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Discovered: The mechanism that generates huge white dwarf magnetic fields
A dynamo mechanism could explain the incredibly strong magnetic fields in white dwarf stars according to an international team of scientists, including a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ astronomer.
The Lancet: Experts call for comprehensive reform of miscarriage care and treatment worldwide to replace current fragmented approach
A three-paper report published in The Lancet and co-led by Professor Siobhan Quenby of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Medical School highlights that the current approach to miscarriage care must be improved, by providing more accurate diagnosis and appropriate investigations, improved treatments to prevent miscarriage, effective management methods that suit women’s needs and preferences, and treatment from health-care professionals specifically trained in early pregnancy care.
Search for planetary remains and new mathematical concepts at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ receive over €4 million European research funding
Scientists at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ are to benefit from a total of over €4 million funding to support new projects that will aim to find and analyse the remains of planets around nearby dead stars, and to find new ways of incorporating the ideas of combinatorics into different areas of mathematics.
Quarter million pound research fund will help improve hospice care in West Midlands
Hospice care across the West Midlands has received an exciting boost as researchers from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have received a quarter of a million pound grant to establish better care for terminally ill patients.
First transiting exoplanet’s ‘chemical fingerprint’ reveals its distant birthplace
Astronomers have found evidence that the first exoplanet that was identified transiting its star could have migrated to a close orbit with its star from its original birthplace further away.
Simple fetal heartbeat monitoring still best at reducing emergency caesarean sections
Intermittent auscultation, in which the baby’s heartbeat is monitored using a sonic aid or Doppler probe, outperforms more modern methods at reducing the number of emergency caesarean sections in labour, according to a new study led by researchers from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.