More than a thousand children heading to Devon coast to learn vital sea safety skills
More than a thousand schoolchildren will be heading to Exmouth seafront this summer to learn how to enjoy the water...
Biosciences
Mentoring scheme involving Exeter highlighted in new Wellcome report
The GW4 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Alliance’s innovative cross-institutional mentorship scheme across the GW4 universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter,...
Exeter led international collaboration given £4.5 million to tackle deadly fungal disease
An international collaboration led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £4.5 million to help improve understanding of fungal diseases that kill 2.5 million people each year. The funding from Wellcome...
University of Exeter part of £35.4 million UKRI investment to strengthen UK food security
The University of Exeter is contributing to a major new UK-wide research infrastructure, PhenomUK, which has been awarded £35.4 million...
Engineered moths could replace mice in research into “one of the biggest threats to human health”
A scientific breakthrough not only promises faster testing for antimicrobial resistance, but also an ethical solution to the controversial issue...
TB harnesses part of immune defence system to cause infection
Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) – and...
£17.9 million research grant to discover new treatments for fungal diseases gets underway
A team of leading infectious disease scientists from academia and industry have been awarded £17.9 million to identify new drugs...
Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change
The UK’s peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change. Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon...
New strategies needed to help banana farmers recover from climate shocks
Extreme weather events and the globalised nature of food production puts smallholder farmers at risk of ‘double exposure’ of production...