Lancaster University

A data scientist from Lancaster Medical School has co-authored a guide for researchers to help them communicate the results of their research more effectively.Nicola Rennie is one of three authors working on a project with the Royal…

From Squid Game to Parasite, a fascination with Korean popular culture helped inspire a Lancaster University statistician to pen a prize-winning article.Robyn Goldsmith, a PhD student at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in…

A world leading team of scientists has been awarded over £7M to develop radically new disruptive organic materials for everything from smart textiles to self-powered patches for healthcare.The five-year project funded by the EPSRC…

Lancaster University has appointed a contractor to develop a full-scale refurbishment of its existing Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) East Estate buildings.The refurbishment will start next year and will complete the…

Lancaster University has been awarded a £200,000 Research Project Grant from the Leverhulme Trust to develop autonomous power and energy systems modelled on the self-organisation of living systems.The project led by Dr Xiandong Ma from…

A Lancaster University researcher celebrates the work of local photographer Sam Thompson for a museum podcast as part of a series of local history podcasts and exhibitions to mark 100 years of Lancaster City Museums.Dr Patricia…

A new study has revealed why coral reefs can thrive in seemingly nutrient poor water, a phenomenon that has fascinated scientists since Charles Darwin.The research, which included scientists at Lancaster University, shows that corals farm…

William Shakespeare used the word dotage to capture reduced mental ability (as in being blindly in love) rather than as a quaint term for old age, successes were really outcomes – one could talk of a ‘bad success’ – and, it turns out, the…

Imagination Lancaster, the design-led research laboratory at Lancaster University, and Wash Studio, of Preston, will host a special event focussing on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the creative industries in the North West of…

Three Lancaster University professors have argued that it is time to move beyond a medicalised approach to assisted dying.Despite growing legal and medical support for assisted dying, many healthcare professionals do not want to be…