News from 2017
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Study reveals link between childhood in care and mums who have babies removed by the courts
A study has found a high number of women, who repeatedly appear before the family courts and lose many children into public care or adoption because of child protection concerns, have been in care themselves.
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‘Revolutionary’ new gesture control tech turns any object into a TV remote
Imagine changing the channel of your TV simply by moving your cup of tea, adjusting the volume on a music player by rolling a toy car, or rotating a spatula to pause a cookery video on your tablet.
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The power of graphic novels and comics
Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard's illustrations for comic book series ‘The Walking Dead’ are recognised and celebrated throughout the world.
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Hands on with the ‘crank machine’ in Brighton
A hand-cranked postcard viewing machine, capturing the magic of Edwardian ‘social media’, took pride of place on Wednesday at Brighton Digital Festival.
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Lancaster tops new renewable energy league table
Lancaster University is at the top of a new league table for the amount of renewable energy it produces.
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Conservationists should harness ‘Hollywood effect’ to help wildlife
How did Finding Nemo affect clownfish? Was Jaws bad for sharks? Did the remake of the Jungle Book help pangolins?
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The art of collaboration
Nearly 200 business managers, academics and researchers networked and shared project examples at the Centre for Global Eco-innovation Showcase event at Lancaster University on 20 September.
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Researchers release largest ever public collection of British conversations
Language experts at Lancaster University and Cambridge University Press have today published the largest ever public collection of transcribed British conversations, totalling 11.5 million words of spontaneous British English collected between 2012 and 2016.
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Lancaster named University of the Year
Lancaster University has been named University of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
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North of England generates £91 billion for UK bioeconomy
Lancaster University has contributed to a government-commissioned report which has shown that the north of England generates an annual turnover of £91 billion and employs more than 400,000 people in the regional bioeconomy.