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A full-body scanner that is 40 times more sensitive and 10 times faster than existing machines, is now in operation at Guy's and St Thomas'. Peter Kyle and Wes Streeting spoke to staff and patients about how the scanner is speeding up diagnoses and treatments 👇

📢We’re thrilled to launch the groundbreaking #CommunityResearchNetworks programme funded by UK Research and Innovation! Together, networks across the UK will tackle local needs and drive greater equity in research and innovation. bit.ly/3ZHZwE1

In this week's UKRI news bulletin: 🩺 New scanners will save lives and transform medical research 🥦 Low-protein diets offer protection during bacterial infection 🌊 The pressures from human activities on marine ecosystems Sign up for weekly updates: orlo.uk/J1qa8

Researchers at 39 institutions are being supported in fields from healthcare to clean energy, to improve lives and grow the economy. Projects include a new prosthetic arm to identify different textures and a ‘biomarker’ tool which could detect blood clots earlier.

We’re building even closer links between scientists and researchers in the UK & Switzerland to work on some of today's most pressing challenges 🔬 This includes funding to support UK-Swiss clinical trials that could help unlock new treatments & diagnoses for a range of

In this week’s UKRI bulletin, find out how: 🎵 UKRI investments are boosting creative industries 🤖 Hip surgery is being transformed with robotic assistance 🐻‍❄️ A fossil discovery points to possible polar bear ancestry for Scottish bears Sign up: orlo.uk/kcbIZ

We’ve been awarded £10m by UK Research and Innovation to lead the Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness, an ambitious new project bringing together partners from research, policy and civil society to build stronger, more resilient communities. Read more 👉shu.ac.uk/centre-regiona…

Announcing our first two MRC Centres of Research Excellence. The £50m Centres will develop new gene therapies for currently untreatable diseases, including heart disease and rare genetic disorders. More: orlo.uk/T197I British Heart Foundation

Last month, we hosted an event in Parliament to showcase the profound impact of research and innovation across the UK. The day brought together nearly 100 attendees, including new MPs, policymakers, innovators and researchers to celebrate research and innovation.

📢The BSA just published a new evaluation report in partnership with UK Research and Innovation and Science Ceilidh, revealing the impact of the Highlands and Islands Climate Change Community Grant programme. Read it here: britishscienceassociation.org/news/new-repor… And the thread below for highlights!👇

The Clean Power Action Plan outlines how we're going to get to clean power by 2030. Delivering on the Prime Minister's Plan for Change, it represents the boldest set of changes to our electricity system in a generation. A new era focusing on the power of our natural resources.

In this week's UKRI bulletin: 🩹 New wound dressings could lead to faster healing 🎄 Spending a white Christmas in Antarctica 🏃 Cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours Sign up here: orlo.uk/i3KQY

Blog✍️| People feel research is often done to them, rather than with, by, or for them and the radical #CommunityResearchNetworks programme with UK Research and Innovation aims to ‘challenge this dysfunctional relationship’. Read here 👇 bit.ly/3BARaVl

UK biobank is the world’s most important health research database. That’s why we’ve matched @AWScloud £8 million funding to boost data storage @UK_Biobank, supporting global research into cures for diseases like diabetes, dementia and cancer.

The real star of Christmas dinner is the roast potato 🌟 Funded by UK Research and Innovation, engineering biologists B-hive Innovations are using gene editing technology to help potatoes become resilient to the effects of climate change and cook even quicker. Find out more 👇

Congratulations to all those from the UKRI community recognised in the New Year Honours list👏 And congratulations to former MRC chief executive Professor Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz who has received a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. #NewYearHonours

Congratulations again to everyone recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours, including Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, former MRC chief executive, for his services to cancer research, clinical research, medicine and charities. Full story: ukri.org/news/former-mr…

Congratulations to Professor Sir Ian Chapman, who will be the next CEO of @UKRI_news. He will lead its team in driving a refreshed mission that puts economic growth at the heart of public investment in R&D, helping to fulfil the potential of science & tech in improving lives.