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Alan Brown, a leading figure in the investments community, is to join the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust, it is announced today. He will take up his position on 1…
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Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL have found that by using a mobile app, it is possible to gather, on a large scale, the type of information…
Initial findings from one of the largest cognitive science experiments ever conducted have shown that mobile games can be used to reliably address psychology questions,…
A new mobile app developed by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL aims to carry out, on an unprecedented scale, science experiments that could…
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Scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp in a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation, in new research funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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A new documentary from RDF Television that follows ten four year olds in a nursery during the most pivotal year of their lives is due to be aired on Channel 4 on Tuesday 10…
The Wellcome Trust today announces a new £30 million partnership between the private, public and charitable sectors to offer much needed training to science teachers enabling…
The Eden Project, supported by the Wellcome Trust, is to launch a new permanent exhibition entitled 'Invisible You. The Human Microbiome,' with accompanying programmes of…
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The Science for Africa Foundation will receive more than £6.5mn in core funding over five years from Wellcome, which will help strengthen Africa's research ecosystem.