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PBM-Hale™ is a hand-held aerosol collecting device that allows sampling of the lung in a non-invasive way - by patients simply breathing into it.

Breathing new life into disease diagnosis

New research shows 100 per cent effectiveness of an innovative breath sampling device developed by Northumbria University medtech spinout, PulmoBioMed, that could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of diseases, including COVID-19.

Civil War Bluejackets

MAJOR NEW PROJECT TO REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS INTO 19TH CENTURY BRITISH AND OTHER IMMIGRANT SAILORS IN THE U.S. NAVY

A Northumbria University-led project is set to help tell the stories of British and other immigrant sailors in the American Civil War in ways never before possible. 
The “Civil War Bluejackets” Project—so named because of the distinctive uniform worn by U.S. Civil War sailors—is a collaboration between historians at Northumbria University, Newcastle, and computer scientists at the University of

Northumbria shortlisted for best university in the UK

Northumbria shortlisted for best university in the UK

Northumbria University, Newcastle has been nominated for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2022. These national awards recognise exceptional performance as well as bold, imaginative and innovative initiatives that have advanced a Higher Education institution’s reputation during the academic year 2020/21.

Facial recognition technology struggles to recognise darker skin tones. Nazar Kantora/ Shutterstock

EXPERT COMMENT: Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work

The difficulty working with darker skin tones reflects the experiences of people of colour who try to use facial recognition technology. In recent years, researchers have demonstrated the unfairness in facial recognition systems, finding that the software and algorithms developed by big technology companies are more accurate at recognising lighter skin tones than darker ones.

Professor Paul Vickers, Professor of Computer Science and Sonification in Northumbria’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Northumbria professor named president of global auditory display organisation

Professor Paul Vickers, an expert in computer science and sonification, or the use of audio to communicate data, has taken up his new position at the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD). The real-world impact of these applications is wide-ranging, from helping visually impaired people to assimilate data to monitoring threats and network traffic at a security operations centre.

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