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.
Staff raise £800 with International Women’s Day dook for Fife Women’s Aid
Mor than 30 University staff and friends gathered at the East Sands beach to mark International Women’s Day with a dook in the chilly waters of St Andrews Bay.
Data privacy skills needed to keep society safe
A Business School symposium on Friday 9 July will hear from the Privacy Commissioner, Government Chief Privacy Officer and an industry panel that includes Facebook.
NICE urged to update dental antibiotic guidelines to protect high-risk heart patients
Research led by the University of Sheffield found that dental patients at high-risk of infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection, should be given antibiotics before undergoing invasive dental treatement.
Overcoming pandemic cave syndrome: Why is it so complicated?
For U.S. workers and students who have toiled remotely in isolation or in pods for the past year and a half, reentering offices, classrooms and other old stomping grounds...
Fifteen arts and humanities projects selected under entrepreneurial funding scheme
The Founders Fund for Creatives programme supports the development of early-stage projects that could offer up commercial opportunities or be explored for wider social, community or creative impact.
Logging increases risk of severe fire
Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire severity, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.
104,000 panel solar farm set to power The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester has signed a landmark new deal that will see up to 65% of its electricity demand supplied through a brand-new renewables project.
Increasing disconnect between home ownership and starting a family
A new study has found that the likelihood of owning your own home and becoming a parent has fallen in recent years, with young people just as likely to become parents while living in private rented accommodation.
Western-led analysis shows potential in new Alzheimer’s treatment
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting more than 55 million people worldwide.
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