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May 14, 2014

Mobile phone data helps combat malaria

An international study led by the University of Southampton and the National Vector-borne Diseases Control Programme (NVDCP) in Namibia has used mobil...
May 14, 2014

Hone your research skills to satisfy your curiosity

The University of Southampton has launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to help people improve their research project skills and share ideas....
May 08, 2014

Aspirin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug

A new Cancer Research UK trial, involving the University of Southampton, investigating whether high doses of aspirin can help prevent permanent hearin...
May 02, 2014

National award for University multidisciplinary team

A multidisciplinary team from the University of Southampton has won a national prize for their innovative research into the future of sociology in the...
May 01, 2014

When it comes to health, WUN is at the front of the pack

12 of WUN's 17 member universities were among the top 100 in the The Times Higher Ed’s World University Rankings of Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Healt...
May 01, 2014

Southampton professor receives prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society

Professor Tim Leighton from the University of Southampton has been awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, ...
Apr 30, 2014

Mapping climate and energy measures

A WUN-funded research project aims to better understand the relationship between energy production and climate measures. The goal is to give decision-...
Apr 30, 2014

Genetic mix could benefit colonising plants and animals

Recently evaluated evidence suggests that organisms bred from different genetic lines have evolutionary advantages over more closely related members o...
Apr 17, 2014

WUN’s global family gathers in Cape Town for annual conference

Finding novel ways to address complex global issues such as climate change and public health was the recurring theme of this year’s WUN Annual Confe...