July 2021 press releases

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New AI system predicts building energy rates in less than a second

At a time when the UK is trying to reach net zero by 2050, the timely, accurate calculation of energy efficiency is a vital component of the design process for new and refurbished buildings.
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Tokyo conditions could lead to better sprint times – Â鶹ֱ²¥ University heat expert (VIDEO)

A heat expert from Â鶹ֱ²¥ University believes that the gruelling conditions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games could prove favourable for some sprint and/or power athletes.

World-first slope simulator will lead to safer infrastructure

Â鶹ֱ²¥ University is to create the world’s first large-scale National Engineered Slope Simulator, thanks to a £500,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation.
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Lockdown garage workouts boost Holly Bradshaw's chances of Olympic gold (VIDEO)

Although the first national lockdown restricted much of Holly Bradshaw's training schedule, the pole vaulter from Preston turned her attention elsewhere.

Â鶹ֱ²¥ receives UKRI funding to develop the next generation of batteries

Â鶹ֱ²¥ University, as part of a consortium led by Lucideon, and partner KWSP, has received funding from UKRI's Faraday battery challenge fund to assess two technologies to manufacture components for solid-state batteries.
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Former competitive swimmer designs pool navigation aid for visually impaired athletes

Since its invention in the 1980s, the ‘tapping method’ has been used to guide visually impaired swimmers in the pool.

Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s Greenbank wins Olympic bronze

Â鶹ֱ²¥ swimmer Luke Greenbank claimed Great Britain’s first men’s backstroke medal at the Olympic Games since 1908 with a brilliant bronze at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

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An Olympic athletics dream born out of football – Ireland’s Chris O’Donnell (VIDEO)

Ireland’s Chris O’Donnell started his sporting career as a promising footballer.

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Student designs compact lifesaving drone for beach rescue teams after witnessing teenage surfer battle dangerous waves

In 2017, while on holiday with his family in Cornwall, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University student Dominic Leatherland witnessed a teenager become detached from their bodyboard and pulled out to sea due to rough conditions.

Gold rush for Â鶹ֱ²¥ in the mixed Olympic relays

Â鶹ֱ²¥ athletes played a starring role for Team GB as the country won gold in two of the new mixed relay events at the Tokyo Olympics.

Greenbank and Peaty add another silver to Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s medal total

Luke Greenbank and Adam Peaty ensured Team GB made history at the Olympic Games by clinching silver in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.