Researchers at the University of Warwick’s School of Life Sciences have been awarded substantial funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The grants, worth £1.712m to the University, will support cutting-edge research in environmental microbiology, crop evolution and facilities improvement.

By using clinical data and computer models, Chalmers researchers could identify previously unknown mechanisms behind our most common liver disease. The new knowledge will be used to improve both treatment and diagnosis.

Wind turbines can remain productive for up to 25 years, making wind farms a good long-term choice for energy investors, according to new research.

Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre held a special event this week to mark its recent award of AHSC status.

Max Ortiz Catalan has developed a new method for the treatment of phantom limb pain (PLP) after an amputation. The method is based on a unique combination of several technologies, and has been initially tested on a patient who has suffered from severe phantom limb pain for 48 years. A case study shows a drastic reduction of pain.

No matter what the business idea may be, start-up founders all face the same challenge: the lack of a business network. ETH Zurich has now started a Founders Community to foster more interaction between the 350 existing ETH spin-offs.

The prototype of the unmanned quadcopter, equipped with special sensors designed to locate people caught in avalanches, has been successfully tested a few days ago in the Alps. The drone was developed within the SHERPA project, funded by the European Commission

Teenage boys with symptoms of depression and raised levels of the stress hormone cortisol are up to 14 times more likely to develop major depression than those without these traits, Cambridge researchers have found.

The gathering fostered links that may lead to future collaboration arrangements

A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology has found that kidney cancer cells have a quite different metabolism than other types of malignancies. The findings pave the way for new methods of diagnosing kidney cancer at an early stage, a feat that had eluded researchers earlier, and thereby fresh approaches to treatment.