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Bristol dominates uni cohort with double win at first AI awards

September 14, 2024
The University of Bristol’s leading role in artificial intelligence for higher education received public recognition with two wins in an inaugural awards ceremony for AI.

Study suggests potential heatwave impact on epilepsy

September 7, 2024
Heatwaves could be associated with an increase in abnormal brain activity among people with epilepsy, suggests a recent clinical study carried out by University College London (UCL).

Dundee MRC PPU wins £27 million-plus for groundbreaking disease and reagents research

September 7, 2024
The University of Dundee’s renowned MRC PPU (Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation) unit has been awarded additional funds of £27.4 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Young innovator turns to 3D to scale up stroke recovery tool

September 7, 2024
Innovate UK’s 2023 Young Innovators award winner is using 3D printing to put his stroke recovery therapy tool into the hands of patients.

Cell mapping project gives hope for new insights into endometriosis

September 1, 2024
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University’s Nuffield department of women’s and reproductive health have created the most comprehensive and sophisticated map of the human endometrium yet achieved.

AFRC achieves another testing gold

August 31, 2024
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has attained yet another mechanical testing technique gold standard with the award of ISO 17025 for its mechanical testing laboratory.

Machine learning provides workout for new polymers

August 24, 2024
Materials scientists in Japan have adapted machine learning to predict the mechanical properties of new polymers.

Dr Chris van Tulleken to deliver 2024 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

August 24, 2024
Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken will deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, focusing on how food has helped shape human evolution.

‘Swifties’ nail 100,000 milestone

August 17, 2024
A conservation app dedicated to mobilising citizen scientists to help protect Swift populations has passed the 100,000 records milestone.

Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies

August 17, 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, providing a potential aid to the study of microplastics in drinking water and the analysis...

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