100 great discoveries by UK universities

Research at UK universities is under threat. Under the current funding regime, many of the discoveries on this top 100 list would not have made it, as they would have run out of time... You can't rush some research - it took years of hard, persistent slog to achieve some of the discoveries on the list. The UK has some of the finest brains in the world working in its university research labs. They need support and nurturing, not performance indicators and targets...


100 UK university discoveries