Press Releases
Researchers Find That Cattle Tuberculosis Remains in Fields For Up to 4 Months
Researchers from the University of Warwick's Department of Biological Sciences have found evidence that bovine tuberculosis remains in fields for up to 4 months. This means that long after an outbreak of bovine TB on a farm healthy cattle may still be exposed to the disease from pasture that had been used by infected cows any time in the previous 4 months.
Engineers and Farmers Combine to make Plastic Car parts out of Elephant Grass
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group are collaborating with a group of Elephant Grass (Miscanthus) farmers to use Elephant Grass to produce biodegradable plastic car parts.
Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Fresh Fruit
Engineers at the University of Warwick have devised an "Electronic Nose" that will help both the fruit industry, and ordinary shoppers, solve that perennial problem of how to consistently determine the ripeness of fruit.
Martin Bell MP launches new machine designed to take on the most impossible mine fields
Martin Bell MP made a special visit to the University of Warwick on Monday 6th July to launch a new machine designed to take on some of the toughest mine fields in the world and help return those mined areas to agricultural use by the local people.
Coming Extinction of one of UK's Most Minuscule Plants Points Way to Climate Change
One of the UK's most spectacularly insignificant plants seems to about to become extinct in this country but in its death throes it is providing researchers from the University of Warwick with important information about the pace of climate change in the UK.
Scientists Devise Breathalyser for Cows
Researchers from the University of Warwick and Southampton University have completed the first year of a three year study funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to construct a special breathalyser to detect diseases in cows.