A Santander Travel Award has been granted to Dr Melissa Marselle (University of Salford) to collaborate with Sara Warber, MD and Dr Brenda Gillespie at the University of Michigan (USA) to investigate the frequency and duration (or dose) of group walks in nature required for positive mental health. Research has shown that interaction with natural environments can […]
Simon Chadwick, professor of sports enterprise, Salford University, explains: In September, ahead of a visit by the country’s president, Xi Jinping, the British government gave £3 million to China to help fund the development of its domestic football. At first glance, this seemed a remarkable gesture; after all, China’s economy is one of the world’s […]
Prof Simon Chadwick discusses: Another week, another scandal: this time it’s tennis, last week it was athletics, last year it was football. Before that, take your pick: snooker, cycling, cricket – the list seems almost endless. For sports lovers everywhere, this begs the question: is anything clean in sport?
The Chinese economy has been growing at break-neck pace for the past three decades. It is the largest in the world by some measures and, as we all know, the Chinese sell the world everything from electronics to iron and steel. But in one industry the Chinese have been rather slow out of the blocks […]
SCIENTISTS at the University of Salford are to artificially evolve a bacterium linked to the spread of deadly sleeping sickness, African Trypanosomiasis. They aim to better understand the genomics of Sodalis glossinidius, a bacteria which, when present in the gut, allows the Tsetse fly to become a carrier of the parasitic disease. Sleeping sickness causes […]
The new Department of Health guideline on alcohol says that there is no safe alcohol limit for pregnant women. Alcohol should simply be avoided. Alcohol exposure during pregnancy can cause damage to the body and brain of the baby, causing a range of lifelong problems. These problems are grouped under the umbrella term “foetal alcohol […]
A team of academics in Salford Business School has developed a machine which can, among other things, predict sports results. And they are currently testing their creation against one of the top names in UK football. SAM, the Sport Analytics Machine, has been developed by statisticians using a series of algorithms, and is able to […]
A tool for measuring thermal performance of solid walls in homes, developed by academics from Aracada University, in partnership with the School of the Built Environment, has scooped first place in a national competition. Professor Will Swan, Head of the Applied Buildings and Energy Research Group, and his team, worked with colleagues from Arcada University […]
THE University of Salford and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust have strengthened their links by signing a new research partnership in translational medicine. Translational medicine is an area of biomedicine that aims to improve patient and public health by “translating” research knowledge into medicines, treatments diagnostics or procedures. Heart and lung disease and stroke are […]
Allan Boardman is the latest academic to take on an influential national role after being courted by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Boardman is Chair of Applied Physics in the School of Computing, Science and Engineering has an international reputation for his work on surface plasmons and guided wave optics, especially […]