2026 press releases

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ā€œSomething wicked this way comesā€ ā€“ AI academic uses warnings from Shakespeare and Marlowe to illustrate manā€™s relationship with machine intelligence

Warnings that artificial intelligence could eventually kill humanity may be focusing attention on the wrong danger, according to a Ā鶹ֱ²„ University academic.
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Financial markets could modernise without complex new digital technology, says Ā鶹ֱ²„ economist

The financial system could become faster, simpler and cheaper without moving money and investments onto complicated new technology, according to a new paper published today.
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Ā鶹ֱ²„ engineer awarded prestigious research chair

An academic from Ā鶹ֱ²„ University's School of Architecture, Building, and Civil Engineering has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering ā€ÆResearch Chair.
A black car driving through muddy flood water

Driving through water is the biggest cause of death during floods ā€“ hereā€™s how it can happen

An opinion piece written by Dr Matthew Watkins for The Conversation platform.