Cutting edge exoskeleton technology allows paralysed man to walk
Gurpreet Dhaliwal reports on an exoskeleton developed by French researchers which has allowed a paralysed man to move all four limbs.
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The UK is rapidly ditching coal
It has been a landmark year for Britain and coal. For the first time since the industrial revolution, Britain went a fortnight without coal back in May. This record was broken again under a month later when National Grid tweeted that we’d managed 18 days coal-free. Great Britain has now...
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Reflecting on our time with The Boar (II)
In our second and final edition, some of our outgoing Editors (and Social Secretary!) share their experiences of working with The Boar and ultimately, what the paper has meant to them. With this being our final edition of these testimonials, I think it’s long overdue to give both a huge congratulations and...
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Are study drugs on the rise at Warwick?
It is a rite of passage in our academic lives to pull an all-nighter in the pursuit of finishing up an assignment or revising for a test. Chances are many of us have downed a cup of coffee before taking the infamous 15-minute-power nap which apparently many of the world’s...
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An interview with Matt Western MP about Brexit
The Boar sat down with Matt Western MP to discuss his views on Brexit, extending Article 50, and a second referendum
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The importance of Warwick Arts Centre to life at Warwick
About a month before I started university, I went to an open mic poetry night with a couple of friends. As a typical to-be fresher, I remember being nervous about what to expect from university life; I’d visited Warwick before, several times, but had no idea what life would be...
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SciTech study tips: Biochemistry
Gurpreet Dhaliwal gives advice for studying Biochemistry at the University of Warwick, so here's everything you need to know before you start.
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Is entrepreneurship dead?
Last week I attended a conference on synthetic biology, a relatively new area of research which combines genetics and the life sciences with engineering. It encompasses everything you hear on the news about designer babies to genetically modified organisms and much more. The number of startups in the field, often...
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Meeting the team behind the world’s biggest blanket fort
The field by Oculus at Warwick University campus will be the home of a potential world record as a team of volunteers attempt to build the world’s biggest blanket fort on Wednesday 20 June. The volunteers aim to raise £10,000 for Leamington Winter Shelter (LWS), which was set up as a...
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Students are entering university with better grades than in the past
Students entering university now are doing so with better qualifications than in the past, according to a new report by Universities UK (UUK).
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Chioma Abazie on Warwick’s largest gospel event, ‘Awaken’
Chioma Abazie, second-year Economics student at the University of Warwick, reflects on the lead up to the evening of Friday 2 March 2018 when Warwick’s largest Gospel event, ‘Awaken’, took place. So how did ‘Awaken’ come about? During my first year of university, I noticed there was a lack of Gospel events in...
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Patching up a broken heart
Gurpreet Dhaliwal reports that scientists have found a novel way of patching up broken hearts by using stem cell patches to repair heart muscle after heart attacks.
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TEDx Warwick 2018: Dare to Defy
Founded in 2008 by Kunal Amin, an engineering student at the time, TEDx Warwick has evolved into Europe’s largest student-run conference. With 14 high-profile and engaging speakers, and a range of performers, this year’s event celebrated its 10-year anniversary in a way that truly embodies the TED ethos of ideas...
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