£1.1 million clinical trial to assess impact of exercise on cancer outcomes
Hull York Medical School has been awarded £1.1 million from Yorkshire Cancer Research to conduct a clinical trial which will assess the impact of personalised, home-based exercise programmes for people with lung, bowel or breast cancer.
QUT Advance Queensland COVID-19 Industry Research Fellowships
Seven QUT researchers have been awarded Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships in a round of research funding focused on COVID-19.
How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology
On The Conversation, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering lecturers Rebecca Peer and David Dempsey, and PhD student Karan Titus explain geothermal BECCS, a new method to capture electricity production emissions and trap them in geothermal fields.
How AI ‘guardrails’ can help clean up a messy market
A new safety standard and proposed guardrails for high-risk AI are a good start toward clearing up confusion around the latest technology writes Nicholas Davis.
New research institute to accelerate the search for a cure for MND
The new UK Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute, or UK MND RI, aims to discover new treatments that could ultimately mean MND becomes a curable condition.
Heriot-Watt laser experts support project to tackle deadly brain tumours
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University are contributing to a £2 million project to tackle hard-to-treat cancers.
Children with asthma at risk of anxiety
Children diagnosed with asthma were at significantly increased risk of developing anxiety, a University of Queensland study has found.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
The HAVEN system (Hospital-wide Alerting Via Electronic Noticeboard) was developed as part of a collaboration between the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering and...
Applications now open for the Intelligent Energy Charitable Trust: £100,000 available to support good...
If so, Intelligent Energy – a company based on the University’s Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) – is delighted to announce it will once again be offering £100,000 to support various initiatives helping community groups, young people, sport and lifelong learning.
Macquarie University climbs world university rankings to join Australia’s top ten
Macquarie University has placed 175 in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings announced today, and is now in Australia's top ten.
