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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.
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Lancaster engineering graduate helps re-fire century-old coffee roaster
Engineers at Lancaster University are helping to bring a century-old artisan coffee roaster back to life.
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The fate of phosphate in our drinking water
Phosphate that is put into our drinking water to prevent lead poisoning can potentially cause environmental damage as a result of leakage, according to a ground breaking study by Lancaster University and the British Geological Survey (BGS).
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Microsoft thought-leader to deliver inspirational masterclass on the ‘Internet of Things’
A thought-leader from one of the world’s biggest companies is to explain how the ‘Internet of Things’ will revolutionise our lives during a special one-off talk at Lancaster University.
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Intensive biofuel planting poses risk to human health
The race to meet carbon-neutral biofuel targets could put human health and food crop production at risk unless it is carefully planned, according to new research.
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Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Green Challenge
Lancaster University Engineering department students William Wheatland and Phillip Rawcliffe travelled to Copenhagen to participate in the DTU Green Challenge (Gron Dyst) hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
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2015 Hardy Fellow Nalini Joshi at Lancaster University
The Hardy Fellowship commemorates a previous President of the London Mathematical Society. Previous fellowship lecturers at Lancaster University have included Persi Diaconis and Vaughan Jones.