News from 2016
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Researchers ranked among world's most influential
Three ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ researchers have been listed in the Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for 2016.
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Africa-Lancaster Springboard for International Collaboration
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ Ghana has hosted a high level research and enterprise development event to bring together ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ staff with representatives from academia, business, government in Ghana and the wider West African area.
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New hazard caused by volcanic eruptions discovered
Research has identified, for the first time, a new type of hazard caused by explosive volcanic eruptions.
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Lancaster researchers in ground-breaking Beijing air quality study
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ scientists are taking part in one of the largest ever studies of urban air pollution.
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What your choice of smartphone says about you
Android users are more honest than iPhone users say psychologists, in a study which is the first to find a link between personality and smartphone type.
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Handy Gazetteer captures changing face of Cumbria
A new A to Z guide, the first of its kind and published today, provides a snapshot history of every community in Cumbria.
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Multi-million pound Large Hadron Collider upgrade project launched
A new multi-million pound international project led by the University of Manchester and ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½, who are both part of the Cockcroft Institute, has been launched to contribute to the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva.
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Photosynthesis breakthrough could boost food crops
Researchers have increased plant productivity by boosting levels of three proteins involved in photosynthesis, according to a new study in the journal Science.
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Award of £2m for Waitrose research partnership
Waitrose is to lead a £2m collaborative training partnership with ¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ to address global food security.
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Flood risk innovation prize
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ in partnership with environmental consultancy JBA has won a UK Government competition for innovation in reducing flood risk.