Daniel Evans-Smith, 49, had a serious condition that led to his lung collapsing five times between late 2023 and early 2024.
Credit: Royal Papworth Hospital

A former smoker became the UK's first patient to receive a transplant using the new technique.

New 'lungs in a box' offers hope to transplant patients

A team at the University of Essex are working to find out whether the sticky stuff in mistletoe could be used as a green surgical glue.

Scientists say Christmas mistletoe could have future as surgical glue

The Unioversity workjed with parrot rtainers in Florida

Bird brained may not be the insult you think it is, after a study found parrots can communicate with humans using touchscreens.

Polly-math: Researchers say parrots can communicate using digital tech

Codi, the mars rover, finding and safely storing samples on a mock up of the surface of Mars.
Credit: ITV Anglia

The hope for the rovers is that some of the technology could be used to aid missions to the moon and be used in the search for life on the red planet.

Space rovers that could help find life on Mars tested in quarry

Scientists used machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to finally work out who was right.

150-year-old row between evolution founding fathers finally settled

Thousands of flights were grounded in 2010 after a volcanic eruption spewed millions of tonnes of potentially deadly ash particles into the air.

Scientists hope film study will help them prevent volcano travel chaos

ITV meteorologist Chris Page explains how you could see a planetary alignment of six planets in the night sky and where you need to look.

A rare planetary parade: How you could see six planets in the night sky

A researcher holds a sample of the greener concrete

Engineers have already created self-healing concrete and developed the ability to print structures with it, but up until now they've failed to make it green.

Concrete steps towards sustainability as engineers create eco-building material

The computer company founded just 12 years ago, aiming to encourage more children to get into computing, is now valued at half a billion pounds..

Computing firm Raspberry Pi mulls £500m stock exchange float

A new device created by scientists at the University of Cambridge could help treat spinal injuries

The devices have been developed by a team of engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons who used them to record nerve signals between the brain and spinal cord.

Scientists develop new 'wraparound' sensor to treat spinal injuries

An over-60s session at Just Gym in Saffron Walden, Essex.

The study may help explain why some muscle fibres age faster than others, and also identify the mechanisms the muscles employ to combat ageing.

Scientists shed more light on why ageing muscles get weaker

Dr Victoria Hutter from ImmuONE - the company who have invented the world's first 3D lung which may signal hope for the end of animal testing

The biological equivalent of the human organ, being trialled in a lab in Milton Keynes, can test commercial products.

Could this artificial '3D lung' spell the end of animal testing?

Handout photo dated 1984 issued by the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust of Brenda Barber (right) at Papworth Hospital as she recovers from her heart-lung transplant, along with her surgeon John Wallwork (centre) and nurse Hazel Farren (left). The surgeon who led Europe's first successful heart and lung transplant told of his joy at seeing patients go on to lead a good life on the 40th anniversary of the landmark operation. Issue date: Thursday April 4, 2024.


Brenda Barber, Europe's first patient to successfully get a heart-lung transplant, had been days from death when she agreed to the surgery.

Mum lived to see daughter grow up after revolutionary transplant

Researchers say the new technology could also improve understanding of how the universe naturally expands.

Scientists say breakthrough could uncover hidden planets

A new study into military robots shows they are more likely to blamed for civilian deaths than military machines

Researchers at the University of Essex hope their work will help influence Governments as use of the technologies advances.

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