Research
Displaying posts in the Category Research, which has 299 posts.
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Scientists aim to stamp out new horticultural pest
Gail Swift - June 7th, 2017
Scientists will pursue cutting-edge microbiology and robotics research in a bid to stop a destructive and abundant pest which is now threatening fruit…
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Tourists risk animal bites by misreading aggression in wild monk…
kmoss - June 1st, 2017
Wildlife tourists frequently fail to identify aggressive and distressed emotional states in wild monkeys – mistaking animals’ warnings of aggressi…
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From blue and black dresses to turbine blades – researchers re…
Gail Swift - May 25th, 2017
Whether it’s a blue and black dress – or white and gold depending on your take – or a pair of legs streaked with white paint, eagle-eyed viewers…
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Scientists tackle superbugs in world-first experiment for BBC do…
Gail Swift - May 18th, 2017
An unprecedented experiment to examine the bacteria, both good and bad, which grow on human skin has taken centre stage in a new BBC documentary explo…
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Academia and industry combine to develop cutting-edge radar syst…
Gail Swift - April 20th, 2017
A new research partnership has been launched which will see university engineers working alongside a leading satellite technology company to develop a…
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Eye movement research could hold the key to early Parkinson’s …
Gail Swift - April 12th, 2017
The way people with Parkinson’s use their eyes to complete simple tasks in both the real world and working at computers is being investigated by neu…
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Improving healthcare commissioning for probation: mapping the la…
Gail Swift - April 4th, 2017
Healthcare services available to people on probation and how they access them will be examined as part of a new research project. The project, funded …
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Suffrage Science Award for Lincoln psychology professor
Gail Swift - March 27th, 2017
A psychology professor whose research on childhood development has helped to teach children safe behaviour with dogs has been recognised for her work …
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Discovery that ‘size matters’ in cell-to-cell communication …
Gail Swift - March 27th, 2017
Size really does matter when it comes to the mechanisms that cells use to communicate with each other, according to pioneering new nanobiotechnology r…
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Rare cricket family sheds light on how extinct Jurassic species …
Gail Swift - March 17th, 2017
World-first research into a rare family of insects will help scientists understand how the common bush-crickets we are familiar with today developed t…
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New project to help students overcome barriers to academic succe…
Gail Swift - March 13th, 2017
The University of Lincoln, UK, is contributing to a major new £485,000 project designed to ensure that students confronted by challenging circumstanc…
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Could your pet contribute to pioneering animal research?
Gail Swift - March 6th, 2017
Pet owners are being invited to sign up to an academic database which is used to recruit participants for pioneering pet-friendly animal behaviour res…
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