{"id":14554,"date":"2021-09-08T12:38:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:39:12","slug":"uk-science-funding-boost-worth-113m-support-future-science-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-science-funding-boost-worth-113m-support-future-science-leaders\/14554\/","title":{"rendered":"UK science funding boost worth \u00a3113m will support future science leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today (Wednesday 8 September), Science Minister Amanda Solloway has revealed that this massive science funding boost will be awarded to 97 cutting edge science and research projects in the UK in order to transform world-leading science ideas into novel products and services on the market, as well as confronting major global issues.<\/p>\n
The projects that will receive a funding boost include:<\/p>\n
Four-legged robots to aid British farmers – Dr Dimitrios Kanoulas at University College London will lead the RoboHike project to provide autonomous 4-legged robots with the capacity to navigate through tough terrains, such as construction and agriculture, as well as at the scene of natural disasters. This will allow for quick, robust, and dependable navigation in situations where timely delivery of services and emergency aid is crucial.<\/p>\n
Sensors to forecast and analyse seizures \u2013 Newcastle University\u2019s Dr Yujiang Wang will utilise a combination of long-term brain recordings and wearable environmental sensors in order to capture and investigate oscillations in epileptic seizures. The project intends to obtain greater insight into how seizure activity and severity differs case by case. As well as this, it will allow the researchers to calculate the severity of upcoming seizures for individual patients, on top of establishing future treatments that could decrease their severity.<\/p>\n
Reducing methane emissions \u2013 Dr Joshua Dean from the University of Liverpool is leading a project that will utilise urban waterways, like canals and rivers, to determine how to measure and map the origins of and decrease methane emissions.<\/p>\n