Research by the University of Exeter has concluded that it is an evolutionary impulse that causes us to eat more in winter-and starting your diet on New Years Day isn’t the best new years resolution. This joint study with Bristol University claims that in colder months, when natural supply of food is low and our […]
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BINGO! Four new elements complete row on the Periodic Table
The discovery of four new elements and the subsequent completion of the seventh row of the periodic table, has chemists all over the world excited. Back in 2011, we saw the discovery of elements 114 (flerovium) and 116 (livermorium), both in row seven. Now, on the 30th of December 2015 the elements 113, 115, 117 […]
Exeter academics make world’s best list
Six academics from the University of Exeter have earned a place on a prestigious list of the world’s most influential minds, which was published earlier this week. Inclusion on the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list, which spans natural, biomedical and social sciences, represents a researcher’s ranking within the global top 1 per cent. Three […]
Be an MP and live longer, says Uni research
Long hours and high pressure decisions don’t seem to have done MPs too much bad – in fact, they’re living 28 per cent longer than their constituents, according to new research involving a University of Exeter PhD student. Conducted by John Dennis from the University Medical School and Dr Tim Crayford, chief medical advisor to […]
Climate change can erode mountains, study finds
Mountains aren’t as static and unchangeable as previously thought – they actually evolve with the Earth’s climate, according to ground-breaking new research by a team including an Exeter academic. The University’s Dr Ian Bailey took part in an international study investigating how climate and tectonic forces affect mountains over time. The research showed that during […]
Exeter University scientists bTB study to help the British farming industry
A new study by scientists at the University of Exeter may help the British farming industry, which is struggling with the impacts of bovine Tuberculosis (bTB). The study recognises the “significant economic burden” of bTB and aims to “explore the potential for landscape management to contribute to bTB control.” Since 2002, half of British dairy […]
The new ‘Red Scare’: processed meat causes cancer
J ust in time for Halloween, there was a new scare about town: a ‘Red Scare’. Except this twenty-first century version is more sausages than socialists. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), processed meats cause cancer, and red meat may do so too. Just 50g of the stuff each day – that’s two rashers […]
Groundbreaking new research facility launched at Penryn Campus
A groundbreaking new research facility has been officially launched at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus. The £5.5 million Science and Engineering Research Support Facility (SERSF) will bring together business, science and engineering disciplines. It was launched during a ceremony which was attended by local entrepreneurs, government officials, research collaborators, and University staff on the […]
Has life on Earth been around longer than we thought?
The journal PNAS has published research by geochemists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggesting that life began 300 million years earlier than previously thought. The significance of the results isn’t purely to do with the time difference: it’s about what was happening to the Earth during that period. “We generally believe Earth […]
Rare footage of ‘Paddington Bear’ captured by Exeter University biologist in Peru
An Exeter University biologist was part of the expedition team to capture some of the first ever footage of incredibly rare and endangered animals. The critically endangered bird, the Sira Currasow, and the spectacled bear on which the character Paddington Bear was based, were caught on camera by the biologists whilst on an expedition in […]