Lancaster scientists to lead £9.8M eco-innovation centre
Scientists and knowledge exchange experts at Lancaster University are set to lead a new global eco-innovation centre which will bolster the region's economy in key export markets and drive forward improvements in green technology and services. Read more comments
Lancaster University shares in £1.8m for research into food security
Lancaster University and four other institutions have been awarded approximately £1.8m for research into food security as part of a new Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scheme. Read more comments
News
Grasslands soils offer some insurance against climate change
The earth beneath our feet plays an important role in carbon storage - a key factor in climate change - and new research published in Nature Climate Change this week shows that in times of drought some types of soil perform better than others.
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Mon 30 January 2012
Touch Screen Democracy For The Twitter Generation
Researchers at Lancaster University have been using touch screen technology to help give teenagers more of a say in community life.
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Thu 26 January 2012
New forum to forge innovation between universities and industry
The Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has launched an Industry innovation Forum (IIF) to promote competitive advantage and economic growth.
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Wed 25 January 2012
LEC in China
Lancaster Environment Centre contributed to a high profile International Environmental Forum and co-organised the First International Workshop on Environment and Health in China with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Mon 23 January 2012
Events
Impact of Water Saving Agriculture on ground water levels and ecosystem services in NW China
Professor Shaozhong Kang, China Agricultural University
Monday 06 February 2012, 1400-1500
LEC Training Rooms 1 And 2
Professor Shaozhong Kang and colleagues will give some brief talks on their work on water saving agriculture in the Shiyang River Valley in NW China. The work links plant biology and food production to irrigation science and ecology. They are assessing the effects of water saving on ground water levels and the consequent effect of this on ecosystem services.
Walking With Diatoms: Explaining Ecological Status to the People Who Pay The Bills
Dr Martyn Kelly, Bowburn Consultancy
Thursday 09 February 2012, 1200-1300
Engineering Lecture Theatre 1
Martyn Kelly is a freshwater biologist with a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Durham, working with Prof Brian Whitton on heavy metal accumulation by aquatic bryophytes. He did post-doctoral research at Durham on stream ecology and on Mediterranean palaeoecology before becoming Senior Lecturer at the University of Jos (Nigeria) between 1989 and 1991. In 1992 he returned to Durham as National Rivers Authority Research Fellow which led...
UCAS Open Day - Environmental Science schemes
Saturday 11 February 2012
Lancaster Environment Centre
Environmental Science schemes open day.
The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme - assessing chemical threats to biodiversity
Professor Richard Shore, CEH Lancaster
Wednesday 15 February 2012, 1600-1700
LEC Training Rooms 1 And 2
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Twitter updates from SciTech at Lancaster:
- @ChemistryWorld on the 'new dawn' for chemistry at UK unis, with departments re-opening at Lancaster and elsewhere: http://t.co/A9ZoTy0rThursday 12 January
- Presentations put together by students at our recent Ogden Trust Physics Residential: http://t.co/HMJVetVMFriday 6 January
- Science and Technology at Lancaster's annual report is now available to download: bit.ly/xoZwlrFriday 6 January
- A bit of Friday fun - astonishing Quantum Levitation: http://t.co/ihl6KApf via @youtubeFriday 6 January
