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Loughborough University contributes to research on transmission risk of COVID-19 from sports equipment

A team led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has investigated the transmission of COVID-19 from sports equipment, finding that the risk is likely to be low, and probably lower than from player interaction before, during and after sporting activity.

11 February 2021

FEATURE: Corals, wound infection detection, and theoretical physics...exploring how Loughborough academics are tackling major issues related to biofilms

Biofilms are central to our most important global challenges – from antimicrobial resistance and food safety, to water security – and they have a significant economic, social and environmental impact.

8 January 2021

Dr Gan Zheng named IEEE Fellow for contributions to multi-antenna communications

Reader in Signal Processing for Wireless Communications, Dr Gan Zheng has been named an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow.

4 December 2020

SPYRAS develops ‘Smart Mask’ to track wearer’s respiratory patterns

Founded by Product Design Engineering alumnus George Winfield, analytics platform SPYRAS has created a ‘Smart Mask’ that displays respiratory information in real time.

27 November 2020

Loughborough awarded £1m to research alternatives to single-use plastic packaging

Loughborough University has been awarded around £1m to help tackle waste plastic in the UK.

25 November 2020

STEM Placement and Graduate Careers Fair 2020

Over the last five years, the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering have hosted an exclusive Engineering Placements Fair.

18 November 2020

New £2.9m development centre will improve measurement and quality control for manufacturers

We are delighted to announce that Loughborough University is one of three Midlands universities that have been awarded £2.9 million to create a new development centre, which is aimed at helping manufacturers to use and understand their data more efficiently.

8 October 2020

New Industrial Policy and Insight Centre aims to accelerate manufacturing in the Midlands

We are delighted that a new centre aimed at boosting manufacturing in the Midlands has been launched at Loughborough University.

7 October 2020

Loughborough University partners with Torpey on the hurley of the future

Loughborough University has collaborated with leading sports equipment manufacturer Torpey as it launches the hurley of the future.

11 September 2020

Loughborough researchers win Mizuno Sports Award for their collaborative project with the Tokyo Institute of Technology

A group of researchers at the University have recently received the Mizuno Sports Award for their collaborative research with the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

10 July 2020

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