Clickable history
09 May 2013Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers...
Has the nation reached its sell-by date?
09 May 2013Dr Malachi McIntosh, Lecturer in Postcolonial and Related Literatures, wonders what Britishness is, as Granta magazine publishes its influential, once-per-decade ‘Best of Young British Novelists’...
‘Polluted’ stellar graveyard gives glimpse of our Solar System after Sun’s implosion
09 May 2013Research indicates the existence of Earth-like planets in dead solar system through latest chemical analysis techniques
Climate change: can nature help us?
08 May 2013Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and coastal erosion?
Mood-tracking app paves way for pocket therapy
08 May 2013An Android app which keeps tabs on users’ mood swings and works out what might be causing them has been developed by researchers, with implications...
Cinematic geographies of Battersea
07 May 2013Research is combining film ‘archaeology’ with digital technology to create a new approach to ‘sites of memory’ for the London borough of Battersea.
Fostering understanding between the Islamic world and the West
07 May 2013Frankie Martin, MPhil student in the Department of Social Anthropology will speak tonight at the showing of a documentary Journey into America: The Challenge of...
The world of Francis Willughby: the man who compiled the first ornithology
03 May 2013In his short life Francis Willughby immersed himself in the study of natural history yet he has been overshadowed by more famous peers. In a...
Scientists develop simple blood test to track tumour evolution in cancer patients
02 May 2013Research sheds light on how tumours develop drug resistance