Sunday, November 24, 2024

National industry award for Covid-19 air quality study

A study, which created the first ever guidance on how to design and operate non-domestic buildings to minimise the spread of airborne viruses...

University campaign welcomes major coronavirus campaign donation

University campaign welcomes major coronavirus campaign donation

Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically

When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a dramatic fall – up to 100% – in hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among these staff.

The low-cost widely available drug that could fight COVID-19

A widely available and affordable drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, according to world-first findings by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).

Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine

The University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca plc, today announces interim trial data from its Phase III trials that show its candidate vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019...

Coventry University research finds problems in ventilating primary school classrooms to combat COVID-19

Coventry University research has found that 40 per cent of primary school classrooms examined in a study did not have an adequate ventilation rate to combat the spread of COVID-19.

CityU’s advanced robotic VR system teleoperates robots for COVID-19 swab tests

A research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed an innovative human-machine interface (HMI) that can teleoperate robots to imitate the user's actions and perform complicated tasks.

Working with local biotech, University of Toronto to test drug that may prevent fatal...

The University of Toronto has partnered with Markham, Ont.-based Edesa Biotech on laboratory studies of a drug that physicians are already using at Canadian hospitals in a clinical...

Affordability and efficiency is the future of healthcare

COVID has highlighted the differences in healthcare affordability across the globe, with a glimpse into what the future of medicine could look like if we don’t act.

Digital Tapestry helps Aberdeen school children explore RGU’s Art & Heritage

Aberdeen school children are using virtual reality to connect with an out of space artefact from NASA’s Get Away Special programme, as part of Robert Gordon University’s (RGUs) innovative Digital Tapestry Project.
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