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Beer and fodder crop has been deteriorating for 6000 years
The diversity of the crop Sorghum, a cereal used to make alcoholic drinks, has been decreasing over time due to agricultural practice. To maintain the diversity of the crop and keep it growing farmers will need to revise how they manage it.
5G to rid UK of blackspots, thanks to £210,000 grant for the COCKPIT-5G project
5G will be available across the entire UK as black-spots are being identified by researchers at the School of Engineering, ¹û¶³´«Ã½. The project COCKPIT-5G has won a £210,000 grant from Innovate UK, once they’ve identified black-spots they can enhance connectivity for businesses, AI (Artificial Intelligence), driverless cars and manufacturing.
Heavy metal planet fragment survives destruction from dead star
A fragment of a planet that has survived the death of its star has been discovered by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ astronomers in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets, which the star ultimately consumes.
High-resolution scanning helps secure guilty verdict against child’s mother
Researchers from WMG at The ¹û¶³´«Ã½, have used a high resolution X-ray (micro-CT) scanner, a novel 3D imaging technology more commonly employed in industry and materials research, to scan 9 week old Teri-Rae’s rib cage. The images were then used to support a bone specialists expert testimony, and securing a guilty verdict for the child’s mother
No such thing as ‘sugar rush’! Sugar worsens mood rather than improving it
Sugar does not improve mood and it can make people less alert and more tired after its consumption – according to a new study by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, Humboldt University of Berlin, and Lancaster University.
Leading expert on women and prison to help inform policy debate
Professor Azrini Wahidin, one of the UK’s leading figures in the study of women in prison, has been invited to offer expert insight to a conference exploring women’s experience of the criminal justice system. Professor Wahidin will be the keynote speaker at ‼«ffending Women? Women's Journeys Through the Criminal Justice System,’ taking place in Manchester on Saturday 6th April.