News from 2015
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Researchers urge caution on wearable health devices
Wearable devices to monitor health are not always reliable or secure according to research.
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New record in nanoelectronics at ultralow temperatures
The first ever measurement of the temperature of electrons in a nanoelectronic device a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero was demonstrated in a joint research project performed by Lancaster University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, and Aivon Ltd.
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Revolutionary eye-tracking technology for smart watches
Future smart watches could go hands-free thanks to eye-tracking technology that is literally revolutionary.
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IsoLab: ultra-quiet laboratories to boost quantum technology
Lancaster University has begun work on a £2m suite of ultra-low noise laboratories, IsoLab, which will provide the most advanced environments in the world for the expanding field of quantum technology.
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Storm Desmond stripped agricultural land of soil and nutrients
More large storms in the future, such as Storm Desmond, will increase the loss of valuable soil and nutrients from agricultural fields, according to new research published by a Lancaster University-led team.
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Researchers study Twitter and Reddit to chart the rise of new words
Software developed at Lancaster shows that many popular new words have passed through social media sites long before going mainstream.
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Fish need wilderness reserves in which they can grow old
Permanent marine protected areas and wilderness are critical to the effective protection of marine fish, according to a study conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, James Cook University, and Lancaster University.
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Amphibious remote-controlled machines to help clean-up nuclear sites
Submersible remote-controlled machines are to be created that will accelerate the clean-up operation at nuclear sites such as disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi.
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New analysis method makes increasing rate of violent crime visible
A new method of analysing crime statistics finds that violent crime in England and Wales is increasing, not decreasing.
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Award for "outstanding" scientist
Dr Sarah Badman has been hailed as “one of the top early-career planetary physicists in the world” after being awarded a prize by the Royal Astronomical Society.