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Description: Following the 70th Anniversary of the NHS last week, Dr Sophie Cox and Professor Martin Powell spoke on a University podcast to discuss the contribution the University of Birmingham has made to the NHS.

Description: On Thursday 5 July 2018, Dr Cathal Kearney, Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, gave a lecture at the School of Chemical Engineering, which covered an inspiring story of building capabilities in temporally controlled drug delivery from biomaterials.

Description: Researchers from the University of Birmingham reached the finals at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards 2017 for their pioneering development of an anti-scarring drop that can be applied following injury to prevent scar formation.

Description: Giuseppe Forte, a student from the University of Birmingham's Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) Formulation Engineering within the School of Chemical Engineering, was awarded best presentation for his work on catalyst manufacture at the IChemE Fluid Mixing Processes SIG 2018 Research Student event in April 2018.

Description: Dr Sophie Cox, Lecturer at the School of Chemical Engineering and the Healthcare Technologies Institute, has made it to the final. Dr Cox is leading a team who are engineering novel medical systems to fight antimicrobial resistance.

Description: Medical practises for abnormal bone conditions, such as heterotopic ossification, are poorly understood. Medical treatment is limited to when the bone formations become very noticeable, which is not early enough. Scientists from the Healthcare Technologies Institute have developed a new self-structuring model of bone tissue that simulates the architecture of real bone for the first time – a potential for future bone defect replacement, which can make a vast difference to a patient's life.

Description: Mike Adams, Professor in Product Engineering and Manufacturing in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, discusses his recent research paper, 'Why pens have rubbery grips', which explains how the composition of our finger pads affects the way we find it easier to grip some surfaces better than others.

Description: Today (23 January 2018) the Faraday Institution announced up to £42 million in new government funding to four UK-based consortia to conduct application-inspired research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) revolution.

Description: The University of Birmingham has signed an agreement with the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) to create new education programmes for Chinese students.

Description: The University of Birmingham hosted its second Life Sciences in Six event at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Monday 27 November 2017, in which six speakers spoke for six minutes each about the vital research they undertake at the University.

Description: On Thursday 16 November 2017, students from a variety of disciplines across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences won the prestigious Vice-Chancellor's Challenge for their teams' pioneering design of a solar aid pod.

Description: A new centre has been launched in collaboration with the University of Birmingham aimed at providing a central space for small and medium-sized businesses to accelerate the development of medical innovations.

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