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University steps up to help tackle coronavirus crisis
The University is playing its part in helping to reduce the burden鈥痮f coronavirus (covid-19), both at a regional and national level.
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Assessing the problem of poor sanitation
Experts are investigating a better way of measuring the number of people exposed to the health risks of poorly-managed sanitation systems.
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Driving forward energy-efficient electronics
Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics that will require less power and generate less heat.
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Shining a light on international energy inequality
A new study has found extreme disparity in the use of energy among richer and poorer people - both within countries and between them.
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Scientists identify new target for Parkinson鈥檚 therapies
A master control region of a protein linked to Parkinson鈥檚 disease has been identified for the first time.
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Tickling an atom to investigate the behaviour of materials
Scientists working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges.
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Genetic 鈥榝ingerprints鈥� implicate gut bacterium in bowel cancer
A common type of bacteria found in our guts could contribute to bowel cancer, according to new research.
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Global species loss could be halved
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals.
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Lights, camera, action鈥� the super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two droplets of liquid come together, opening up research into new applications for 3D printing.
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High-performance computing to aid scientific discovery
The University is to be part of two supercomputing centres - to boost the ability of researchers to make major scientific breaththroughs.