News from 2016
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Biometric authentication idea scoops business prize for Lancaster students
Three Lancaster University students have scooped first prize at the final of the national Santander Big Ideas competition.
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Jupiter’s X-ray aurora is sparked by the solar wind
The solar wind around Jupiter is causing intense X-ray bursts over the planet’s polar regions, according to research.
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Wage supplements – price for a job or means of earning a living?
Wage poverty is an endemic problem in Britain because of the way wages are thought about – as a price for a job, rather than as a means of earning a living.
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Lancaster’s leading role in Government’s Northern Powerhouse ‘Science and Innovation Audit’
Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson have selected the Sheffield City Region and Lancashire as one of the UK’s first Science Innovation Audit sites to identify investment opportunities and enhance research innovation and infrastructure across Britain.
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Design for Life
A Lancaster University-based designer is exhibiting his work at Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin in Coniston, this spring.
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World-ranking departments
Key subjects at Lancaster University are ranked among the world's elite and featured in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 published on www.topuniversities.com.
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Lancaster University helps BBC get kids coding
Computer scientists at Lancaster University have developed the ‘lightweight operating system’ for the new BBC micro:bit that is being given to almost a million school children this week.
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New database provides link to Edwardian social media
A new public searchable database provides access to a unique and inspirational treasure trove of amazing stories and pictures through what Lancaster University researchers term the ‘social media’ of the Edwardian era.
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Longer opening hours lead to heavier drinking and severe health damage
Increased alcohol availability in England has led to increased heavy drinking and, as a consequence, poorer physical and mental health outcomes for heavy drinkers. That is the central finding of research by Professor Colin Green and Dr Maria Navarro Paniagua from Lancaster University Management School.
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Gender dimension of trafficking in human beings
Human trafficking has a gender dimension that must be addressed if the crime is to be prevented, a new study finds.