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Released: 21-May-2020 8:05 AM EDT
Midlands Medictech company Medherant in partnership to develop multiple new products with tech developed at University of Warwick
University of Warwick

Midlands Medictech company Medherant has just this month (May 2020) signed a partnership agreement with Cambridge based Cycle Pharmaceuticals to develop multiple new products using Medherant technology developed by University of Warwick chemistry researchers.

   
Released: 20-May-2020 9:00 AM EDT
A new understanding of everyday cellular processes
University of Warwick

Cellular processes happen every day in humans and plants, such as homeostasis and photosynthesis

   
Released: 20-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT
The UK Public want the NHS to be the controlling body in Covid-19 contact-tracing app – says new research
University of Warwick

The public have massive trust in the NHS, who should have control and access to data in the Covid-19 contact-tracing app, according to new research by researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick, and at the University of Birmingham.

Released: 19-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Work begins on autonomous vehicle trial route
University of Warwick

Over 300 kilometres of West Midland’s roads are set to trial connected and autonomous vehicles, making UK roads safer and allowing for more predictable goods delivery and journey times.

Released: 15-May-2020 5:35 AM EDT
Woven Light Rail Design wins Gold at JEC World 2020 Innovation Awards
University of Warwick

The ‘BRAINSTORM’ project involving researchers at WMG, University of Warwick has won gold at the JEC World 2020 Innovation Awards in the category ‘Railway Vehicles and Infrastructure’

Released: 14-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Patients prefer their consent to share their data and to manage it digitally
University of Warwick

A group of patients with diabetes were surveyed on their understanding of the consent process to have their medical data shared with digital platforms offering innovations to the management of their condition.

Released: 14-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Autonomous Vehicle safety standards to be set by Warwick academic
University of Warwick

The safety of Autonomous Vehicles will be tested by Dr Siddartha Khastgir, at WMG, the University of Warwick thanks to a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Released: 13-May-2020 8:15 AM EDT
Is the future more plastic?
University of Warwick

Plastic is indispensable to us, especially for protecting our health, which is why globally we have been facing huge challenges to reduce plastic waste while maintaining our existing lifestyles.

6-May-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Which COVID-19 models should we use to make policy decisions?
University of Warwick

With so many COVID-19 models being developed, how do policymakers know which ones to use? A new process to harness multiple disease models for outbreak management has been developed by an international team of researchers including the University of Warwick.

   
Released: 6-May-2020 8:15 AM EDT
Pivoting for success: Building more resilient UK manufacturing supply chains
University of Warwick

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how manufacturing supply chains are critical to the process of delivering products and services essential to life. Whilst a series of ‘lifeboat’ projects are needed to protect manufacturing capability in the short term, Professor Janet Godsell, from WMG, University of Warwick says now is the time for UK manufacturing supply chains to pivot and build capability for the future.

   
Released: 6-May-2020 8:05 AM EDT
Minimum energy requirements for microbial communities to live predicted
University of Warwick

A microbial community is a complex, dynamic system composed of hundreds of species and their interactions, they are found in oceans, soil, animal guts and plant roots. Each system feeds the Earth’s ecosystem and their own growth, as they each have their own metabolism that underpin biogeochemical cycles.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 12:20 PM EDT
Innovative Partner Awarded Contract to develop Very Light Rail trackform
University of Warwick

The Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR) project, led by Coventry City Council (CCC) in collaboration with engineers at WMG, University of Warwick will commence Research and Development to design a low cost track form for very light rail

28-Apr-2020 8:55 AM EDT
New STM technique with super sharp frozen carbon monoxide needle points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals
University of Warwick

Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus 266 degrees centigrade, researchers from the University of Warwick and Cardiff identified and mapped the location of every molecular bond on the surface of a material

Released: 23-Apr-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Air quality and wellbeing during Covid-19 lockdown
University of Warwick

COVID-19 has devastated lives and communities and will have a horrendous impact on the economy, but it has also revealed some environmental truths that we as humans may not want to hear. Lockdown is showing us that our lifestyles, in the main our reliance on motorised methods of transportation, have an insidious and detrimental impact on our environment and ultimately our health.

   
Released: 20-Apr-2020 1:30 PM EDT
Warwick Researchers to provide COVID-19 Intervention Modelling for East Africa (CIMEA)
University of Warwick

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) across the world poses a threat to all, but particularly, countries with the weakest health syste

   
Released: 14-Apr-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Coronavirus brings dawn of digital healthcare
University of Warwick

In the editorial, 'COVID-19: A new digital dawn?', published in the journal Digital Health (SAGE Publications), researchers from our Institute of Digital Healthcare at WMG, University of Warwick (together with colleagues from Warwick Medical School, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust and Bristol Heart Institute, United Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust) provide insight into how these three reasons have led to an increase in digital healthcare.

Released: 31-Mar-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Impact of marine carbon on climate change to be investigated by Warwick Scientists
University of Warwick

185 scientists won part of the European Research Council’s (ERC) €450 million for Europe’s long-term frontier research, one of which was Professor David Scanlan, from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick.

Released: 30-Mar-2020 2:25 PM EDT
How to protect your sleep during the Covid-19 pandemic
University of Warwick

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the lives of many throughout the UK, most people are unable to go to work, some have seen their hours cut, some have had their job prospects changed, and for the general population their normal routine is upset, which means their sleeping pattern may be compromised too.

Released: 26-Mar-2020 9:35 AM EDT
New ways to stop caller ID spoofing to be investigated
University of Warwick

With commonly available VoIP software, a caller can fabricate an arbitrary phone number for the display of the incoming call on the receiver’s phone.

   
Released: 12-Mar-2020 2:35 PM EDT
Autonomous guided vehicles to transform horticultural labour shortage
University of Warwick

A new autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) is being developed to transform the horticultural sector and tackle the labour shortage

   
Released: 12-Mar-2020 8:45 AM EDT
Female Engineer elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
University of Warwick

Professor Wanda Lewis, from the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. The RSA was founded in 1754, and granted a Royal charter in 1847 - its current patron is Queen Elizabeth, and the President is Princess Anne.

10-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Leaving your baby to ‘cry it out’ has no adverse effects on child development
University of Warwick

A baby’s development at 18 months old is not adversely affected by being left to ‘cry it out’ a few times or often in infancy researchers at the University of Warwick have found

   
Released: 9-Mar-2020 8:30 AM EDT
Food prices after a hard Brexit could increase by £50 per week
University of Warwick

The effects of Brexit on different food types and what this will mean for families has been measured by research from the University of Warwick.

Released: 4-Mar-2020 11:45 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence: Meet the students researching its future
University of Warwick

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the world, with its own developments happening every day

27-Feb-2020 12:50 PM EST
Physiotherapy could be done at home using Virtual Reality
University of Warwick

Current Physiotherapy techniques require patients to complete exercises at home, which doesn’t include much guidance

   
Released: 26-Feb-2020 1:15 PM EST
Explained: Why water droplets ‘bounce off the walls’
University of Warwick

When a water droplet lands on a surface it can splash, coat the surface cleanly, or in special conditions bounce off like a beach ball

26-Feb-2020 8:55 AM EST
Mathematician identifies new tricks for the old arch in our foot
University of Warwick

A stiff mid-foot is essential for withstanding excessive force when pushing off on the ground for walking and running

   
Released: 25-Feb-2020 8:35 AM EST
Arctic's Global Seed Vault to receive 1000 types of seeds from Warwick's Vegetable Genebank
University of Warwick

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of Warwick is to make their second and largest deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 25th February

Released: 17-Feb-2020 8:45 AM EST
Electric superbike designed by students to race this summer
University of Warwick

As the government has announced proposals to ban the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2035 the race to electrify the motor industry is on, and motorbikes aren’t to be overlooked.

   
Released: 4-Feb-2020 9:55 AM EST
Children’s mental health is effected by sleep duration
University of Warwick

Sleep states are an active process that support reorganisation of brain circuitry, this is essential for children whose brains are developing and reorganising rapidly

Released: 30-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
Autonomous pods SWARM together like bees in world first demonstration
University of Warwick

Autonomous pods born in Coventry are now able to swarm together in a world first, thanks to research by WMG at the University of Warwick in partnership with Aurrigo and Milton Keynes council.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 6:15 AM EST
Infectious diseases to be detected and prevented thanks to £4m grant
University of Warwick

Infectious diseases could be detected, prevented and controlled thanks to a new £4m grant from the NIHR to the University of Warwick. Researchers will work with partners to develop the use of cutting edge genomics to protect public health.

Released: 21-Jan-2020 6:05 AM EST
Used Nissan LEAF batteries given “second life” thanks to WMG, University of Warwick
University of Warwick

The ability to reuse high numbers of Electric Vehicle Lithium Ion batteries for domestic and industrial use is becoming a reality for Nissan thanks to a new grading system developed by researchers at WMG, University of Warwick.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 6:20 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerpick test
University of Warwick

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance

   
Released: 17-Dec-2019 7:05 AM EST
Slime Santa beard likes hot peppers
University of Warwick

A slime Santa beard has been made by Ian Hands-Portman at the University of Warwick using slime molds, a myxomycete which is a single giant cell with multiple nuclei that lives in dark damp places and likes to feed off bacteria and fungi and things that have started to decay.

Released: 12-Dec-2019 6:05 AM EST
How humans learnt to dance; from the Chimpanzee Conga
University of Warwick

Psychologist observing two chimpanzees in a zoo have discovered that they performed a behaviour hitherto never seen, they coordinated together in a rhythmic social ritual.

   
Released: 11-Dec-2019 9:05 AM EST
London air to be kept clean thanks to Warwick researchers
University of Warwick

In London air pollution contributes to thousands of premature deaths a year, with many others suffering the adverse health effects of air pollution exposure.

   
Released: 11-Dec-2019 8:15 AM EST
How sand fly mating habits are helping tackle tropical disease in £2.5M project
University of Warwick

The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite that causes the disease

Released: 2-Dec-2019 1:15 PM EST
Malaria deaths could be reduced thanks to Warwick engineers
University of Warwick

The resurgence of Malaria in high-risk areas calls for new methods to combat the potentially dangerous situation. A collaboration between researchers at the University of Warwick and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found adding a barrier above a bednet can significantly improve the bednet’s performance, reduce the quantity of insecticide while expanding the range of insecticides that can be safely delivered via a bednet.

   
Released: 2-Dec-2019 9:45 AM EST
Car batteries can be frozen for safer transportation
University of Warwick

Currently damaged and defective lithium ion car batteries are hard to transport as legislation dictates they have to be placed within an explosion proof box which costs thousands of pounds to be transported.

Released: 21-Nov-2019 10:05 AM EST
Warwick physicists among UK researchers awarded £30m investment in global science project
University of Warwick

The University of Warwick has received over £900,000 to provide essential contributions to the international DUNE experiment, which aims to answer fundamental questions about our universe.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 6:20 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence algorithm can learn the laws of quantum mechanics and speed up drug delivery
University of Warwick

Artificial Intelligence can be used to predict molecular wave functions and the electronic properties of molecules. This innovative AI method developed by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Luxembourg, could be used to speed-up the design of drug molecules or new materials.

Released: 18-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
Quantum computers learn to mark their own work
University of Warwick

A new test to check if a quantum computer is giving correct answers to questions beyond the scope of traditional computing could help the first quantum computer that can outperform a classical computer to be realised.

Released: 14-Nov-2019 8:50 AM EST
Bionic hand made in 10 hours thanks to WMG, University of Warwick
University of Warwick

A bionic hand can be made to measure in 10 hours and can grip using a moveable thumb. Designers and engineers from WMG, University of Warwick and UK industry, have been able to entirely 3D Print the device with embedded electrical circuitry to seamlessly connect sensors and actuators.

Released: 12-Nov-2019 8:50 AM EST
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
University of Warwick

A child’s temperament is affected by the early stages of their life. Researchers from the University of Warwick, the University of Tennessee, University of Southampton and Kings College London have found children who were born very preterm (under 32 weeks gestation) or very low birthweight (under 1500g) had similar temperamental difficulties in controlling their impulses, to children who experienced institutional deprivation.

Released: 7-Nov-2019 10:05 AM EST
Replica of first Riley car will be back on the road with help from WMG
University of Warwick

In a bid to get the first Riley car recreated and back on the roads of Coventry for City of Culture 2021, WMG, at the University of Warwick, are helping with sponsorship to construct a replica engine which will complete a working replica of Percy's Riley 1898 Voiturette.

Released: 24-Oct-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Warwick Computer Scientist secures Turing AI Fellowship
University of Warwick

Dr Maria Liakata, Associate Professor in Natural Language Processing at the University of Warwick’s Department of Computer Science, has received a Turing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship.

Released: 21-Oct-2019 10:20 AM EDT
Ceramic Industry Should Bring Carbon Reducing Cold Sintering Process Out of Labs and Into Manufacturing Says New Research
University of Warwick

A new techno-economic analysis, by a team led by a researcher from WMG at the University of Warwick, shows that the energy intensive ceramic industry would gain both financial and environmental benefits if it moved to free the cold sintering process from languishing in labs to actual use in manufacturing everything from high tech to domestic ceramics.

   
Released: 18-Oct-2019 7:10 AM EDT
‘Flamenco dancing’ molecule could lead to better protecting sunscreen
University of Warwick

A molecule that protects plants from overexposure to harmful sunlight thanks to its flamenco-style twist could form the basis for a new longer-lasting sunscreen, chemists at the University of Warwick have found, in collaboration with colleagues in France and Spain.

   

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