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A video highlighting the 'co-benefits' of measures to reduce geenhouse gas emissions.

Ben has always had a strong sense of what he wants to do. But as a clinician, he had to find ways to balance research with medical training and clinical practice.

Games exploring life on Mars, plant breeding and the legacy of the Black Death have made it to the final of Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development competition…

A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…

After a two-day games hack in which scientists and games developers came together to create video games from doctoral research, a bacterial shoot-em-up game, ‘Dysbiosis’, has…

Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.

Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for ‘Halflife’, a coming-of-age love story centred on two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip. The £20…

News, opinions and reports on the issues Wellcome cares about, the research Wellcome funds and the way we work.

Passers-by looking in the windows of the Wellcome Trust’s central London headquarters this summer may be surprised to find two giant pairs of eyes staring back at them. ‘Eye…

In spite of what we know about the impacts of climate change on health, policymakers and decision-makers are still not taking action quickly and decisively enough. Here's why…

For a long time, academia has emphasised individual achievement over teamwork and collegiality. We want to change that. 

From Icarus to i-Limbs, Wellcome Collection’s major summer exhibition, ‘Superhuman’, explores the extraordinary ways people have sought to improve, adapt and enhance their…

Agenda for our free online festival in March 2021, which brought together the research community to take action and help reimagine research. Activities included panel…

The Wellcome Library’s innovative digital player, the piece of software that is used to 'play' digitised content, is now freely available for anyone to download and use.

Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…

We’re experimenting with more creative ways to develop policy and engage decision-makers to help Wellcome deliver its mission.

Leading scientists from the public efforts to map the human genome today celebrate a decade of discovery since the announcement of the first draft. And in a dramatic sign of…

Containment measures introduced in Vietnam to prevent the spread of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza did not succeed in halting the virus, but may have bought health services…