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A Birmingham researcher will join forces with teams in Germany and the Netherlands to drive breakthroughs in heart and circulatory diseases research, thanks to a pioneering partnership between the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Dutch Heart…

The ingestible system will give colorectal medical teams an unprecedented understanding of the movement of a patient’s digestive tract, or lack thereof. Instead of simply taking images of inside the guts, the system will sense whether…

As the world hurtles towards a seemingly unstoppable climate crisis, the search has intensified for ways of reducing the amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide that humanity pumps into the atmosphere. The healthcare sector is major…

The research represents the first step towards new theories and methods that will help scientists predict and analyse the behaviour of particles in space. It has implications for theoretical research, as well as for practical applications…

Professor Gary Middleton, Professor of Medical Oncology in the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, has recently been appointed as ECMC Network Lead. A leading expert in medical oncology, specialising in colorectal and lung cancer,…

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., have received funding from Cancer Research UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create a new ‘lollipop’ diagnostic for mouth cancer using a novel smart…

Patients with lung disease are more likely to develop heart disease independent of any risk factors, according to new research. A new study published in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases looked at patients who have a rare genetic…

The co-founder of a software company that provides environmental, social and governance (ESG) intelligence for global supply chains has been voted the winner of the ninth Minerva Pitch Up competition run by Aston University, University of…

When over the course of development do humans become conscious? When the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes was asked about infant consciousness by his critics, he eventually suggested that infants might have thoughts,…

The University of Birmingham is the UK university most targeted by the country’s leading graduate employers, a survey reveals. According to ‘The Graduate Market in 2024’, Birmingham attracted the most attention from employers featured in…