Feb 04, 2013
New study highlights impact of environmental change on older people
Recent natural disasters illustrate vulnerability of older people: majority of deaths from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Hurricane Katrin...
Feb 02, 2013
How do corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet?
Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures eve...
Feb 01, 2013
University of Southampton announces new project to engage young people in research
The University of Southampton has successfully bid for funding to launch a new project aimed at getting secondary school students enthusiastic about r...
Feb 01, 2013
The Power of Partnership
The Boao Review recently published an article on higher education reform by WUN Chief Executive Professor John Hearn. ...
Jan 29, 2013
New research facility designed to improve patient ca
Researchers in Southampton now have the benefit of a dedicated, brand new facility to develop and support pioneering research into patient safety and ...
Jan 21, 2013
WUN expands its European presence
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) welcomed 2013 with exciting news – the joining of Maastricht University to the global network....
Jan 17, 2013
Neon lights up exploding stars
An international team of nuclear astrophysicists has shed new light on the explosive stellar events known as novae....
Jan 14, 2013
New study reveals gas that triggers ozone destruction
Scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York have discovered that the majority of ozone-depleting iodine oxide observed over the remote ocean come...
Jan 14, 2013
Growing evidence of global warming threat to future food supplies
Increasingly hot summer weather could cause a fall in crop yields over the next two decades unless farming techniques are improved more quickly, scien...
