As science expands our understanding of the world it can lead to the emergence of new technologies. Find out about the Society's past, present and future work.
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View allThe project aims to increase awareness and demonstrate the potential of machine learning and highlight the opportunities and challenges it presents.
This report recommends new standards, kitemarks and incentives for stronger cybersecurity, supported by changes to research and innovation policy.
This policy briefing considers how hydrogen could be produced at a useful scale to power vehicles, heat homes and supply industrial processes.
A report which provides a detailed assessment of the various methods of geoengineering the climate and considers the potential efficiency and unintended consequences they may pose.
Download the reportA summary of a meeting on synthetic biology and gain of function, held in partnership with the US National Academy of Sciences.
Read the meeting reportA new Royal Society project on machine learning to stimulate debate involving policy makers, industry and the wider publics.
Discover more about Machine learningA report conducted with the Royal Academy of Engineering into current and future developments in nanoscience and nanotechnologies and their impacts.
Read the full reportThis project aims to inform policymaking about cybersecurity research in the UK.
Explore the projectInvestigating opportunities and challenges in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Explore the projectThis project investigates developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and public policy.
Explore the projectProfessor Roderick Flower FMedSci FRS
Elected 2003
Professor Roderick Flower FMedSci FRS
Professor Rod Flower is a pharmacologist who made major advances in understanding how anti-inflammatory medicines exert their therapeutic effects.
He is interested in 'science and security issues' and chaired the Royal Society’s Scientific Aspects of International Security Committee and the 'Brain Waves' panel that produced the ‘Neuroscience, conflict and security’ report.
Read moreProfessor Peter Leadlay FRS
Elected 2000
Professor Peter Leadlay FRS
Professor Peter Leadlay is a biochemist who combines techniques from molecular biology and protein chemistry to study structurally complex organic compounds with high biological activity.
He is Herchel Smith Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and previously chaired the Royal Society’s project investigating ‘Synthetic Biology’.
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