The UK has signed an historic trade agreement with Australia, which includes unprecedented opportunities for academic researchers to work between the two countries this will boost the already successful Alliance between the Universities of Warwick and Monash.
The deal was ‘agreed in principle’ by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in London in June, and negotiators have now finalised all chapters of the agreement.
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Scientists set to tackle big data challenge of next-generation physics experiments
Physicists at the University of Warwick are among scientists developing vital software to exploit the large data sets collected by the next-generation experiments in high energy physics (HEP), predominantly those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Over the years, the existing code has struggled to meet rising output levels from large-scale experiments.
The new and optimised software will have the capability to crunch the masses of data that the LHC at CERN and next-generation neutrino experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande will produce this decade.
This is the first time a team of UK researchers have been funded to develop a software-based project by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
Credit: Christophe Corre
Mechanism for control of antibiotic production in soil bacteria is visualised for the first time by scientists at University of Warwick and Monash University
Research reported in Nature could lead to improved manufacturing of existing antibiotics, and open up opportunities to discover new ones
The majority of clinically used antibiotics are derived from soil bacteria, but can be hard to find because their production is switched off in laboratory cultures
The discovery of how hormone-like molecules turn on antibiotic production in soil bacteria could unlock the untapped opportunities for medicines that are under our very feet.
An international team of scientists working at the University of Warwick, UK, and Monash University, Australia, have determined the molecular basis of a biological mechanism that could enable more efficient and cost-effective production of existing antibiotics, and also allow scientists to uncover new antibiotics in soil bacteria