What we’re watching this Christmas: the Christmas Lectures & AI research
We shine a light on AI research, from a tennis ball retrieving robot to simplifying processes.
IRIS and Queens University Belfast shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award
Our outreach initiative encouraging people from non-traditional backgrounds to enter higher education.
Queen’s University chemistry conference smells like teen spirit
Students share their greener fragrance research with their peers and chemists at QUB.
IRIS alumna becomes published author with cosmic ray research
We share Surayyah’s cosmic ray research paper, recently published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Future Flight: Pupils join scientific search for aviation climate solutions
A team of UK students work with ZeroAvia engineers to research the practicalities of hydrogen-electric flight.
IRIS Awards 2023 – Celebrating young researchers and those that inspired them
We reveal the award winners praised last night at the Crick Institute in London.
Big Data: ATLAS wins physics engagement award
Our collaboration with the University of Oxford and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory takes the prize.
IRIS London conference: AI ball boys & girls, future hackers & searching for wolf stars
Young researchers travelled from Belfast to Dover to share their research at the London IRIS conference.
Tracking sewage from space: Cornish student highlights pollution problem
Arthur, a pupil at Mullion School in Helston, uses satellite images to monitor sewage pollution.
IRIS Manchester conference: robot dentists, Coeliac disease awareness & preventing organ rejection
We highlight a few of the many research discoveries shared by young people at this year’s conference.
Serving up success: students create AI robot ball boy
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School students’ robot can safely retrieve tennis balls on the busiest of courts.
The scent of success: IRIS recognised at the Education Awards
Our Greener Fragrances project was shortlisted for an outreach award at the Education Awards.
Art, science and computer design at a nanoscale
Students visit the University of Leeds to talk research and discover careers in materials sciences.
10 ideas for lowering carbon emissions in schools
Our director, Jo Foster, offers 10 ways that schools can empower students to become active citizens.
Leading particle physicist returns home to meet with aspiring young scientists
Alan Barr sets students on a quest to answer some of science’s biggest questions.
ATLAS inspires the future generation of particle physicists
World-leading particle physicists teach passionate sixth-formers about coding and more.
The top 10 career choices for teenagers in the UK
Our director Jo Foster explains how doing research can benefit school students’ future careers.
Women scientists encourage girls to shine bright in science lessons
Women scientists share valuable advice for girls interested in science careers.
Why we should all love apprenticeships
Jo Foster, director of IRIS, explains why apprenticeships are equally as strong as academic degrees.