The Royal Institution (Ri) is on track to achieve a remarkable 42% reduction in carbon emissions at its Grade I listed Georgian building – surpassing its original target of 35% – thanks to a £4.35 ...

Join Rob Sedgebeer and Steve McNeil for a very special WiFi Wars where, for the first time, the Ri Demo Team combine their scientific and sometimes explosive toys with the amazing WiFi Wars tech to ...

This pride month, we hear from two exceptional queer scientists about their research and journeys in STEM. Izzy Jayasinghe is the Head of Molecular Medicine at UNSW in Sydney, and her research ...

This month we're bringing you an exploration of space science From the Theatre. In his talk back in 2024, Anu Ojha OBE from the UK Space Agency explores the discoveries made through applications of ...

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is offering a revolutionary new treatment option for a range of diseases, particularly cancers. By combining the skills of physicists and physicians, PDT uses light to kill ...

When ChatGPT-3 crash-landed onto our computers in November 2022, you’d have been forgiven for thinking this massive leap in artificial intelligence had sprung out of nowhere. From one day to the next, ...

Humphry Davy was a chemist and the first Director of the Laboratory here at the Royal Institution, taking up the post in 1801. He was central to establishing the Ri as both a popular venue for ...

The mining and engineering industries in the 19th century relied heavily on gunpowder as an explosive to aid their work. However, storing and transporting gunpowder on wooden sailing ships was ...

Read about how JJ Thomson announced his discovery of the electron at the Royal Institution in this blog by our Head of Heritage and Collections. JJ Thomson, while familiar to scientists, is not ...

November 30th 2022 is a date permanently etched into the history books. For those unaware of its significance, this was when OpenAI released to the public their free-to-use, large language model ...

As the highly anticipated sci-fi film hits the theatres, we dive into the microbiology at the heart of its story. In the book the film is adapted from – Andy Weir’s 2021 Sci-fi bestseller – a ...

Volunteer historian Laurence Scales explores how war surgeons operated 25 years before antibiotics were widely available, starting from a 1915 Discourse here at the Ri. Antibiotics would not be ...