News from 2013
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Social media plagued by privacy problems, say researchers
The privacy management of 16 popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, is “seriously deficient,” according to a study being published in the June issue of Computer magazine.
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Residents help Lancaster University research roadside particulate pollution
Could trees reduce pollution in busy streets? An experiment being conducted on the A6 in Lancaster for the BBC may provide the answer.
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Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.
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Lancaster University makes a double Impact at awards
A project revealing the social and emotional impact of flooding and an entrepreneurship unit providing business development programmes for SMEs earned Lancaster University recognition in a top research council award.
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First, carbon footprints… now you can calculate your ‘nitrogen footprint’
Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen footprint’.
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Ryan Rostron
The university is shocked and saddened following the death of 22-year-old student Ryan Rostron on May 12 when his car hit a tree on Garstang Road near St Michael’s.
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88 per cent of students use sustainable methods of transport
The University’s Travel Plan has been so successful that targets set for 2015 for bus use, car sharing and sole occupancy car use have already been achieved.
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Subjects score highly in UK and global league tables
Marketing is ranked first in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2014 and 12 other subjects are ranked in the top ten.
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Lancaster to play leading role in UK-India cyber security team
University-based ‘Security Lancaster’ is to be part of a bid to increase UK-India cyber security research collaborations tackling key issues demanding global cooperation.
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Social media enables interactive jukebox
A digital jukebox which uses social networking to select music has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University.