23 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

Registration to Inaugural WUN Global China Conference is Now Open!

The Inaugural WUN Global China Conference "Family Transition, Ageing, and Social Security in China" will be held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong during 5-6 December 2013. The conference aims to examine key issues arising from family transition, ageing and social security in China and the mechanisms underlying these changes in various dimensions, including the social science and humanistic perspectives.

20 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

Climate forecasts shown to warn of crop failures

A new study has showed that in about one-third of global cropland, temperature and soil moisture has a strong relationship to the yield of wheat and rice at harvest. And, for those two key crops, the model could predict crop failures three months in advance for about 20 per cent of global cropland

20 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

“Regret-free” approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change

A new study, from the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which involves researchers from the University of Leeds, shows how decision-makers can sift through scientific uncertainty to understand where there is a general consensus.

12 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

Scientists develop ground-breaking new method of ‘starving’ cancer cells

A University of Southampton Professor, in collaboration with colleagues at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, have discovered a novel way of killing cancer cells.

10 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

Funding boost to help tackle major health challenges in the South

Health researchers from Southampton have been given £9million to help them tackle some of the South’s most pressing health problems.

9 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

The ‘genetics of sand’ may shed new light on evolutionary process over millions of years

An evolutionary ecologist at the University of Southampton, is using ‘grains of sand’ to understand more about the process of evolution.

7 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

Gold ‘nanoprobes’ hold the key to treating killer diseases

Researchers at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, have developed a technique to help treat fatal diseases more effectively.

1 Aug 2013 • Posted in News

2013 WUN Research Development Fund announced

WUN today announced the 2013 round of the Research Development Fund (RDF).

31 Jul 2013 • Posted in News

Career Opportunity - WUN Business Development Manager

WUN is seeking a Business Development Manager to take on responsibility for the development and funding of the research programs of WUN.

11 Jul 2013 • Posted in News

New hope in the fight against childhood cancer

Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Southampton are seeing positive results in a pre-clinical trial that could bring treatments for a particular aggressive form of childhood cancer closer to reality.

Registration to Inaugural WUN Global China Conference is Now Open!

Climate forecasts shown to warn of crop failures

“Regret-free” approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change

Scientists develop ground-breaking new method of ‘starving’ cancer cells

Funding boost to help tackle major health challenges in the South

The ‘genetics of sand’ may shed new light on evolutionary process over millions of years

Gold ‘nanoprobes’ hold the key to treating killer diseases

2013 WUN Research Development Fund announced

Career Opportunity - WUN Business Development Manager

New hope in the fight against childhood cancer

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