The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its first Clinical Knowledge Summaries for GPs, dedicated to the COVID-19 outbreak and how to manage potentially infected patients.
This official evidence-based information for General Practices across England has been authored by the North-East based editor, and former GP,...
Car accidents can be traumatic events to experience, even for the most prepared and seasoned of drivers.
There are nearly 150,000 road-related casualties each year, from fender-benders to life-threatening situations; even the lightest of accidents, though, bring a new dimension of difficulty in the form of cost. What are...
GAME CHANGERS represents a collaborative odyssey delving into climate activism, accomplished through an immersive decision-making game and live performance.
The project emerges from the innovative collaboration between the interactive studio Megaverse, esteemed academics, creative minds, and cutting-edge technologists.
Three actors in motion capture as avatars, joined by a fourth as...
Northern has revealed the CO₂e emission saving of its top commuter route into Newcastle.
Every year, more than 45,000 (45,073) people commute between Carlisle and Newcastle by train for work.
By making that journey by rail, they are helping to prevent more than 250,000 kg (263,226.32) of carbon dioxide equivalent from...
Many dinner party hosts and car owners are driven mad by water stains – those pesky marks left by drying water on the surface of objects.
But now mathematicians from Northumbria University may have discovered an ingenious solution – a solution that could not only get rid of unsightly water...
Scientists from Newcastle University have discovered that bees have something similar to the ‘sweet tooth’ often found in humans.
The Newcastle researchers found that bees possess sugar-sensing taste neurons. These neurons give the insects intense pleasure when they feed on nectar, encouraging them to hang around and empty the flower...
A North East college has created a unique and highly bespoke approach to help employers recruit young talent from across the region.
Working with Home Group, one of the UK’s largest housing associations, Gateshead College designed a bespoke data analyst apprenticeship to help the organisation appoint a new apprentice data...
Newcastle United hero Alan Shearer is to undergo a series of dementia tests as part of an upcoming BBC documentary.
In Dementia – Football’s Silent Shame, Mr Shearer will investigate whether years spent heading footballs make ex-soccer professionals more likely to suffer from the condition.
It is suspected that brain damage...
A
study has found that large quantities of global-warming gases could be escaping
from melting ice on Greenland.
An
international team of researchers camped in Greenland for three months over the
summer, analysing meltwater running off the island’s ice sheet.
They
found that six tons of the greenhouse gas methane passed through their small measuring
site alone....
Teesside University has launched the Industrial Digitalisation Technology Centre (IDTC) to help support SMEs to discover and explore a range of digital technologies and opportunities which could benefit their business.
Local SMEs had a first look at the Industrial Digitalisation Technology Centre’s Serious Play Facility at the hybrid launch event...
