STEM for Britain 2026 Finalists

Murder Mystery: Unravelling Cell Death in Natural Killer Cells

Molecular Basis of Foreign DNA recognition by BREX Anti-Phage Immunity System

Bridging Species with AI: A Cross-Species Deep Learning Framework for Fracture Detection in Veterinary Imaging

Hybrid Intelligence in Medical Image Segmentation for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Personalized stroke recovery through brain fingerprinting

Elevating Surgeon Skill with a Heart Transplant Simulator

Invesitigation the role of tge IgE-FcεRI axis in human cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Identifying older adults at risk of undernutrition through a novel appetite classification method

PROCTOR-AI within the NHS: PROstate Cancer Triage Optimisation with Artificial Intelligence

Bridging Fragmented Habitats: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Green Grid as Wildlife Corridors for Avian Species in an Industrial Environment.

Pharmacological activation of AMPK as a therapeutic approach for FBXL4-related encephalomyopathic Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome (MTDPS13)

Understanding the molecular basis of rare inherited blood disorder Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anaemia type 1: the role of the RNA nuclease complex CDIN1-Codanin-1 in chromatin compaction

Emerging Salmonella, Evolving Threats: Mapping Risk from Farm to Fork

A Machine Learning Algorithm for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators to detect Life-Threatening Heart Rhythms

REWRITING GENOMES: PROGRAMMED DNA ELIMINATION IN AUANEMA RHODENSE

Mapping Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Iberian Orca Spatial Overlap for Conservation Insights: An Ecological Niche Model Approach

Energy Efficient Real Time EMG Gesture Control for Prosthetic Hand

Creating an accurate 3-dimensional pre-clinical model of aggressive Group 4 medulloblastoma to model the tumour-immune microenvironment

Engineering nitrogen fixation capabilities in the non-fixing wheat endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

UNDERSTANDING THE REPAIR MECHANISMS OF DNA DAMAGE INDUCED BY CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS WITH CRISPR GENOME-EDITING SCREENS

Mathematical modelling of biparatopic antibody function

Using the ancient Scottish Bere barley landrace to genetically map manganese-use efficiency and improve nutrient use in British crops.

Design of a state-of-the-art Motor Neuron Disease gene therapy that restores nerve growth and transmission between motor nerves

CLOSING THE FIBRE GAP – DEVELOPING A NOVEL FIBRE SCREENING TOOL (SCREEN-IT) FOR THE UK POPULATION: VALIDATION, REPRODUCIBILITY AND USABILITY INSIGHTS

Impact of preterm birth on metabolic maturation and growth

A Mechanically Tuned Gene Editing Platform Enabling Safe and Affordable Stem Cell Therapies

A FLASH of Hope - Preventing Recurrent Glioblastoma

Psychotropic medications selectively reshape the composition and neuroactive metabolite landscape of the human gut microbiome

Brewing Therapeutic Glycoproteins Using Engineered Yeast

TO COMPETE OR COOPERATE: SHAPING MICROBIAL RESILIENCE TO REPEATED CHEMICAL DISTURBANCE

Turning waste to wealth: Upcycling Polyesters into High-Value Chemicals

Persistent Pollutant Removal in Water using Novel Sunlight-Activated Semiconductor Materials: A New Horizon for Sustainable Water Treatment

Exploring the diagnostic value of the stable oxygen isotopic signature in nuclear forensics.

Cool, Clean, Controlled: Precision Nitration for Advanced Materials

Development of molecules that slow and reverse antibiotic resistance in MRSA ‘superbugs’

Development of heterodinuclear catalysts for circular economy plastics production

THE PATH TO CLEANER AIR: A PIONEERING INTER-LABORATORY STUDY ON BRAKE WEAR EMISSIONS FROM ROAD VEHICLES

Novel Metal-Organic Frameworks for Thermoelectrics

TERPENES AS BIOBASED FEEDSTOCKS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NOVEL COMPOUNDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN POLYMER SYNTHESIS AND 3D PRINTING

Demystifying the CO2 reduction mechanism in Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase: An inspiration for novel carbon capture technologies

Tracking Fluidity Changes During Neurodegenerative Disease: Protein Phase Separation or Aggregation?

Bimetallic highly ordered Co/Cu porphyrin-based covalent organic framework for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Understanding the Regulation of a Toxic Molecule

Using robotics to recover toxic metals in industrially relevant metal-catalysed waste streams

Using photoaffinity labelling to 'fish' for novel anti-inflammatory drug targets

Novel security inks based on luminescent ionic liquids for tackling counterfeiting

Photocatalyst/plastic composite floating at the liquid-liquid interface for chemical synthesis under sunlight

Sustainable device for CO2 recycling into formate coupled with organic product synthesis driven by sunlight

Synthesis of Novel Gold(I) Complexes with Bioactive Ligands as Dual-action Anti-cancer Agents

Removal of Organic Pollutants from Water using Supramolecular Containers

TOWARDS NEXT-GENERATION IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR STOMA CARE: FROM DESIGN TO PRECLINICAL VALIDATION

Autonomous Digital Twin Framework for Sustainable Steel Forming

Sustainable Semi-aromatic Polyamide Nanofibers Enable Closed-Loop Forever Chemical Remediation

Tiny Sensors for Big Safety: Monitoring Gases in Nuclear Storage

Dynamic Rail Schedule Delay Forecasting: A Case Study with Network Rail

Bioinspired hybrid robot control architecture with continual learning

Can Implants Learn to Resist Attacks? PARF: Profiling-based Adaptive Resilience Framework for Medical Devices

Sensing Cardiac Health Across Devices and Scenarios: A Foundation Model Bridging Clinics and Wearables

At-home augmented reality training for upper limb prosthesis control: an early-stage PPI and prototype study

Building Scalable Quantum Networks using Magnets

In-Silico Modelling of Complex Blast Trauma

Art Meets Engineering, Kirigami-Inspired Energy Dissipators

Chipless Wireless Sensors for Passive Multiplexed Data Transmission from Engineered Composites

Modelling the Spread of Traffic Congestion Using Epidemic Theory

Physical Intelligence Beyond Algorithms: Designing Origami Structures for Smarter Robot Bodies

Knitting Biomechanics into Clothing: A New Era for Telerehabilitation

A Large-eddy simulation tool to assess the spread of bioaerosols in indoor spaces

Sustainable Terpene-Derived Polymers for Biofilm Prevention in Neonatal Intensive Care

Tailoring Posson’s Ratio of a Fabric using Auextic Structures

Hybrid Solar Dish-Fuel Cell-Supercritical CO₂ Brayton System for Power, Desalination and Green Hydrogen Production: Toward Sustainable Water-Energy Transitions in Arid Regions

A new display technology using nonlinear wavemixing for smart glasses

Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Enhanced Thermal Management in Printed Flexible Electronics

Real Time Gas Detection using Optical Fibre the Width of a Human Hair

Batch to Continuous: Process Intensification of Solvent-free Enzymatic Rose Oil Transesterification Using Coiled Flow Inverter (CFI) Microreactors

Using Fungi to Transform Waste into Sustainable Insulation

Giving wind turbine blades a second life as carbon-locking biochar

DECODING BRAIN FLUID TRANSPORT FOR PRECISION DRUG DELIVERY

Machine Learning Enabled 3D Inspection of Complex Joints for Improved Structural Integrity

A formal guide to quantify climate resilience in energy regulation: The Climate Resilience Metrics and Indicators Framework

Spatio-temporal Modelling for Infectious Disease Outbreak Detection

Efficient Design of Wireless Networks for Faster Compression Rates

Bayesian Optimization over Mixed and Conditional Spaces for Chemistry

Predicting the incidence of catheter-associated bacteriuria

DYNAMIC UPDATING OF A PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODEL VIA SEQUENTIAL BAYESIAN HISTORY MATCHING

Unlocking Clinical Trial Data - Predicting Outcomes Without Patient-Level Data

Decoding the breath signature: Model-based detection of airway secretions from ventilator waveforms

Mathematical modelling of microfibre release by washing machines

Personalised Brain Cancer Treatment: Improving Drug Delivery with Electric Field

MODELLING THE REAL WORLD: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR EXTREMELY SPARSE NETWORKS

MODELLING SOIL BIODIVERSITY, NICHE DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE RESPONSES: INSIGHTS FROM THE BIOSERVICES PROJECT

Reducing acquisition time and radiation damage through data-driven experimental design in spectro-microscopy

Efficient adaptive meshing using Graph Neural Networks in finite element methods

FIXING FLIGHT IMPACTS: A DYNAMIC PASSENGER-LEVEL AVIATION CLIMATE IMPACT MODEL

Inferring Seizure Onset, Propagation Pathway, and Epileptogenic Zones via Mathematical Modelling of EEG Data

Moths, Maths, and Modelling Invasive Tree Pests

Fighting for Sight: From Microstructure to Vision Loss - Modelling the role of Müller Cells in Macular Hole Formation

DebtStreamness: An Ecological Approach to Credit Flows in Inter-Firm Networks

Achieving faster decision-making with neutrality

Understanding Rotational Flows Via Mathematical Modelling

Machine learning based classification of skin conditions using Terahertz Spectroscopy

Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials Applied to Helium–Tungsten Implantation in Fusion Systems

Ultrafast laser measurements of perovskite solar cells to improve their efficiency

Using Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Regenerated Cellulose Fibres from All-Cellulose Composites

The Dynamic Life of Spiral Arms: Our Galaxy in Motion

Space-Time Optical Metasurfaces for Computation

Towards safer spirits: non-invasive detection of methanol in sealed bottles using Raman spectroscopy

Development of depth-selective miniaturized Raman spectroscopy probe for monitoring of Osteoarthritis

Cancer cell-selective delivery of RNA therapies using fusogenic silica nanoparticles

Rapid Planet Formation in Dusty Spirals

Stars on the Run through the Milky Way Galaxy

Two-dimensional perovskites for efficient and stable solar cells

Finding evidence of the Higgs’s faintest footprint: The muon decay

Exploring some of the Universe's most extreme environments through laser-plasma experiments

From Black Holes to Green Energy: Accelerating Physics Discovery with AI Emulators

Illuminating Future Infrared Technologies: Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasers

Harnessing Wave Chaos in Integrated Photonics for Scalable Artificial Intelligence

The Ariel Data Challenge: Crowdsourcing Reveals the Limits of Deep Learning for Space Exploration

Towards equitable photoacoustic imaging: Digital-twin-inspired skin pigmentation bias correction