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The flag of Vatican City - the home of the Pope

The prospect of a US pope was once viewed with suspicion – but Leo XIV could prove an important counter to Trump

An opinion piece written by Doctoral Researcher Massimo D'Angelo from Loughborough University London for The Conversation platform.
View from the Mount of Olives on the dome of the rock and ancient cemetery through the barbed wire, as a symbol of Palestine Israeli conflict

Israel’s peace movement offers a ray of hope amid the pain of Gaza conflict

A woman is holding a light bulb with images around it signifying education and new ideas.

‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to transform innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands

Materials pressured between two graphene layers melt in complex ways. Illustration: Ville Heirola/Aalto University.

Physicists use artificial intelligence to reveal how layered gases and metals melt

Primary age children sitting around a teacher

It costs £1,000-a-year to send your child to state primary school and £2,300 for secondary school - new report

strawberry milkshake in a cup

“For ‘sugar tax’ to be truly effective, it must be part of a greater food reform” – expert calls for bigger changes within ‘overwhelmingly complex and often misleading food environment’

A butterfly looks at his shadow, which remebles an eagle

The complex role of narcissism in entrepreneurial success (and failure) – new research

toddler eating from a food pouch

Public health expert offers guidance after baby food pouches found lacking in key nutrients

A digital image of three hands holding jigsaw pieces signifying team working

Leicestershire’s universities join Nottingham in ambitious research project where communities can shape research to solve real-life problems

Canadian flag and ballot box

“The ‘Trump effect’ led Canadians to choose continuity over change, and technocracy over populism” – expert comments on why Canadians chose Liberal

A laptop with a small supermarket trolley sat on the keys and two small cardboard boxes with images of trolleys on them

Why hasn’t the M&S cyber attack chaos been resolved yet? We asked a cyber security expert

Severance: what the hit show can teach us about cybersecurity and human risk

Richard Whitehead’s 100 marathon challenge – with a little help from Loughborough University (VIDEO)

How Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s foreign policy

Loughborough scientist reveals secret to perfect bowling score

Gender equality at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race has further to go

Iran and US to enter high-stakes nuclear negotiations – hampered by a lack of trust