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Apr 10, 2014

Launch of WUN collaborative MOOC on globalisation of higher education and research

As we preluded in October last year, WUN stepped into the world of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in late March with the launch of the Globali...
Apr 08, 2014

Unexpected results in cancer drug trial

Research from the University of Southampton has shown a drug, used in combination with chemotherapy to treat advanced colorectal cancer, is not effect...
Apr 02, 2014

Assessing how people adapt to climate change in deltas: case studies in Asia and Africa

Researchers from the University of Southampton are leading an international project to understand the effect of climate change on people living in del...
Apr 02, 2014

Southampton Professor wins prestigious award

Professor Cyrus Cooper of the University of Southampton has been awarded The 2014 ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize for his distinguished body ...
Mar 28, 2014

Damaging effects of biochar on plant defence casts doubt on geoengineering claims

In the first study of its kind, research undertaken at the University of Southampton has cast significant doubt over the use of biochar to alleviate c...
Mar 27, 2014

David Willetts champions competition and collaboration in science and technology

In a keynote address to newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, the Rt Hon David Willetts encoura...
Mar 27, 2014

Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought

A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with...
Mar 27, 2014

Early pregnancy alcohol linked to heightened premature and small baby risk

Research by the University of Leeds has linked drinking alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy to a higher risk of having a premature or u...
Mar 27, 2014

Leading minds gather in Cape Town to explore threats and solutions at the intersection of public health and climate change

Scientists, practitioners, and representatives of community organisations, government bodies and industry will gather in Cape Town on Saturday 29 and ...