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New method for volcano eruption forecast developed

December 18, 2015
News
By estimating the pressure in the magma-chamber of a volcano, geologists have developed a method to accurately predict volcanic eruptions.
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Cardiff University wins prestigious award

December 18, 2015
News
Cardiff University’s mental health research facility, the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, has been awarded the UK’s most prestigious academic award – the Queen’s Anniversary Prize.
Life Sciences
Neuroscience
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Partnership to launch Compound Semiconductor Centre

December 18, 2015
News
IQE – supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers – and Cardiff University have announced new partnership aiming to build a Compound Semiconductor Centre.
Uncategorised
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Scientific passport required by Royal Society next year

December 17, 2015
News
From 2016, all papers submitted to the Royal Society will be required to have an identification code to make paper submissions easier.
Uncategorised
Policy
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Lead exposure can affect children’s sleep

December 16, 2015
News
Lead exposure in early childhood can increase the risk for sleep problems, new study finds.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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Tim Peake becomes first Brit in Space

December 15, 2015
News
Tim Peake will become the first British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station this week, taking part in a wide variety of experiments while he is in space....
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physics
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Ancient bees collected pollen in two ways

December 14, 2015
News
The ancestors of honeybees that lived 50 million years ago collected pollen in two ways.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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£10 million for University of Bristol spin-out

December 11, 2015
News
Funding worth £10.1 million has been awarded to the University of Bristol spin-out – developer of technology that uses ultrasound to create tactile sensations in mid-air – to grow its...
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Brain mechanism for durable memories revealed

December 10, 2015
News
Rehearsing information immediately after being given it may be all you need to make it a permanent memory, scientists from the University of Sussex suggest.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

December 9, 2015
News
Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previously thought.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Physics
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Meat-cooking compounds increase the risk of kidney cancer

December 7, 2015
News
Following a recent report by WHO suggesting the consumption of red and processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal cancer, new work has found that compounds produced when cooking...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Food & Beverage, Oncology
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Chicken study reveals speedy and dynamic evolution

December 7, 2015
News
Mutations in chicken genomes suggest that evolution rates could occur 15 times faster than previously thought.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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