Science news articles about 'university of essex'

  • Alzhemier's Research Trust funding for University of Essex

    The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Essex has received over GBP27,000 from the Alzheimer's Research Trust. Dr Jody Mason, a lecturer within the Department, will use this grant ...
  • University of Essex serves up Halloween treat for Russell T Davies

    ... . The writer of BBC's popular TV series Dr Who will be served up this Halloween surprise from the University of Essex when he appears on the Richard and Judy television show on Friday 31 October...
  • DIY microscope transforms university research

    A resourceful lecturer at the University of Essex has turned his hand to a spot of DIY and built a high-tech microscope that will transform the university's ability to ...
  • Video games and violence

    ... today in the International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, Patrick Kierkegaard of the University of Essex, England, suggests that there is scant scientific evidence that video games are ...
  • Funding for fisheries management

    Dr Edward Codling of the University of Essex has received over GBP85,000 worth of funding towards a project developing alternative approaches to fisheries management and assessment...
  • Learning about lasers

    The Department of Computing and Electronic Systems at the University of Essex has received over GBP120,000 for a prestigious EU Marie Curie Fellowship...
  • World's largest household longitudinal study launches

    ... environments around the world." Understanding Society Director, Professor Nick Buck of University of Essex, said: "We are very pleased to lead this exciting project which will provide high quality ...
  • Seeing color in 'blindsight'

    ... visual awareness, a notion that is challenged by the current findings, according to Juha Silvanto of the University of Essex. "The implication is that even though [lesions in this part of the brain] ...
  • New study calls for global project finance reform

    ... social and environmental targets. The research team, led by Professor Sheldon Leader of the University of Essex, conducted interviews with the full range of actors, including public and private ...
  • Why we can never recover from first love

    ... Malcolm Brynin, principal research officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex.Brynin found that the euphoria of first love can damage future relationships. " ...
  • Can networked human computation solve computer language comprehension?

    Researchers at the University of Essex hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives...
  • 2.5 million to analyse port pollution

    Researchers at the University of Essex have been awarded a share of GBP2.5 million to develop robotic fish that ... a port. Professor Huosheng Hu will lead the Essex robotics team, joined by Dr John Gan ...
  • Microbes in mud flats clean up oil spill chemicals

    ... by breaking down petrochemical residues. Research by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the University of Essex, presented at the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Harrogate today (Monday ...
  • Cross-national research gets underway

    ... of people across the 'new Europe' are being examined as part of a new innovative project involving researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex...
  • Sticky floors and glass ceiling research

    ... researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex to look at pay gaps experienced by minority ethno-religious groups and disabled people...

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