News from 2017
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Study reveals link between childhood in care and mums who have babies removed by the courts
A study has found a high number of women, who repeatedly appear before the family courts and lose many children into public care or adoption because of child protection concerns, have been in care themselves.
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‘Revolutionary’ new gesture control tech turns any object into a TV remote
Imagine changing the channel of your TV simply by moving your cup of tea, adjusting the volume on a music player by rolling a toy car, or rotating a spatula to pause a cookery video on your tablet.
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The power of graphic novels and comics
Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard's illustrations for comic book series ‘The Walking Dead’ are recognised and celebrated throughout the world.
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Hands on with the ‘crank machine’ in Brighton
A hand-cranked postcard viewing machine, capturing the magic of Edwardian ‘social media’, took pride of place on Wednesday at Brighton Digital Festival.
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Lancaster tops new renewable energy league table
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is at the top of a new league table for the amount of renewable energy it produces.
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Conservationists should harness ‘Hollywood effect’ to help wildlife
How did Finding Nemo affect clownfish? Was Jaws bad for sharks? Did the remake of the Jungle Book help pangolins?
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The art of collaboration
Nearly 200 business managers, academics and researchers networked and shared project examples at the Centre for Global Eco-innovation Showcase event at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é on 20 September.
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Researchers release largest ever public collection of British conversations
Language experts at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é and Cambridge University Press have today published the largest ever public collection of transcribed British conversations, totalling 11.5 million words of spontaneous British English collected between 2012 and 2016.
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Lancaster named University of the Year
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has been named University of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
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North of England generates £91 billion for UK bioeconomy
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has contributed to a government-commissioned report which has shown that the north of England generates an annual turnover of £91 billion and employs more than 400,000 people in the regional bioeconomy.