Protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease

New research has shown that there could be a protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease.
Two articles in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Volume 18: 4) by Dr Chris Exley, Reader in Bioinorganic Chemistry in the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Keele University, UK, (“Copper [...]

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Gas extraction plan gets go-ahead

Keele’s plans to develop sustainable energy resources on campus took a massive step forward when Staffordshire County Council’s planning committee last week approved the University’s application for two exploratory boreholes to be drilled on site to test the viability of extracting methane gas from unmined coalbeds.
The University is exploring a range of exciting options for [...]

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Keele Scientist Joins Nuclear Decommissioning Agency Panel

Professor Peter Styles, Director of the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics and Professor of Applied and Environmental Geophysics in the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Research Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, has been invited to join the Geosphere Characterisation Panel of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency.
This is a high level [...]

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