A Cardiff University-led consortium has won a £43.7m bid to develop a Compound Semiconductor (CS) powerhouse in South Wales. Government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund will build a world-leading cluster of excellence in CS technologies – CSconnected – bringing economic investment and high quality jobs to the region. The winning consortium connects Cardiff University, Swansea University, a range of key regional industrial partners including IQE, SPTS, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), Cardiff Capital Region…
Technology which has given people with diabetes easier access to crucial information about their blood sugar levels is already making a difference across Wales. Now researchers at Swansea University are hoping the increasing use of glucose monitoring devices will help encourage patients with diabetes to lead more active lifestyles. Swansea University Associate Professor Dr Richard Bracken said: “Hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, is a real fear facing people with type 1 diabetes. As exercise can cause glucose changes…
Research by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has helped halve death rates from heart and circulatory disease in Wales over the past 50 years. Our scientific research has helped to revolutionise treatments which means that around 70% of people now survive a heart attack. Our research has also pioneered the surgical techniques that ensure most babies now survive congenital heart disease. Before the BHF, 4 in 5 children born with congenital heart disease died before their first birthday. Today thanks…
Photo by Irfon Bennett On Sunday 6th December, men’s hockey teams from across the South of Wales meet at the National Hockey Centre at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff for the all-important Championship Semi-Finals. Whitchurch Hockey Club, Cardiff University, Cardiff & Met and Swansea University will be vying for a place in the Men’s Championship Final at the end of April, with European Hockey Federation (EHF) tournament slots also potentially at stake. Match 1 14:00 Whitchurch v Cardiff University Match 2 16:00 …
