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A team of three University of Cape Town (UCT)-affiliated researchers are part of a project to develop sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) farming, or echinoculture, using integrated multi-trophic aquaculture and taking it from the research…

A fire in Central Park seems to appear as a smoke plume and a line of flames in a satellite image. Colorful lights on Diwali night in India, seen from space, seem to show widespread fireworks activity.Both images exemplify what a new…

Reading ranked 101-200 out of 1,115 institutions in the world who took part, and 21 among UK universities, with an overall score of 84.5. Reading also ranked in the top 30 in three categories.The annual THE Global Impact Rankings, now in…

In the largest study of sink bacteria conducted outside of hospitals, scientists at the University of Reading discovered communities of similar bacteria that largely remain down our drains after hand washing.The researchers found that…

This is the first time that the University of Exeter has participated in the ranking, and placed 63rd -with an overall score of 88.7 out of 100 - from 1155 institutions worldwide. Exeter ranked 63rd in the world in Times Higher Education…

Climate 'tipping points' need not be the end of the worldThe disastrous consequences of climate "tipping points" could be averted if global warming was reversed quickly enough, new research suggests.Once triggered, tipping points may lead…

In total, there are 18 Exeter-based climate scientists in the global top 1,000 – six from the University of Exeter, nine from the Met Office, and three with joint-positions with both institutions. UK’s top five most influential climate…

John Vincent was the best-known historian in this University during the 1970s and 1980s, being a true public figure as well as a leading scholar: he declined invitations to write the official biographies of both Margaret Thatcher and…

Albotherm’s new temperature responsive glass coating reflects sunlight, reducing the energy required to cool agricultural, domestic and commercial buildings, which is expected to account for 13% of global energy use by 2050.As…

Dr John Hibberd, who played a major role in the life of the German Department from his arrival in 1963 to his retirement in 2000 and beyond, passed away earlier this month. This appreciation of his life and career as a teacher, translator…