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Consider farmers at individual level when controlling livestock disease outbreaks, researchers say

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:55:00 GMT

Incorporate the actions of individual farmers when forming policies to tackle livestock disease outbreaks, say researchers from the University of Warwick and University of Nottingham.

University of Warwick names 37 researchers who become Turing Fellows this academic year

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:42:19 GMT

A total of 37 University of Warwick researchers from across the fields of mathematics, life sciences, statistics, computer science, business, medicine and engineering have been named as Fellows of the Alan Turing Institute this year.

Brazilian communities fight floods together – with memories and an app

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:30:00 GMT

Brazilian communities that are vulnerable to devastating floods are being united and empowered to defend themselves, using ‘citizen science’ and a specially developed mobile app, thanks to two research projects led by the University of Warwick.

Reading the past like an open book – researchers use text to measure two hundred years of happiness

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:02:07 GMT

Was there such a thing as ‘the good old days’ when people were happier? Are current Government policies more or less likely to increase their citizens’ feelings of wellbeing? Using innovative methods researchers have built a new index that uses data from books and newspaper to track levels of national happiness from 1820. Their research could help governments to make better decisions about policy priorities.

Professor Stephen Jarvis appointed to the Turing’s Board of Trustees

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:49:43 GMT

Professor Stephen Jarvis, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Warwick, has been appointed to the Alan Turing Institute’s Board of Trustees.

Pint of Science Coventry brings scientists out of the lab and into your local pub

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:54:12 GMT

The public science festival, Pint of Science, is coming to Coventry for the first time this year, with experts from the Universities of Warwick and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city.

WMG part of £30 million funding to help transform health through data science

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:38:01 GMT

WMG, at the University of Warwick, is a key partner in the Midlands site helping to deliver a £30 million project by Health Data Research UK, to address challenging UK healthcare issues using data science, which is looking at making game-changing improvements in people’s health by harnessing data science at scale across the UK.

UK’s favourite Christmas spirit revealed with online searches

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:47:14 GMT

BRANDY is the UK’s favourite Christmas spirit, according to research into our festive online searches from the University of Warwick.

Drug discovery could accelerate hugely with Machine Learning

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:19:30 GMT

Drug discovery could be significantly accelerated thanks to a new high precision machine-learning model, developed by an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of Warwick.

‘Lost’ 99% of ocean microplastics to be identified with dye?

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:12:08 GMT

The smallest microplastics present in our oceans – which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful – could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.