Lancaster University

Researchers at the University of Leeds and Lancaster University have identified a new potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease – PDE4B. Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia and disability in old age. As…

People with sight loss have welcomed a project enabling them to appreciate paintings at Lancaster Museum using touch. The School of Engineering at Lancaster University, Lancaster City Museums and Galloway’s Society for the Blind have…

A poster presentation co-authored by a Lancaster medical student has been awarded first place at the Faculty of Academic Psychiatry Conference 2024. The presentation was titled ‘Evaluating the Nutrition and Body Mass Index Clinical Link…

Researchers at Lancaster University have secured a £1 million grant to develop Artificial Intelligence approaches to studying colonial Spanish-American history. The History Department and the Digital Humanities Centre secured the grant…

Leading environmental campaigner and Britain’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas is all set to deliver the 2024 Lancaster Environment Lecture at Lancaster University. Lancaster-based literature festival ‘Litfest’ and Lancaster…

People are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These oily fish contain essential nutrients including calcium, B12 and omega-3 but some are lost…

Lancaster University’s status as one of the top UK universities for cyber security research has once again been recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The most recent assessment by the NCSC, a part of GCHQ (Government…

Old and new faces from Lancaster University's rich musical history scene gathered together on Saturday 16 March to celebrate the stories of stars including Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd to Joy Division and Tina Turner. To mark the rock…

Statisticians at Lancaster use cutting-edge AI algorithm to predict outbreaks of infectious diseases within hospitals. Dr Jess Bridgen and Professor Chris Jewell of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics have been working in…

The Work Foundation at Lancaster University – a leading think tank for improving working lives – warns the number of young workers on zero-hour contracts has reached a new record and says the UK needs to ‘catch up with the rest of the…