News from 2015
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Artificial intelligence can flag child sexual abuse media online
New artificial intelligence software designed to spot new child sexual abuse media online could help police catch child abusers.
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InfoLabTree: Discover the story
The first of a series of new installations has been revealed outside InfoLab21. The iString Light Tree #InfoLabTree is an installation donated by MK Illuminations, collaborative partners on Project Firefly, led by Dr Joe Finney, School of Computing and Communications.
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How to avoid feeling depressed on Facebook
Comparing yourself with others on Facebook is more likely to lead to feelings of depression than making social comparisons offline.
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Toddler robots help solve how children learn
Children learn new words using the same method as robots according to psychologists.
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Engineering PhD student wins IET award
Sam Pitman, a PhD student in the Engineering Department and the Cockcroft Institute, has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) best student poster prize at the joint IET/IMechE/IoP Particle Accelerator Engineering Network meeting at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Sam presented a talk about her research into using an RF linac to increase the energy of protons from cyclotrons in hospitals from 250 MeV to 350 MeV.
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Researchers ranked among world's most influential
Three Lancaster University researchers have been listed in the Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for 2016.
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Strategic partnership set to help plug cyber security skills gap
Lancaster University and Raytheon UK has agreed a strategic partnership that will deliver talented and skilled cyber security professionals to help protect the UK economy.
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Photosynthesis breakthrough could boost food crops
Researchers have increased plant productivity by boosting levels of three proteins involved in photosynthesis, according to a new study in the journal Science.
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Multi-million pound Large Hadron Collider upgrade project launched
A new multi-million pound international project led by the University of Manchester and Lancaster University, who are both part of the Cockcroft Institute, has been launched to contribute to the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva.
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New hazard caused by volcanic eruptions discovered
Research has identified, for the first time, a new type of hazard caused by explosive volcanic eruptions.