Developing a Sustainable Future for Guinea Fowl Farming
Guinea fowl are crucial to the food supply chain of Africa, and researchers are helping to improving the stability of guinea fowl farming as a source of income and nutrition.
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Adolescent Health Research from National to International Levels
The HBSC, led by researchers from the School of Medicine, has been critical to understanding and reducing the risks to adolescent health.
Improving Medical Wearables with Material Science
The University's collaboration with Integrated Graphene has significant implications for the future of medical wearables.
Climate, Class and the Culinary Arts
Dr Claudia Kreklau's research explores how climate change-induced famine shifted the diets of Central Europe in the early to mid-19th century, leading to political unrest in an already-changing society.
The burning question: Does tobacco have a future in a healthy world?
Few dispute the fact that smoking tobacco is linked to lung cancer and other health issues. It takes a few decades but eventually smoking will kill half of its habitual users, estimated globally to be 7.7 million…
Brazilian hospital A&E resource optinisation
Inferences from A&E data for resource optimisation in Brazilian hospitals Dr Juliana Bowles, Dr Sandra Quickert, Dr Ricardo Czekster & Dr Thais Webber School of Computer Science & University of Santa Cruz do Sul,…
Single pixel imaging
Dr Michael Mazilu School of Physics & Astronomy An image is worth a thousand words. This statement holds not only true in every day life but even more so in science.
Improving young people’s health and well-being
Adolescents make up about one sixth of the world’s population, so policy and practice that improves the lives of young people is hugely beneficial now and for the future. In the current economic climate, most countries…
Psychological intervention to alleviate heightened fears of recurrence of cancer patients
Fear of recurrence is a major concern for many cancer patients, as highlighted in a major review by Professor Gerald Humphris and Dr Gozde Ozakinci of the School of Medicine.
Porous material use in the delivery of biologically active gases
Nitric oxide (NO) is an extremely toxic gas at high levels which is extremely beneficial for healthcare at the right doses.