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This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page.
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Landmark MIROCALS clinical trial provides new insight into treatment of MND

Results of the landmark MIROCALS clinical trial, involving researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, have revealed new insights into the treatment of motor neuron disease (MND).
MRI scanner

Cutting-edge MRI could revolutionise diagnosis of common heart problem aortic stenosis

Scientists have developed cutting-edge MRI technology to diagnose a common heart problem more quickly and accurately than ever before. 
Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic ºù«Ӱҵ scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic ºù«Ӱҵ scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
DNA strand

FDA approves trial to advance pioneering treatment for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

The US Food and Drug Administation (FDA) has approved BlackfinBio Limited’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial for its novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy targeting Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) Type 47 (SPG47).
Professor Anthony Milton

ºù«Ӱҵ expert in English history elected to British Academy

A historian who has dedicated his career to discovering the religious and political beliefs of our ancestors over 300 years ago has been elected to the British Academy Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field.
Professor Lenny Koh from the Energy Institute, and Peter Ralph from Rolls-Royce

University of ºù«Ӱҵ researchers and Rolls-Royce to help manufacturers improve supply chain resilience

A new project launched in collaboration between the University of ºù«Ӱҵ and Rolls-Royce aims to help industry and government track and compare facility-level supply chain resilience.

CO2 rail car

Modified rail cars clean air of CO2 and help mitigate climate change

New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2
An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.
An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.

Experts say UK Food Strategy ‘fails to deliver’

Authors of a letter from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, which has been published in Nature Food, say the Strategy fails to deliver the system-wide change that needed.

The mars rover on the floor of an engineering workshop in ºù«Ӱҵ

University of ºù«Ӱҵ students build mars rover and reach international final

A group of students from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ are the only team from the UK to qualify for the finals of an international competition in Turkey to build a mars rover.