Swansea is set to become a UK leader in the natural product research and enterprise sector, as the University has succeeded in a bid for funding of £587,000 to set up a new centre known as the BioHUB. The Natural Products BioHUB aims to encourage wider use of natural products in the agricultural, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries to help develop a healthier, greener and more sustainable city and region.
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Researchers are calling for new approaches to reduce healthcare inequalities for Autistic people when they need medical treatment after identifying serious flaws in NICE-recommended health passports.
The movement of animals across major barriers, such as oceans or mountain ranges, has long intrigued scientists for its role in shaping Earth's biodiversity. A new Swansea University study has unveiled groundbreaking insights into this process, showing how characteristics like body size and life history can influence the global spread of animals.
A team from Swansea University Medical School has visited Zambia to train doctors, nurses and midwives who teach in the country in using clinical simulation, which enables students to learn new skills without putting patients at risk. The visit was also a chance for the team to learn from their Zambian colleagues and to discuss future research partnerships and opportunities for students.
A device that produces a fountain of caesium atoms could boost understanding of the Universe by measuring the frequency of light absorbed by antimatter. Built in the UK with support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), it has now been installed at the iconic CERN facility to support the pioneering Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) antimatter experiment.
Through his research, Professor David Bewley-Taylor has focused on recalibrating how governments, UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations measure the effectiveness of drug and crime control policies.
Solar power is an ideal solution for remote parts of the world where the grid connection is poor or non-existent and there is an abundance of sunshine. In light of this, the international SUNRISE collaboration, led by Professor Dave Worsley and Dr Ian Mabbett was formed to design and deploy off-grid solar power technology to provide remote communities with affordable, reliable, sustainable energy.
In her current research Professor Jasmine Donahaye is focusing on the exclusion from the natural world experienced by women and people of colour, and the marginalisation of women in nature writing.
In this episode of Exploring Global Problems Season 3, Professor Gareth Jenkins discusses how the chemicals around us, our lifestyle choices and our habits can increase or decrease the likelihood of our DNA mutating and developing into cancer.
In this article from The Conversation, Dr Jack Cooper explores the truth about the extinct Otodus Megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists.
Dr Sara Sharifzadeh is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science. Her main areas of research include machine learning, artificial intelligence, multivariate data analysis with application in spectral signal/image analysis, digital health, satellite image analysis, and analysis of 3D point cloud data acquired from robot-mounted laser scanner sensors.
Dafydd Cotterell is a PhD student based within the School of Management who is evaluating organisational resilience within the context of the retail industry during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Morgan Advanced Studies Institute (MASI) is focused on bringing people together to conduct interdisciplinary research and change the world for the better through discovery and innovation of processes, materials, technologies, theories, concepts, policies and practices.
A Welsh virtual reality company has teamed up with Swansea University and Hywel Dda University Health Board to deliver pioneering healthcare training. The University and the health board have selected Rescape, a Cardiff-based company, to deliver a series of bespoke VR training modules in both English and Welsh as part of £900,000 Higher Education Funding Council of Wales project 'Virtual Reality a Welsh Reality.'
Four senior leaders from Swansea’s partner university in Ukraine are visiting Wales to help strengthen collaboration between the two institutions in research, teaching and creating opportunities for students. The group are from Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University (PMBSNU), which is in the region of Mykolaiv, a major port city of around 470,000 people in southern Ukraine.
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