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New system to advance predictions in engineering
Researchers from The University of Western Australia, the University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute have radically redesigned and improved techniques for making predictions in the engineering and physical sciences.
The research, published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), builds on the well-known Finite Element Method (FEM), which has been used as a predictive tool in engineering and physical sciences for more than 70 years.
Connor Duffin, PhD student from UWA’s School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing and lead researcher on the project, said it was that the first time a key missing ingredient was included in observed data.
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UWA invention to speed up healing in dental patients
An invention developed by a researcher from The University of Western Australia that can speed up the regeneration of bone and tissue in patients after dental procedures will soon be rolled out to dental patients across the United States.
The intervention, named Striate+, is an artificial structure that can be implanted in the body for tissue to grow on to repair damage. It has been commercialised by Orthocell – a Perth-based regenerative medical company that develops products for the repair of soft tissue injuries.
Striate+ can be used in procedures such as dental bone defect repair and tissue augmentation around dental implants.
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During bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, bacteria enter human cells posing a challenge for treatment, as antibiotics must reach and enter all infected cells in order to be effective. If researchers could select for or develop more effective antibiotics based on where they reach, this may reduce the length of treatment needed, which in turn could reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance developing.
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Western Australia have developed a new imaging method to see where in the infected tissues and in the cells, an antibiotic given to treat tuberculosis had reached the bacteria. The scientists are continuing to work on the method, adapting it for other types of antibiotic and to image multiple antibiotics at the same time.
Young, attractive women are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, according to a new study.
Researchers took inspiration from the #MeToo movement, in the hope of exploring the notion of credibility in regards to sexual harassment claims.
Their findings suggest that women who are not conventionally attractive may face greater hurdles when trying to convince an employer or a court that they have been harassed.
The team hopes the study will help people recognise that harassment can happen, regardless of a person s fit within a prototype.
Young, attractive women are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, according to new research (stock image)