Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically
When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a dramatic fall – up to 100% – in hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among these staff.
Two distinguished CityU scholars elected Foreign Members of the Academia Europaea
Professor Andrey Rogach, Chair Professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Professor Wang Jun, Chair Professor of the School of Data Science and the Department of Computer Science at CityU...
Two COVID-19 Vaccines Show Safety, Strong Immunity in Infant Model
A group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine...
Teesside University to take part in academic cluster as part of new Industrial Decarbonisation...
Teesside University is to take part in ground-breaking research projects to decarbonise the industrial sector.
Massey Busines School recognised for excellence in business education
(AACSB) has announced this week that Massey University is among six business schools globally to have extended their accreditation in both business and accounting.
UM researcher develops robotic insects with ultrahigh agility
Inspired by agile insects in nature, a research team led by Prof Zhong Junwen, assistant professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau (UM) and a member...
The odd couple: a groundbreaking new discovery from gravitational whispers
Two gravitational wave signals from an entirely new class of cosmic collisions have been discovered by researchers working on the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Each of the signals came from the merger of a black hole with a neutron star.
Hundreds of young people receive first Covid-19 jabs during two-day walk-in vaccination drive for...
A walk-in vaccination service at Kingston University saw hundreds of students, staff and young people aged 18 and over from across the borough visit campus to receive their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
BU Business School awarded the Small Business Charter Award
The award recognises the Business School's outstanding contribution to supporting small businesses, student entrepreneurship, and the local economy.
First students graduate from Birmingham-Guangzhou education partnership
The first students have graduated from an innovative partnership between the University of Birmingham and Jinan University that saw them receiving degrees from both institutions.
