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University of Warwick professor shortlisted for prestigious British Academy Book prize
Dr James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick has been shortlisted for the prestigious British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
Warwick Esports programme nominated for two prestigious awards
Warwick is the first UK university to be nominated for the Collegiate award, among an otherwise all-American shortlist. The University of Warwick is also home to the most successful university esports club in the UK, with its team winning the British University Esports Championships for the last four consecutive years.
Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Warwick, today announce the first unequivocal detection of carbon dioxide in a planetary atmosphere beyond our solar system.
University of Warwick Professor awarded Royal Society’s Davy Medal for pioneering research into ‘Metals in Medicine’
Professor Peter Sadler has been announced as the recipient of the Davy Medal, for pioneering the research field of medicinal inorganic chemistry, ‘Metals in Medicine’, and the design of new metallodrugs with novel mechanisms of action. His research regonised by the Royal Society includes targeting cancer cells with the metal iridium – thought to have arrived on Earth via the asteroid that caused the dinosaurs’ extinction.
When does a crisis end? Researchers receive funding to investigate
A University of Warwick expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust’s new Discovery Award scheme.