News tagged with: research
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Â鶹´«Ã½-led antibiotic discovery network goes global
The Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network (ABX) has launched antibioticdiscovery.com to share expertise and develop new collaborations around the world.
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Project examines the impact of counter-terrorism measures on residents’ everyday experience in European cities
Dr Paul Simpson, Associate Professor of Human Geography at the Â鶹´«Ã½, will be involved in a new £1.1million research collaboration
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Animal groups consider multiple factors before fighting
New research involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ suggests that groups of animals consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals
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Researchers join €10m project examining cultural and climate change across Europe
Dr Jessie Woodbridge and Professor Ralph Fyfe, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, will contribute data essential to understanding how past populations interacted with their landscapes
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Sea-level rise will have complex consequences for coasts and communities
The Â鶹´«Ã½'s Professor of Geospatial Information Ralph Fyfe is among the authors on new research published in Science Advances
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Academic joins expert committee in calls to secure environment for future generations
Mel Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society at the Â鶹´«Ã½, is part of a national committee who have called on the Government to enhance its vision for the environment
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More support needed for cancer patients and carers impacted by COVID-19
A report involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ shows that cancer patients and their carers have experienced many changes since the COVID-19 outbreak
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Festival of research and discovery comes to Â鶹´«Ã½
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is for the first time taking part in FUTURES2020 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020, as part of European Researchers’ Night
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Living near green space linked to lower rates of smoking and higher chances of quitting
Research led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has showed people living in areas with a high proportion of greenspace were 20% less likely to be current smokers than those in less green areas, and up to 12% more likely to have successfully quit smoking
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½ are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
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International study develops ground-breaking method of making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil
Dr Lee Durndell, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, has played a key role in new research which has developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel
