Lancaster University Custom RSS Feed http://news.lancs.ac.uk Could trees reduce pollution in busy streets? An experiment being conducted on the A6 in Lancaster for the BBC may provide the answer. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Residents-help-Lancaster-University-research-roadside-particulate-pollution--.aspx 71899530-726f-42b3-9633-9323bebf5b71 2013-05-17T00:00:00.0000000Z A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Billion-year-old-water-could-hold-clues-to-life-on-Earth-and-Mars.aspx ad1f1ebb-1f03-4201-942c-d8520c606f0c 2013-05-16T00:00:00.0000000Z A project revealing the social and emotional impact of flooding and an entrepreneurship unit providing business development programmes for SMEs earned Lancaster University recognition in a top research council award. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-University-makes-a-double-Impact-at-awards.aspx 555d6a1c-cf2d-4a2f-9c87-978b0dde5dba 2013-05-15T00:00:00.0000000Z Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen footprint’. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/First,-carbon-footprints now-you-can-calculate-your-nitrogen-footprint-.aspx 6d20836f-fd6c-4364-bb7c-7e12fee0f346 2013-05-15T00:00:00.0000000Z The University is shocked and saddened following the death of 22-year-old student Ryan Rostron. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Ryan-Rostron.aspx 5194fa4a-e7ec-429c-941c-fe677eec68fe 2013-05-14T00:00:00.0000000Z The University’s Travel Plan has been so successful that targets set for 2015 for bus use, car sharing and sole occupancy car use have already been achieved. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Staff-and-students-get-on-the-bus--.aspx aab981b8-4977-4b96-990f-92ecc0a0ff2b 2013-05-13T00:00:00.0000000Z Marketing is ranked first in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2014 and 12 other subjects are ranked in the top ten. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-subjects-score-highly-in-UK-and-global-league-tables-.aspx 04295c7f-0221-480f-a34c-7f10d1cbd217 2013-05-10T00:00:00.0000000Z University-based ‘Security Lancaster’ is to be part of a bid to increase UK-India cyber security research collaborations tackling key issues demanding global cooperation. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Security-Lancaster-expert-to-play-a-leading-role-in-UK-India-cyber-security-team.aspx e2623992-a4f5-48a0-ba06-dfecda6aae2f 2013-05-08T00:00:00.0000000Z A digital jukebox which uses social networking to select music has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Social-media-enables-interactive-jukebox.aspx 52a6f83b-33da-41b2-b2c4-4a9b105b4dbb 2013-05-08T00:00:00.0000000Z Professor Peter Checkland and Ian Miller MBE have been awarded Honorary Fellowships in recognition of their distinguished service. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Honorary-Fellowships-2013-.aspx d9ebed7f-06f9-4c91-aecc-5911e7135e47 2013-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z A Lancaster-based business whose chief executive is a professor at the university’s School of Computing and Communications is to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Royal-seal-of-approval-for-Rinicom.aspx 969737c3-72b7-41f4-a6fc-c9c4600ad518 2013-05-02T00:00:00.0000000Z MP Eric Ollerenshaw visited Lancaster University with members of the city’s business community to find out how the higher education institution is supporting regional firms. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/MP-gleans-insight-into-business-support-project.aspx 2b36847c-664c-4377-a0f4-3835f7004054 2013-05-01T00:00:00.0000000Z The University’s Curate the Campus arts project sees artists staging creative projects in unusual locations across campus. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Hear a dawn chorus concert from David Attenborough’s sound recordist.aspx f57cc10f-4cb9-443e-b406-b1e73b1be308 2013-04-30T00:00:00.0000000Z A way to improve detection rates in police interviews has been discovered by researchers following a mock terrorism scenario where suspects plotted to blow up a building. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/How-to-spot-liars-in-official-interviews.aspx d28afd8d-41d5-44f7-8e2b-f53781d892dd 2013-04-29T00:00:00.0000000Z New research shows girls with learning and physical disabilities are more likely to suffer period problems compared to the general population. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Managing-menstrual-problems-of-girls-with-disabilities-presents-medical-dilemma.aspx d114b7f9-066c-46ad-bf0b-cb275f632dd1 2013-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster University has risen nine places to tenth in the UK in a survey of the best student experience. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-ranked-in-top-ten-for-best-student-experience.aspx 4dab0c78-a76c-4604-aebb-9e17404d7c14 2013-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z Scientists at the Lancaster Environment Centre have shown that a grass hybrid species can help reduce the impact of flooding. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/New-grass-species-could-help-reduce-the-likelihood-of-flooding.aspx 4feb155e-7e0f-4e1b-b618-eafe5f54251f 2013-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z ​Financial disadvantage does not necessarily lead to pupils’ exclusion from American-style high school proms, according research carried out by the Universities of Bath, Lancaster and Stirling. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Study-shows-teenagers-can-have-a-ball-without-excess-.aspx 54fceab0-db5a-4233-ad66-c20acea29985 2013-04-24T00:00:00.0000000Z A film made by a Lancaster physicist in the Arctic circle is among four chosen for a British Universities Film and Video Council award. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/National-award-for-northern-lights-film.aspx f1a7be1c-82fa-49de-9a6f-c92256595f60 2013-04-23T00:00:00.0000000Z Experienced clubbers are more likely to add the former ‘legal high’ mephedrone to their drug repertoires rather than use it to replace popular established club drugs such as ecstasy and cocaine, according to new research. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Mephedrone-boosts-illegal-drug-use.aspx 7560de4c-13d6-4bf5-b460-472611f1952f 2013-04-22T00:00:00.0000000Z