Quantum physics is Santa’s greatest helper
A Warwick physicist explains that quantum physics could help Santa fit down your chimney on Christmas Eve, despite all those mince pies!
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Amy Kynman
Single and ready to mingle
Amy Kynman explains how it's not all that bad being single at university. In fact, it can be pretty awesome...
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AI have a dream: Are students prepared for the computer future?
Most of us are painfully aware of the struggles of teaching elderly relatives the wonders of technology. Even our parents, just one generation behind our own, generally have far less technological knowledge than us. My dad for one still texts using one finger, and I doubt he knows what a...
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University of Warwick epilepsy study awarded £29,300 grant
A study being conducted at the University of Warwick has been given a grant of £29,300 from Epilepsy Research UK. The money was awarded at a reception last Monday, which coincided with National Epilepsy Week. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, and can...
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Cutting-edge drug development lab opens at Warwick
The University of Warwick is now home to brand new laboratory facilities that will support further research into UK drug discovery. The development, opened on March 29, is part of a project conducted by the Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), a national research and development centre used to “promote and support...
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Organo-metallic drug kills cancer cells from the inside
In ground-breaking research by Professor Peter J. Sadler and his group from Warwick Chemistry, cancer cells have seen to be targeted and destroyed from the inside. Sadler, who has previously held the position of head of the Warwick chemistry department and was one of the first researchers to investigate the...
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Warwick awarded £2 million grant for new Mathematical Sciences building
The University of Warwick has recently been awarded a grant of £2 million from the Wolfson Foundation to build a new Mathematical Sciences building. A further £25 million from other sources will cover the full cost of the £27 million development. The building, which is for the use of Warwick’s...
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Tweeting your way to the White House: technology in the US election
For a generation disillusioned by politics, technology and social media are more important than ever, and its use during the 2016 US presidential election has already attracted its fair share of attention. Through online campaigning, Facebook advertising, and debate live streams on YouTube, voters are inundated with information to help...
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Warwick Professor among first awarded Suffrage Science Award
Warwick’s very own researcher Professor Jane Hutton of the Warwick Statistics department has been chosen as one of the first five women to ever receive the Suffrage award in mathematics. The award ceremony held at Bletchley Park fittingly coincided with Ada Lovelace day 2016- an international celebration of women in...
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Who won this year’s scientific Nobel prizes?
This week marked arguably the most important occasion in science’s annual calendar. Over the course of the last couple of days the 2016 Nobel prizes in Medicine and Physiology, Physics and Chemistry have been awarded to unsuspecting researchers around the globe. All recipients have conducted ground-breaking research in their respective...
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Facebook Messenger encryption: A lock too far?
Facebook has announced its intentions to use end-to-end encryption in the next version of its Messenger app. Developed with Open Whisper Systems, a non-profit encryption software used by Whatsapp and Google’s messaging app Allo, it’s thought the update will be released in autumn this year. Previously, messages sent using such...
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Women in Science have “nothing to prove”
Earlier this week, the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science was held by the United Nations. As part of the UN’s plan for a sustainable future by 2030, the goal of the day was to encourage more girls to enter STEM jobs, while celebrating the achievements of...
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