News from 2015
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Lancaster scientist advises BBC on landmark documentary series
Volcanologist Dr Hugh Tuffen has helped the BBC make Patagonia: Earth’s Secret Paradise.
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National award win for business-boosting environmental research and development programme
A unique environmental research and development programme involving leading universities and almost 300 businesses has won a prestigious national award.
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EPSRC funding secured for neutrons research
Professor Malcolm Joyce has had a responsive mode proposal for £658k funded by the EPSRC.
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NATO tests technology developed at Lancaster University
Wireless communications technology developed by Lancaster researchers is being tested for its suitability for use by NATO.
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Shedding light on the era of Dark silicon
Researchers at Lancaster University are racing against time to find smart solutions to the rapidly advancing era of ‘dark silicon’.
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Award will shine light on life and times of Sir Humphry Davy
The life and letters of a British scientist – one of the foremost of his day – will be used as a lens to examine the relationship between science, society and culture then and now.
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New Dean for Science and Technology
The University is pleased to announce that Professor Peter M. Atkinson has taken over as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Evidence of species loss in Amazon
Researchers studying plants, ants, birds, dung beetles and orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon have found clear evidence that deforestation causes drastic loss of tropical forest biodiversity.
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New non-invasive skin cancer test put to the test
Researchers have developed a new non-invasive technique which can accurately detect malignant melanoma without a biopsy.