News from 2016
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Scientists discover new subatomic particle with four 'flavours'
Physicists have discovered a new elementary particle – the latest member to be added to the exotic species known as tetraquarks.
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Bringing the campus to the city for a hat-trick of success
Campus in the City, an initiative which brings cutting-edge University research to the residents of Lancaster, Morecambe and District, is back for the third time by popular demand.
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Working 9am-5pm no longer ‘the way to make a living’
A new report produced by Lancaster University’s Work Foundation, and commissioned by Citrix, has revealed the UK is on the verge of a flexible working ‘tipping point’ – when working away from the office becomes more common than working solely from a desk, 9am-5pm.
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Pelagios Commons: Finding the Geography in History
An international collaboration dedicated to identifying and recording geographical references in historical documents is launched today at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.
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Amazon forest fires burning out of control
Record breaking fires in the Brazilian Amazon have destroyed thousands of kilometres of protected forests, stripping them of biodiversity, killing wildlife and releasing tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere.
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New insight into graphene
Physicists have discovered how electrons travel through the novel 2D material graphene.
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Britain being overwhelmed by long-term conditions, warns The Work Foundation
The rising tide of people with long-term conditions threatens to overwhelm Britain’s economy and the NHS, according to a new report published by Lancaster University’s Work Foundation.
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Star astronomer joins Lancaster
David Sobral who discovered the brightest distant galaxy in the Universe - CR7 - has joined Lancaster University.
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Man-made climate change helped cause south of England floods, say scientists
Human-induced climate change increased the risk of severe storms like those that hit the south of England in the winter of 2013/14, causing devastating flooding and costing several people their lives.
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Huge carbon stores under grasslands discovered
A nationwide survey by ecologists has revealed that over 2 billion US tons of carbon is stored deep under the UK’s grasslands, helping to curb climate change.