22 May 2020 • Posted by WUN in News

Mobilising around mobility: unique WUN collaboration to study wellbeing and sustainable transport

How do individuals weigh up the options of different modes of transport? Do they value speed, accessibility, cleanliness, health, or cost when choosing how to get around? What choices are available and how might this change? Funded by a 2020 Research Development Fund grant, this new WUN Interdisciplinary Research Group brings the power of five key institutes to the challenges—and benefits—of promoting greater use of sustainable forms of mobility, with their associated outcomes for health and wellbeing. Click through for the full story.

15 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

TEC: Lessons from the earthquake on handling the pandemic

Reflections on the issues and thoughts faced amid the COVID-19 pandemic at TEC.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Auckland to conduct clinical trials on remote temperature device for rest homes

A matchbox-sized body sensor worn under the arm to monitor whether someone has a fever and then sends that data over long distances has won funding to conduct clinical trials. The temperature-reading biosensor called ‘Nightingale’ is designed to protect those most at risk from Covid-19 and avoid cluster outbreaks in places like rest homes.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Ghana Scientists Sequence Genomes of Novel Coronavirus

Scientists at the University of Ghana have successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, obtaining important information about the genetic composition of viral strains in 15 of the confirmed cases in Ghana.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Leeds jointly launches first cancer coronavirus registry

Oncologists from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham and Oxford have launched the first cancer coronavirus registry in the world. It will track how cancer patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be impacted.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Maastricht University launches AI tool for Covid-19 patient triage

Medical specialists and data scientists will implement artificial intelligence in combating the coronavirus. Experts of the Maastricht UMC+ will participate in this research and focus on the development of a model to predict if a COVID-19 patient will need a respirator. The data of previous patients will be used in this process.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it

As researchers around the world race to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists at theUniversity of Rochester are rapidly adapting previous research to develop tests to detect the fast-spreading disease. These tests could not only help detect COVID-19 in individuals, but also improve understanding of the mechanism by which the disease damages human tissue. The result may lead to new treatments and vaccines.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Sheffield psychologists study mental health and social impacts of COVID-19

Psychologists at the University of Sheffield have launched a study of the mental health and social impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic to understand how they affect the mental health and behaviour of UK citizens. They aim to measure impacts of the epidemic on people’s mental health, their attitudes towards others and their political views, and understand how these change as the epidemic progresses through the population, and how these changes are related to appropriate changes in health-related behaviour.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

Southampton Faculty of Medicine to lead drug trial into treatment of COVID-19

Southampton researchers are trialling an inhaled drug that could prevent worsening of COVID19 in those most at risk.

14 May 2020 • Posted by EXT in Around the Network

UCD researchers sequencing the COVID-19 virus genome

By comparing the genetic data (or genomes) of COVID-19 samples that emerge in different parts of the world, scientists can determine the relationships between different strains of the virus and track the spread of disease outbreaks. Genome sequences can also be used to develop diagnostic tests and identify stable regions for vaccine design.

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