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Prof Robert Istepanian to Discuss M-Health Technology at the 11th Armenian...

Through his past 20 years of research, Robert Istepanian, PhD, has helped to alter the healthcare landscape through information and communication technologies worldwide. As Professor of Data...

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Seeing clearly – how research could improve artificial lenses for cataract...

Research led by Professor Barbara Pierscionek, associate dean of Research and Enterprise, identified the effect of protein on the eye’s lens may cause its gradient to be stepped rather than smooth as...

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Dr Mike Short on 40th anniversary of first mobile call.

Dr Mike Short, Vice President of TELEFONICA EUROPE, former President of the IET – and member of the Industry Advisory Board for the School of Computing and Information Systems – re-calls the past and...

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Research to improve aircraft fuel efficiency and safety

Kingston University with British Airways and protective coating company tripleO form part of a UK consortium in association with two project partners from Greece; nanotechnology company Glanotech and...

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Science bought to Life in Wandsworth

Dr Juliet Dukes (Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences) was invited along to Chestnut Grove Academy Science fair to give students an insight into careers in science – and Kingston’s diverse range of...

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Sport and Exercise Sciences team put desert runners through their paces

Earlier this month saw the start of the 28th Marathon des Sables (MDS) labelled the ‘toughest footrace on earth’. This five day event involves marathons and doubles marathons across the Sahara Desert –...

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World’s first cyborg takes centre stage at Café Scientifique

An academic who became the world’s first cyborg – part human and part machine – when a device was implanted into his arm was in the spotlight at a Kingston University-organised Café Scientifique...

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Scientists put bowel cancer under the microscope

Patients with bowel cancer – the third most commonly diagnosed form in the United Kingdom – could enjoy increased survival rates as a result of a new study led by an expert from Kingston University....

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Reflections on TTZero June 2013

During 2012 we had been developing a new electric motorbike to race at the 2012 Isle of Man TT Zero. This new bike built on the tremendous success we had with the 2011 bike that achieved 3rd place. I...

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SfE Summer Studentship 2013

Dr Nigel Page, School of Life Sciences, has successfully won funding for a prestigious summer studentship from the Society for Endocrinology that will allow 2nd year biochemistry student Will Plumb to...

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New Measuring technique in determining levels of vitamin D in newborn babies

Professor Declan Naughton and his research team at the School of Life Sciences with continuing research into the benefits of vitamin D, has developed a new measuring technique in the laboratories at...

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Electric bike takes on world’s fastest production bike at Santa Pod and wins!

Having raced at the Isle of Man TT Zero and come 4th, we knew there was real potential in the electric racing bike. To demonstrate its capability we took it to Santa Pod, the home of European drag...

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Student battles to become Britain’s greenest driver

A mechanical engineering student from Kingston University has taken the wheel in a bid to be crowned the United Kingdom’s most economical driver. Andy Ng, 24, is vying for the accolade after...

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Dr Mike Short on 40th anniversary of first mobile call.

Dr Mike Short, Vice President of TELEFONICA EUROPE, former President of the IET – and member of the Industry Advisory Board for the School of Computing and Information Systems – re-calls the past and...

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Rocket project launch success

Kingston’s students normally enjoy their summers soaking up the sun, travelling and visiting back home – but a select few, including Ben Edgley and Chris Walker, spent theirs designing, building and...

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Electric bike sets new UK land speed record at 160mph

Success continues for the Kingston University Electric bike with a race in July at the Santa Pod quarter mile drag strip achieving a record time of 11.194 – managing to knock 3 seconds off the...

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Student designs unique rocket engine system

For his final year project, Astronautic Engineering student Jack James Marlow created a modular rocket test system. Not only has he left behind a legacy for future engineering undergraduates to test...

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DDDPC student wins a prestigious prize at the UKPharmSci 2013 conference

Dahlia Salman’s participation in this year’s UKPharmSCi conference in Edinburgh was culminated by the good news of her oral presentation winning the Geoffrey Philip Award 2013 from the Joint...

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Sporting Chance

We believe in working with industry and sports professionals to improve the game, as well as performance. Kingston University and the London Irish rugby club are off to a sporting chance with the...

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Australian bush fires will be amongst worst ever seen, disaster management...

Dr Neil Thomas, Principal Lecturer in Environmental Hazard and Disaster Management at Kingston University. New South Wales fire fighters could not possibly have done any more to tackle the bushfires...

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