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Nature’s antifreeze inspires revolutionary bacteria cryopreservation technique
The survival mechanisms of polar fish have led scientists at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ to develop of a revolutionary approach to ‘freeze’ bacteria.
New book covers the A to Zzzzzz of sleep
A new book highlights how living in our increasingly sleep deprived society is affecting our health. Sleep, Health and Society, edited by academics from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ aims to explain to the non-expert the complex medical, sociological, technical and scientific factors affecting us all.
Hotter bodies fight infections and tumours better – researchers show how
The hotter our body temperature, the more our bodies speed up a key defence system that fights against tumours, wounds or infections, new research by a multidisciplinary team of mathematicians and biologists from the Universities of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Manchester has found.
New science festival comes to Coventry this month
A new festival coming to Coventry this month is bringing scientists into the local pub.
Pint of Science will take place on 14-16 May and will see more than 30 experts from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Coventry University talking about their research in pubs and venues around the city.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ gets share of £2.6 million research funding from Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK has committed to invest £2.6 million in 19 brand new projects including one at the University's School of life Sciences.
Medical school to show the public how to build a human
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ will be opening its doors to explain how we all got here. For the first time ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Medical School is holding a public science evening to explain the journey we all make from one cell to a human being.