Press Releases
The Crisis Project: Letters to the NHS
The Crisis Project: Letters to the NHS was set up by first year ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ Maths Student Soumya Krishna Kumar, in a bid to encourage members of the public to write bespoke letters to keyworkers, recognising them for their individual efforts during the pandemic.
Appetite can be increased by cells in the brain
Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ have found when tanycytes are selectively stimulated appetite was increased.
New study provides insights into how retailers have responded to COVID-19
The study by WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ and Blue Yonder examines how retailers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure their survival. The
report highlights many points, particularly the need for human intervention as existing processes couldn’t keep up with changes in the market, going forward future systems will need to be more robust and responsive, to increase speed and agility in the supply chain
New technique for engineering living materials and patterns
A new method for engineering living materials called ‘MeniFluidics’, made by researchers at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ could see a transformation in tissue engineering and bio-art, as well as new ways to research cellular interactions.
Warwick Academic helping to inform London's response to Covid-19 lockdown
Dr Theo Damoulas, associate Professor in Data Science at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ and Deputy Programme Director for the Turing’s Data-centric Engineering programme is working with GLA, TfL, Microsoft and other Universities to help inform London's response to the Covid-19 lockdown in a project called "Odysseus", which aims to understand 'London's busyness'.
Researchers call to record the landscape of the pandemic
‘The Viral Archive’ is a collaborative project between archaeologists at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ, University College Cork (Ireland), and University College London, that is sending out a global invitation, for you to capture the visual record of the signs, marks, and graffiti that are keeping us safe, together, and uplifted during this pandemic.