Europe: News and Commentary
El Confidencial: Tricks to speed up the metabolism and lose weight
On the Spanish news website, Dr Thomas Barber from Warwick Medical School comments on metabolism in our bodies. (Feb 21)
Politico: UK universities plead to keep EU cash post-Brexit
Prof Seán Hand, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Europe) at the University of Warwick, talks about being a full member of the EUTOPIA network. He says alliances are vital to stop universities developing “an isolationist perspective” on research and education.
Nius Diario: The advancement of vaccination in the UK
Spanish Nius Diario. Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist at the University of Warwick and also a member of the SPI-M, told the Financial Times that he believes group immunity may work. “It all comes down to what we as a society are willing to accept . We see waves of seasonal flu and we don't close every winter, we accept a level of risk,” he said. (Feb 2021)
Futura Sciences: Remnants of disintegrated planets discovered around white dwarfs
French science website covers the latest research news from Warwick's Astrophysics team (Feb 2021). See also Media Inaf, Planeta Strega, Tech Focus , PIEUVRE, Clarin Internacional, 45 Secondes
Swiss Info: Johnson and Biden
Professor Wyn Grant comments on the bilateral relationship between Biden's USA and Johnson's UK in the Swiss news media. (January 2021)
Bunte: Losing Weight Over 60 is possible, according to study
German news website reports on research by the University of Warwick that shows age is no barrier to losing weight. (January 2021)
Notre Temps: South African variant of COVID19 could lead to reinfection
Professor Lawrence Young of Warwick Medical School is quoted in French news website Notre Temps commenting on the South African COVID19 variant: "It is now important to evaluate the neutralizing power of the antibodies generated by the vaccination against the variants of the virus and to study the immune response of the individuals infected with the variants" (January 2021) Also in CNN Espagnol, Wired Italia etc
ANSA: Nausea in pregnancy, symptoms 8-10 days after ovulation
Research by Prof Roger Gadsby on nausea in pregnancy covered by Italian news outlet ANSA. (January 2021)
Deutsche Welle: Prof Lawrence Young on COVID19 mutations
According to Professor Lawrence Young of the University of Warwick School of Medicine, “the South African variant is a bit more worrying because it has more changes in the spike gene which encodes the protein which is really important for increasing the potential. infection of the virus..." (January 2021)
Sciences et Avenir: Covid-19, what do we know about the South African variant of the virus?
French science magazine quotes Professor Lawrence Young of the University of Warwick on the new COVID19 variant. (December 2020)
More European coverage: Business Insider Spain ; Jornal Economico in Portugal ; Scientias in the Netherlands -- and many more.