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  • Making chemicals safer

    Elevating the literature review to the status of a science has won PhD student Paul Whaley Lancaster University's ‘Impactful Researcher’ Enterprise Award.

  • Student wins national scholarship for engineering talent

    A student from Lancaster has celebrated their success after receiving a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). They are just one of a talented set of engineering students who have won the prestigious award.

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    Revolutionary ‘self-healing’ products

    Lancaster is part of a consortium that will undertake ground-breaking research into products utilising new composite materials that have the ability to regenerate or ‘self-heal’.

  • Fair access to fish

    Researcher wins a prestigious €1.5M grant to explore how small scale fisheries can help prevent malnutrition in East Africa.

  • Hydrology prizewinner

    Student beats the odds to win recognition for his master’s dissertation and show that with the right support “you can do pretty much anything.”

  • The window for saving the world's coral reefs is rapidly closing

    The world’s reefs are under siege from global warming, according to a novel study published today in the prestigious journal Science.

  • VMSG award for Lancaster volcanologist

    Dr Hugh Tuffen has been recognised by his peers for his outstanding research, enthusiastic leadership and profile raising activities.

  • Breaking the deadlock on ivory

    Scientists propose a process to protect endangered African elephants that takes into account conflicts over values.

  • Real world PhDs

    Solving real-world problems with businesses while getting a PhD was a winning combination for students graduating from the Centre for Global Eco-innovation.

  • Orchids

    The illegal wild orchid trade

    Large-scale commercial trade of wild orchids is a pressing, but little-recognised conservation problem, according to researchers.