News from 2017

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  Next generation 3D printing investment helps widen access to technology

  Businesses, researchers, students and school children are amongst some of the groups benefiting from enhanced additive manufacturing capabilities at Lancaster University’s Engineering Department.

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  First lady of freshwater

  A Lancaster professor has become the first woman to be elected President of the Freshwater Biological Association.

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  ‘Dorothy’s Colour’ on track at Lancaster University

  A spring walk in the Grasmere district, following in the steps of Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy, also a poet and author, was the inspiration for a forthcoming painting and poetry exhibition at Lancaster University.

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  Public’s poor knowledge of anatomy may hamper healthcare

  Health screening campaigns which target a specific organ may lack effectiveness if the public have a poor knowledge of anatomy say researchers.

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  Honour for Lancaster University linguist

  Lancaster University’s Professor Paul Baker has just been accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

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  Study finds politeness, compassion and a sense of humour prompt NHS feedback

  The largest study ever conducted into feedback from NHS service users has found that people skills such as politeness, compassion and a sense of humour are cited most often in people’s feedback about their experience with the NHS, even more so than standards of service. 

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  Life on the Edge

  Breaking up the rainforest into small, isolated patches is forcing more species to live at the forest edge and putting those that are dependent on the forest core at risk.

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  Lancaster University takes a leading role in a £4.1M flooding research programme

  Researchers from Lancaster University will tackle one of the most pressing problems to face water science in a generation.

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  Cities of the Future take centre stage in Malaysia

  Lancaster researchers are working with colleagues in South East Asia to develop research addressing the needs of ‘cities of the future’.

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  Jupiter’s X-ray auroras pulse independently

  Jupiter’s intense northern and southern lights pulse independently of each other according to research co-authored by Lancaster University using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatories.