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News from 2015

  • Fair access to fish

    Researcher wins a prestigious €1.5M grant to explore how small scale fisheries can help prevent malnutrition in East Africa.

  • Hydrology prizewinner

    Student beats the odds to win recognition for his master’s dissertation and show that with the right support “you can do pretty much anything.”

  • The window for saving the world's coral reefs is rapidly closing

    The world’s reefs are under siege from global warming, according to a novel study published today in the prestigious journal Science.

  • VMSG award for Lancaster volcanologist

    Dr Hugh Tuffen has been recognised by his peers for his outstanding research, enthusiastic leadership and profile raising activities.

  • Breaking the deadlock on ivory

    Scientists propose a process to protect endangered African elephants that takes into account conflicts over values.

  • Real world PhDs

    Solving real-world problems with businesses while getting a PhD was a winning combination for students graduating from the Centre for Global Eco-innovation.

  • Orchids

    The illegal wild orchid trade

    Large-scale commercial trade of wild orchids is a pressing, but little-recognised conservation problem, according to researchers.

  • Professor Plamen Angelov

    Lancaster set to lead robotics and artificial intelligence systems research

    Lancaster and its partners have been awarded £1.3M to lead a break-through robotics and AI project funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

  • Pesticide dust danger in Pakistan

    Residents and workers in a major Pakistan city are exposed to harmful levels of pesticides, new research reveals.

  • Child-proofing the IoT

    Child-proofing the 'Internet of Things'

    Computer scientists are to explore how children can stay safe and retain their privacy as they engage with the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT).