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Teenagers urged to exercise to ward off bone disease
News | SETsquared | Tue, 20/11/2012 | 00:00
Playing football or running for at least three hours a week could help teenagers counteract the potential damage to their bone health caused by prolonged spells of sitting.An international team, including an expert from the University of Exeter, has found evidence that adolescents who spend long periods engaged in certain...
BP establishes initial four year £4.5million UK undergraduate scholarship fund
News | SETsquared | Tue, 20/11/2012 | 00:00
BP, one of the UK’s leading graduate recruiters, today announced the launch of a new scholarship programme for talented science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) undergraduates studying at nine selected universities across the UK. In its first year, the £450,000 BP scholarship programme will provide 90 scholarships, each worth £5,000, and...
Methane from waste could power homes thanks to £4 million research project
News | SETsquared | Wed, 14/11/2012 | 00:00
The UK could gain an edge in the race to become the most efficient converters of waste into energy when a £4million research project comes to fruition.Experts at the University of Exeter have been awarded the funding for groundbreaking research into creating biomethane, which can be burned to produce energy. It...
New cells found that could help save people’s sight
News | SETsquared | Thu, 08/11/2012 | 00:00
Eye experts and scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered specific cells in the eye which could lead to a new procedure to treat and cure blinding eye conditions.Led by Professor Andrew Lotery, the study found that cells called corneal limbal stromal cells, taken from the front surface of the...
Innovative online portal provides free access to university-generated software
News | SETsquared | Wed, 07/11/2012 | 00:00
SETsquared’s OpenDOOR to put academics’ code into public domain The SETsquared Partnership has launched OpenDOOR, an online portal that provides free of charge access to software developed at the five SETsquared partner universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.Available at localhost/setsquared-live/partnership/opendoor, OpenDOOR puts software created by university staff into the...
Clues that could lead to a universal flu jab honoured
News | SETsquared | Tue, 06/11/2012 | 00:00
A study which has found a way to develop a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, has been recognised by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and gained its lead researcher a prestigious award.Dr Tom Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine and...
