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Entrepreneurial student engineers and scientists shone at the annual ELEVATE Engineering and Sciences in Business Fellowship (ESBF) Competition, winning cash prizes for their innovations.   The U ELEVATE EIBF Competition, sponsored by the Sainsbury Management Fellows Charity, is open to University of Exeter budding student entrepreneurs across the disciplines of engineering, mathematics, sciences, medicine and computer sciences. This extra-curricular business pitch competition is funded by the Engineering and Sciences in Business Fellowship, which supports similar competitions at universities across the country.    In total, 67 students across 41 teams had six minutes each to pitch their innovative business ideas to the ELEVATE Competition judges…

The processes by which artists identifying as LGBTQ+ use textiles, ceramics and other materials to explore queer histories on personal and broader levels is the focus of a groundbreaking new book published this month. Queer Crafts: Material Practices and the Making of Identity is the first to bring together craft studies and queer theory, opening new discussions around how contemporary practitioners use these materials as powerful vehicles for self-expression, community building, and social critique. Encompassing leading artists from…

A groundbreaking international study has demonstrated that Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers can be accurately detected using simple finger-prick blood samples that can be collected at home and mailed to laboratories without refrigeration or prior processing. The research, led by US institute Banner Health working with the University of Exeter Medical School and supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) publishes today in Nature Medicine. It represents the first large-scale validation of this accessible testing approach that…