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Government must protect research funding and Horizon association
Read more of: Government must protect research funding and Horizon associationUniversity Alliance, the voice of professional and technical universities, has today written to the Prime Minister seeking assurances as to the future of funding for research in the UK and continued association to the Horizon programme. Globally connected and locally rooted, Alliance universities work with industry and public sector partners through their research to support […]
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Using AI to ‘see through clouds’
Read more of: Using AI to ‘see through clouds’University of Hertfordshire uses Goonhilly’s deep learning hub for AI venture that ‘sees through’ clouds The University of Hertfordshire has partnered with satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd to provide regular satellite mapping of the UK free from cloud cover, for the first time. More information: The University of Hertfordshire team […]
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Research and Innovation at Alliance Universities
Read more of: Research and Innovation at Alliance UniversitiesA new publication released 10 March by University Alliance (UA) showcases how research taking place in universities across the Alliance is delivering local and global impact. Launched to coincide with British Science Week, the publication uses case studies to highlight how Alliance universities work with partners to address real-word challenges, and to deliver research activities that directly benefit people, communities, […]
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Kingston University research into communicating with BAME communities
Read more of: Kingston University research into communicating with BAME communitiesThe Faculty of Business and Social Science’s Dr Tushna Vandrevala, received award funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Her project is studying how to improve health communication strategies to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 among UK black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Insights will be shared with community leaders and policy makers including […]
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Oxford Brookes University develop vaccine
Read more of: Oxford Brookes University develop vaccineResearch has been conducted through their spinout company, Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. Awarded a grant by Innovate UK to work in partnership with Vaxine Pty Ltd. Covax-19® is a vaccine based on production of recombinant spike protein manufactured in insect cells and the Innovate UK grant will enable OET experts […]
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The University of Greenwich have developed drug treatments targetting fatal cytokine storm symptom of Covid-19.
Read more of: The University of Greenwich have developed drug treatments targetting fatal cytokine storm symptom of Covid-19.Dr Mike Leach has developed compounds, known as UoG-alpha and UoG-beta, that can inhibit the multiple cytokine proteins that can cause death by respiratory collapse, following Covid 19 infection. These compounds can be used within a drug therapy to prevent our immune system from disabling the body’s lung function during a cytokine storm; one of […]
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Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)- New test can detect COVID-19 in 20 minutes
Read more of: Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)- New test can detect COVID-19 in 20 minutesARU’s Professor Stephen Bustin, with colleagues at Chelmsford hospital, have developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for COVID-19 which returns results in less than 20 minutes. The test, called Cov2-ID, detects three viral targets, making it more reliable than other tests that look at just one, and was 100% accurate in almost 30 patient […]
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Teesside University support the manufacture of a vaccine
Read more of: Teesside University support the manufacture of a vaccineTeesside University will support the manufacture of a Teesside vaccine by building the skills capacity of the region’s life science industry. The university’s National Horizons Centre will lead the work to develop the skills capacity within the Stockton-on-Tees region, working in partnership with industry delivering expertise, facilities and training potential to upskill the vaccine manufacturing workforce. Sixty-million doses […]
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Bimingham City University UKRI Newton Fund project to boost emergency nursing provision in the Zambia amidst Covid-19 pandemic
Read more of: Bimingham City University UKRI Newton Fund project to boost emergency nursing provision in the Zambia amidst Covid-19 pandemicAcademics at Birmingham City University were recently awarded £173,000 from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Newton Fund, funding projects across the globe to support communities hit by the coronavirus. The project will see nurse academics and researchers work alongside nurses, local healthcare workers and officials to increase provision for trauma and emergency care within […]
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