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Public lecture on Mineral Depletion, Economic Growth and Climate Change
Professor Ugo Bardi, of the Club of Rome, and author of Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth is Plundering the Planet, will be giving a public lecture next week.
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Debates around sex industry based on ‘sexist stereotypes’, says report
More than a third of UK escorts advertising on a prominent website identify as male or trans, with more than two-thirds advertising to women, according to new research that paints a surprising picture of the UK sex industry.
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Chinese research investment for North West companies
Four North West businesses have received research and development funding from a Chinese government body.
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Palliative care expert informs new Quality of Death Index
A Lancaster researcher has been a key advisor on the new Quality of Death Index, published today by the business information arm of the Economist magazine.
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Lancaster academics named HR top thinkers
Professor Stephen Bevan and Professor Michael West have been voted in the top 20 of HR Magazine’s ‘Most Influential Thinker 2015’ list.
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World’s first global tree density map
The number of trees on the planet is around 3.04 trillion – a much larger number than previously thought, according to researchers publishing in Nature.
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New tool sheds light on how digital technologies are breaking down traditional life boundaries
A new online tool has been developed by UK university researchers to help people to understand how technology is affecting their lives.
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Engineering Building shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½’s new Engineering Building has been nominated for the Prime Minister’s Award, the highest accolade of the British Construction Industry Awards.
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National Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats launched
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ is to lead the UK’s new centre for the development and use of economic and social science research to understand, mitigate and counter security threats.
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¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ and Nettitude agree strategic cyber security research partnership
¶¶ÒõAPPµ¼º½ has agreed a strategic research partnership with Nettitude – a leading provider of cyber security services. The partnership will signal a range of collaborations, including joint research projects that will help to develop the knowledge and technologies needed to combat cybercrime.