Exeter University has been ranked 161st in the QS World University Rankings, maintaining its position from last year. The QS World University Rankings is the largest international league table and places are allocated according to indicators such as academic and employer reputation. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, Professor Sir Steve Smith, said: “This latest ranking […]
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A summer of science
We asked what you thought were the best stories in Science and Tech this summer and surprisingly, a few incredible stories didn’t make the cut – including double head transplants and electric planes being flown across the channel. But here are the final five, the chosen few by you, as the best news of the […]
Mozart, Metallica and the mind
“Without music, life would be a mistake” – Friedrich Nietzsche Imagine it’s a Saturday night and you’re at a music festival. Pick any act you like; Beck can be settling down into an instrumental interlude, gently plucking away at his guitar strings, or Muse can be rising into a breath-taking solo. It doesn’t matter who you […]
Printing press: your daily tablets
Oliver Knight reveals how scientists at the University of Glasgow are pioneering the use of 3D printers to create drugs and other chemicals. Medical 3D printing took a step forward on the 15th of August as Ohio-based scientists created the world’s first 3D printed drug. Spritam levetiracetam, commercialised by the pharmaceutical company Aprecia, hopes that this revolutionary process […]
Sexism in science: “The trouble with girls”
After the shocking news that Sir Tim Hunt, esteemed scientist and Nobel prize winner, made completely sexist comments about female scientists at a conference in South Korea, Rebecca Hoard further discusses the problem of gender inequality in STEM subjects. Why are only 13% of STEM workers female? Well according to Milo Yiannopoulos, speaking during a […]
Smashed on science: Diet, disease and diabetes
SMASHED ON SCIENCE The debut of the ‘Pint of Science‘ festival recently took over Exeter pubs, and Exeposé Science and Tech are here to give you the best bits, and fill you in on what you may have missed. Solene Long provides a short snippet from the presentation “Diabetes: Islands of Hope”, hosted by Prof. Noel […]
Smashed on Science: Tempted, sugar coated and emotional!?!
SMASHED ON SCIENCE The debut of the ‘Pint of Science‘ festival recently took over Exeter pubs, and Exeposé Science and Tech are here to give you the best bits, and fill you in on what you may have missed. Jenya Siryk provides a short snippet from the presentation “Tempted, sugar coated and emotional!?!”, hosted by Prof. Noel Morgan at […]
Anyone up for a pint of politics?
Pavel Kondov catches up with Exeter lecturer Dr. Darren Schreiber after the ‘Pint of Science‘ presentation, discussing the topic of how your brain is built for politics. Dr. Schreiber began the interview by explaining how his political research relates to neuroscience. ‘I use brain imaging to study how the human brain thinks about political information. The […]