Author: Stuart Mitchell

Experts enter fourth dimension to create better medical devices

Stuart Mitchell

Experts at the University of Birmingham and Imperial College London have launched a project aimed at revolutionising medical device engineering by incorporating a fourth dimension—time— into design to achieve new functionality.  The 4D Health Tech initiative addresses a critical gap in medical device design: neglect of time-dependent changes in the human body. Traditional medical devices fail to account for growth, movement, and tissue regeneration or degeneration, leading to compromised functionality and shortened lifespan.   For example, paediatric implants do not grow with the child and must be regularly changed. Stoma bags…

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Wings for Life World Run Announces 2025 Events Across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

On Sunday 4 May, Wings for Life World Run will host a series of events across the UK, including in Leeds, London, Nottingham and Liverpool, to raise money for spinal cord injury research. Wings for Life World Run is a unique global race available for both runners and wheelchair participants in which participants run away from a moving, virtual finish line in the app. Instead of a set finish line, competitors across the world all start at the same time and race to keep ahead of a moving finish line called the…

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WARC Rankings 2025: Effective 100 – The world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness

Stuart Mitchell

The WARC Effective 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness, and the third and final WARC Ranking, is now released. Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Effective 100 Ranking is an aggregate of the results of the most important global and regional effectiveness awards of 2024. The shows tracked are determined in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board and by a yearly global panel survey. Anna Hamill, Senior Editor, WARC Creative, said: “The…

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Game On: New computer game aims to tackle plastic pollution

Stuart Mitchell

Harnessing the power of gaming to change the way we think about plastic waste is the focus of a new project by a team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth’s  Revolution Plastics Institute. The project combines multidisciplinary expertise from academia and industry to create a commercially viable game that engages players in understanding waste management.  In partnership with leading games developer Harnessing the power of gaming to change the way we think about plastic waste is the focus of a new project by a team of scientists from the…

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Unity Trust Bank marks 40 years of impact with increase in lending to areas of high deprivation

Stuart Mitchell

Unity Trust Bank, which supports organisations that create positive social impact across the UK, has reported that more than half of its lending went to customers delivering services in areas of high deprivation in 2024.  In its annual results, Unity’s overall lending remained at over £1 billion with 50.5% (2023: 45.3%) committed to where it is needed most.   Customer balances rose to a record £1.7 billion (up 10% from 2023) as more socially-minded organisations chose to place their deposits with Unity, so they could be used to improve the quality…

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