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Getting inspired to study physics

Antigone Marino, a Member of the European Physical Society, and Researcher at the Italian Research Council’s Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, outlines...
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How GoTreatIT is supporting patient-centered care

Fighting vague and imprecise answers when measuring the quality of care – GoTreatIT software creates visual overview of already completed or ongoing treatment, including...

The importance of Open Science for Europe’s universities

The European University Association (EUA) and its Expert Group on ‘Science 2.0/Open Science’ are supporting universities in Europe in the transition to Open Science....

Air quality in working environments

Blanca Beato Arribas, Asset Performance Team Leader at BSRIA sheds light on how indoor air quality can impact working environments. Indoor environments may feel like...

Who cares for the carers?

David Mowat, Under-Secretary of State for Community Health and Care at the Department of Health, highlights the Carers Strategy, and how it gives carers the...
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The overuse of antimicrobial agents in agriculture

Raymond J. Turner, PhD, and Natalie Gugala, PhD Graduate student, University of Calgary discuss the increasing use of metal antimicrobials and the importance of research into mechanisms...

LGPS – who’s in control?

John Hanratty, Head of Pensions North at Nabarro LLP discusses the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and how the new regulations might impact With the...

Encouraging research excellence in Canada

AG highlights how Canada is making strides to become a world-leader in research and innovation… The government of Canada understands the importance of science and...
brexit

Article 50 will be triggered by the end of March 2017

After months of speculating, the UK now has a timeframe for when Article 50 will be triggered and the process of exiting the EU...

The global electronic health record debacle

Jean Michel LeTennier, CEO, Atomic Information Systems Corp talks about global electronic health records and explains the challenges of these systems... What has become painfully clear to...

Do youth offenders benefit from physical activity?

Ellen Rowles from Action PR outlines why physical activity can hold the key to the success of supporting youth offenders… Statistics from the Youth Justice Board...
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Italy’s PM says UK will not have special rights post-Brexit

Italy’s PM says the UK should not expect to have more rights than other countries outside the EU following Brexit… During an interview the BBC,...

Residual malaria – relevance to transmission in the Amazon Basin

Jan Conn, Sara Bickersmith and Catharine Prussing from the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and Marta Moreno from the Department of...
Assays for testing antibiotic resistance

Monitoring antibiotic resistance in the UK

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a global problem and here in part 2 of an interview with AG, Professor Alan Johnson, Head of the Department...
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Birmingham to bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games

Birmingham is to launch a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026, it has emerged… A feasibility study from Birmingham City Council has revealed...

A spatio-temporal mathematical model for cancer

Zhihui Wang1,2 and Vittorio Cristini1,2   outline how they have developed a model to help predict cancer treatment outcomes… The physical properties of a tumour’s microenvironment...
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Online council services to be expanded in Wrexham

Wrexham Council is expanding its digital capabilities to enable residents to access more services online… An expansion of Wrexham Council’s digital agenda will enable residents to...
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Councils need to protect tenants from rogue landlords

A new poll has revealed the majority of Scottish people think councils have a responsibility to protect tenants in the Private Rented Sector… Rogue landlords...

What can we do to protect our lung health?

Professor Guy Joos, President of the European Respiratory Society and Dan Smyth, Chair of the European Lung Foundation, look at the importance of healthy...
medical device

€68m medical devices research centre to open in Ireland

A new partnership between universities in Ireland will see a new centre for medical device research launched… The medical devices research sector is set to...

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