Research
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The Future of Botany: Historical Herbarium Meets Modern Plant Ar…
Gail Swift - October 9th, 2017
Botanists from the University of Lincoln are part of a new three year project which will help to safeguard our understanding of plants and the environ…
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Tiny poisonous Brazilian frogs are ‘deaf’ to their own c…
Gail Swift - October 3rd, 2017
Tiny Brazilian frogs still ‘sing’ despite not being able to hear themselves – this is the surprising discovery of new scientific research. T…
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Scientists win prestigious grant to pursue antibiotic research t…
Gail Swift - September 15th, 2017
A team of scientists has won coveted research funding as part of an international competition which aims to conserve antibiotics for future generation…
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Astrophysicist brings findings from far-away planets to Lincoln
Gail Swift - September 1st, 2017
As one of the most scientifically rich voyages ever undertaken in our solar system reaches its dramatic conclusion, an astrophysicist who examines dat…
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Children aged three to ten become latest ‘Summer Scientist…
Gail Swift - August 29th, 2017
More than 240 children were given a taste of scientific research when they became ‘Summer Scientists’, helped by staff and students as part of a m…
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Chimpanzees have empathetic personalities, new research reveals
Gail Swift - August 18th, 2017
Scientists have shown that chimpanzees demonstrate empathetic tendencies – the ability to share and understand the emotions of others – but just l…
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People who embrace the arts more likely to help others
Gail Swift - August 3rd, 2017
People who embrace the arts are statistically more likely to help others by giving to charity or volunteering, regardless of income or social backgrou…
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Gamblers more likely to have suffered childhood traumas, researc…
Gail Swift - August 2nd, 2017
Men with problem and pathological gambling addictions are more likely to have suffered childhood traumas including physical abuse or witnessing violen…
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From driving fast to making judgements in sports: scientists unc…
Gail Swift - July 31st, 2017
Football officials watching slow-motion clips or drivers changing from motorways to 30mph zones could be unconsciously mis-judging speed – and the p…
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Touchscreen test reveals why some birds are quicker to explore t…
Gail Swift - July 10th, 2017
Birds such as parrots and crows have been using touchscreen technology as part of an international research study examining whether the ways in which …
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Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ such as MRSA…
Gail Swift - June 29th, 2017
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin – a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant inf…
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Could ‘saline agriculture’ be the future of coastal farming?…
Gail Swift - June 20th, 2017
One of Europe’s leading climate change experts detailed the extreme challenges facing farmers around the world at the latest in a series of industry…
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