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Crops evolving ten millennia before experts thought
Ancient hunter-gatherers began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to thirty thousand years ago – around ten millennia before experts previously thought – according to new research by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ graduate invents revolutionary device for testing drugs
A scientist and ¹û¶³´«Ã½ gradute from Kazakhstan who works for Medherant Ltd - a spin-out of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ which produces next-generation drug delivery patches - has invented a revolutionary device for testing transdermal drugs more quickly, efficiently and accurately.
Gold origin confirmed with first ever neutron star gravitational wave sighting
Gold’s origin in the Universe has finally been confirmed, after a gravitational wave source was seen and heard for the first time ever by an international collaboration of researchers, with astronomers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ playing a leading role.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ Chemist tackling Tuberculosis awarded Industrial Fellowship
has awarded Industrial Fellowships worth up to £80,000 to the UK’s 14 most promising young doctoral engineers and scientists – including one from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.
WMG researchers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ part of new national £65 million battery research
WMG researchers, at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, will be a significant part of a new £65 million national battery research initiative. The Faraday Institution, a new multi-million pound research institute, was announced on Monday 2nd October 2017, by Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It will drive and accelerate fundamental research in developing battery technologies, and its translation.
Scientists create endocytosis on demand by ‘hotwiring’ cells
A solution to the problem of creating endocytosis on demand is being compared to ‘hotwiring’ a car. A team at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Medical School, ¹û¶³´«Ã½, has managed to trigger clathrin-mediated endocytosis in the lab.