Press Releases
Insecure livelihoods hindering efforts to combat anti-microbial resistance globally
Patients living in precarious circumstances are less likely to use antibiotics appropriately according to a new study from the University of Warwick, suggesting that efforts to improve conditions for those with little security in their livelihoods could have an unexpected benefit in helping to tackle antimicrobial resistance globally.
Creative future for 10 new businesses & 500 innovators at Leamington Spa’s 1 Mill Street thanks to University of Warwick, BT & Warwickshire County Council
Ten new businesses will be the first to benefit from a new Creative Futures Accelerator Programme in Leamington Spa’s Creative District. that will help those businesses become part of the UK’s largest creative cluster outside Greater London. The scheme is supported by the University of Warwick, 1 Mill Street , BT and Warwickshire County Council.
Warwick researchers to explore the Milky Way & famous maths problem thanks to major European grant award
The ERC today, the 9th December, announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition for mid-career researchers. The funding is part of the EU’s current research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, and worth in total €655 million. With this support, the new grantees will be able to consolidate their teams and have far-reaching impact. The two Warwick academics who have received the award are Professor David Loeffler, from the Mathematics Institute, and Dr Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay from the Department of Physics.
New Sunspot Cycle could be one of the strongest on record, new research predicts
In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team that includes University of Warwick scientists and led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be one of the strongest since record-keeping began.
Risk of serious complications during knee replacement 73% higher when a tourniquet is used
New research shows that knee replacement surgery using a tourniquet increases the risk of serious complications, and causes additional pain after surgery
Tracing positive COVID-19 cases and their contacts less successful in more deprived areas, new analysis reveals
New analysis from the Health Foundation, led by an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at University of Warwick, published in The Lancet shows that a smaller proportion of positive COVID-19 cases and their contacts are reached by NHS Test and Trace in more deprived areas than in less deprived areas.