex mathematicians have developed the first ever mathematical model of how to reach sexual climax, as revealed in a new paper.

Moths are more efficient pollinators than bees, shows new research

30 March 2023

Moths are more efficient pollinators at night than bees are during the day.

Illustration of part of the human protein-protein interaction network. Proteins are shown as circles and the lines connecting them represent a physical interaction. The connections between these proteins change in cancer cells and the network is rewired.

Sussex researchers use Artificial Intelligence to personalise cancer patient treatments

4 February 2023

University of Sussex develop novel method of identifying the genes that are critical to a cancer cell’s survival using AI

Dissection documentary provides invaluable cancer education

20 November 2022

Prof Claire Smith led the anatomists and clinicians who dissected the body of Toni Crews over 12 educational workshops for around 1000 students.

Transformative Investment Philosophy Report cover

Climate crisis calls for systemic change to finance: new report

16 November 2022

Sussex and Utrecht researchers from the Deep Transitions project urge a new approach to investing.

Why the queue to see the Queen was "like a pilgrimage"

15 November 2022

Sussex psychologist Professor John Drury advised the UK government on what to expect during the Queen's funeral and lying-in-state.

bright colourful SSRP graphics designed in the SDG colours on white background with a blue centred caption reading 'SSRP Week' and the date and location of this series of events below: 7th -11th November 2022, University of Sussex

Time for action: SSRP Week kickstarts new phase for sustainability research with impact

20 October 2022

Coinciding with COP27, the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is hosting an exciting week of events in November celebrating its Phase II launch

Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems – major new study

20 October 2022

A major new research study led by the University of Sussex shows that global science research is not addressing the SDGs.

UKRI appoints duo energy research ‘champions’ from Sussex and Newcastle universities

30 September 2022

Academics at the University of Sussex and Newcastle University have been appointed to lead the next phase of energy demand research in the UK.