http://www.redbrick.me The official website of Redbrick, University of Birmingham student publication. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:25:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/04/birmingham-students-spot-comet-of-the-century/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/04/birmingham-students-spot-comet-of-the-century/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:10:08 +0000 Ashley Kirk http://www.redbrick.me/?p=266338 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/04/birmingham-students-spot-comet-of-the-century/feed/ 1 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/university-of-birmingham-and-nottingham-conclude-menstrual-research-trial/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/university-of-birmingham-and-nottingham-conclude-menstrual-research-trial/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:03:14 +0000 Beth Dawson http://www.redbrick.me/?p=257971 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/university-of-birmingham-and-nottingham-conclude-menstrual-research-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/birmingham-celebrates-60-years-of-fuel-cell-research/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/birmingham-celebrates-60-years-of-fuel-cell-research/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:59:56 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrick.me/?p=257970 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/birmingham-celebrates-60-years-of-fuel-cell-research/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/university-develops-robots-to-help-with-autistic-children/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/university-develops-robots-to-help-with-autistic-children/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:51:37 +0000 Zahra Damji http://www.redbrick.me/?p=188537 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/university-develops-robots-to-help-with-autistic-children/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/birmingham-research-shows-shortcomings-in-nhs-mortality-rates/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/birmingham-research-shows-shortcomings-in-nhs-mortality-rates/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:36:23 +0000 Beth Dawson http://www.redbrick.me/?p=129364 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/10/birmingham-research-shows-shortcomings-in-nhs-mortality-rates/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/04/significant-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-made-at-the-university-of-birmingham/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/04/significant-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-made-at-the-university-of-birmingham/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:20:34 +0000 Rhian Lubin http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46031
The University of Birmingham and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has made a significant breakthrough regarding treatment of patients who suffer from bladder cancer. Adding radiotherapy and chemotherapy The study, co-led by Professor Nick James, Professor Of Clinical Oncology of the school of Cancer Sciences, has found that adding radiotherapy to chemotherapy can nearly [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/04/significant-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-made-at-the-university-of-birmingham/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/bladder-research-uses-electrical-brain-tools/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/bladder-research-uses-electrical-brain-tools/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:25 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=35272
A computational tool commonly used before to monitor electrical activity in the brain will, for the first time, be used on the bladder to try to explain why overactivity of the bladder increases with age and diseases and if there is anything we can do to slow down its onset. Researchers from the University of [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/bladder-research-uses-electrical-brain-tools/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/hepatitis-c-can-infect-the-human-brain/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/hepatitis-c-can-infect-the-human-brain/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:25:10 +0000 Caroline Mortimer http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=34582
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have proven that the Hepatitis C virus can infect the human brain in a revolutionary study published this week in the online journal, Research Highlights. The research was led by the University’s Dr Nicola Fletcher from the School of Immunity and Infection at the Manhattan Brain Bank in New [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/01/hepatitis-c-can-infect-the-human-brain/feed/ 3