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21st May 2021 10:06 am 21st May 2021 10:06 am Livers could be transplanted more safely and effectively following the development of a handheld laser device that identifies liver damage in donor organs in real time. Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay Currently, surgeons have no detailed or quantitative way of assessing if a liver is healthy enough to transplant into a new person. To assess if a donor’s liver is healthy and a good match, the surgeon conducts blood tests and inspects the organ by eye and feel. To improve the process, scientists and surgeons from Edinburgh University, the ...

Elephant populations across the globe are under threat from habitat degradation and poaching. As well as coping with climate change which pushes elephants’ hydration needs to the limit (they lose around two bathtubs full of water a day), they are killed for their ivory or as trophies. Thankfully there are teams of conservationists and scientists working together to protect these social and highly intelligent animals. Snares are a big problem for elephants despite being intended to catch smaller animals. The wire loops are the perfect size for snagging on the ankles of baby elephants, one o...

UK: IOG signs collaboration agreement with GeoNetZero CDT on Southern North Sea carbon capture and storage research 14 May 2021 AIM-listed IOG, the UK gas company targeting growth and high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy, has signed a collaboration agreement with GeoNetZero CDT, Heriot-Watt University's Centre for Doctoral Training, a leader in applying geoscience to the challenges of progress towards a Net Zero economy. Under this agreement, IOG will support research into carbon capture and storage (CCS) and other renewable opportunities across Quads 48, 49, 52 and 53, the ...

11 May 2021 Researchers used AI to identify which daily changing clinical parameters best predict intervention responses in critically ill COVID-19 patients. The investigators used machine learning to predict which patients might get worse and not respond positively to being turned onto their front in intensive care units (ICUs) – a technique known as proning that is commonly used in this setting to improve oxygenation of the lungs. This dynamic understanding is vitally important when trying to understand a new life-threatening disease and to know when and in whom each intervention wor...

EngD and PhD Studentships: Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in Non-Destructive evaluation (FIND-CDT) The Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in Non-Destructive evaluation (FIND) is a partnership between a group of leading universities (Bristol, Imperial College London, Manchester, Nottingham, Strathclyde or Warwick) offering a 4-year industrially-linked doctoral training programme designed to launch you into an engineering career. The CDT has close links to the UK’s internationally leading Research Centre for Non-Destructive Evaluation (RCNDE) with a vibrant n...