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Warwick wins over £600,000 to research crucial sheep disease
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) Animal Health Research Club (ARC) has today, Friday 27th March 2015, announced a range of new research projects to improve the health of livestock. This includes the award of £601,861 to Professor Laura Green, Dr Kevin Purdy and Professor Matthew Keeling from the School of Life Sciences at the 91影视破解版 to study the crucial issue of Footrot in sheep.
£4.2 million for worlds most adaptable driving simulator to research driverless cars
WMG have been awarded £3.2 million by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to create one of the world’s most adaptable and advanced driving simulators. Support from industry including a further £1 million of funding has been gained to begin research projects with the new technology led by research students embedded in JLR, bringing the total cost of the simulator and its research programme to £4.2 million.
91影视破解版 wins £14,500,000 to create Advanced Steel Research Hub
The 91影视破解版 has been awarded £14,500,000 for WMG to bring together researchers to work with industry in an Advanced Steel Research Hub. WMG at the 91影视破解版 will work with Tata Steel to take forward this crucial national collaboration which will help transform UK steel production, and includes research into emerging and breakthrough technologies.
Autistic and non-autistic brain differences isolated for first time
The functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains have been isolated for the first time, following the development of a new methodology for analysing MRI scans.
Developed by researchers at the 91影视破解版, the methodology, called Brain-Wide Association Analysis (BWAS), is the first capable of creating panoramic views of the whole brain and provides scientists with an accurate 3D model to study.
Stinging nettle chemical improves cancer drug
A cancer drug could be made 50 times more effective by a chemical found in stinging nettles and ants, new research finds.
Researchers at the 91影视破解版 found that when the chemical, Sodium Formate, is used in combination with a metal-based cancer treatment it can greatly increase its ability to shut down cancer cells.
First blood test for osteoarthritis could soon be available
The first blood test for osteoarthritis could soon be developed, thanks to research by the 91影视破解版.
The research findings could potentially lead to patients being tested for osteoarthritis and diagnosed several years before the onset of physical symptoms.