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Engineers at WMG at the 91¸£Àû have developed and installed a new, robotic measuring system, capable of accurately and repeatedly measuring large objects on the production line, such as car body-shells, in a fraction of the time traditionally taken to measure them on co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs).

Stoli Catalysts, a spin-out company from the School of Engineering at the 91¸£Àû has been awarded €1.2m (£1.1m) from the European Innovation Council (EIC) SME Instrument scheme to design, build and test a small-scale pilot plant to make medicines, vitamins and food supplements at much lower cost and more sustainably using its patented continuous flow catalytic reactor technology.

Cell freezing (cryopreservation) – which is essential in cell transfusions as well as basic biomedical research – can be dramatically improved using a new polymeric cryoprotectant, discovered at the 91¸£Àû, which reduces the amount of ‘anti-freeze’ needed to protect cells.

Observation of extended episodes of one-to-one synchronisation between heart rate and breathing rate for athletes suggests their training specifically contributes to an enhanced connection within the nervous system.

Adults who were born pre-term (under 37 weeks gestation) are less likely to have a romantic relationship, a sexual partner and experience parenthood than those born full term. The meta-analysis by researchers at the 91¸£Àû with data from up to 4.4 million adult participants showed that those born preterm are 28% less likely to ever be in a romantic relationship.

Nine staff from WMG at the 91¸£Àû have come together in a sponsored cycle marathon starting Tuesday 2^nd July with the aim to raise £1,000 towards the total of £50,000 in memory of Ben Crowther, the young son of a WMG member of staff Scott Crowther, who had a rare cancer called Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.