News archive 2015
Wolfson Foundation donates £2m towards future of science at Exeter
Exeter has received a £2 million gift from The Wolfson Foundation to support the establishment of a new Living Systems Institute, which will pioneer a new approach to treating the world’s most serious diseases.
Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
The risk of extreme La Niña events in the Pacific Ocean could double due to global warming, new research has shown.
New game shuffles the pack of top female scientists
Do you know why Dorothy Hill or Rosalind Franklin are considered pioneers in their fields, or who left the greatest legacy - Ada Lovelace or Marie Curie? The answers could be resolved in a new game, created by students at the University of Exeter.
Study seeks to understand variations in the rate of global warming
A new study has looked at slow-downs in the rate of global surface warming, despite ongoing increases in the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Penryn Campus postgraduates host successful student conference
Penryn Campus postgraduate students celebrated their research achievements at Exploring Research in Cornwall, an annual conference supported by the University of Exeter's Researcher Development programme.
Research shows alternating antibiotics could make resistant bacteria beatable
Pioneering new research has unlocked a new technique to help combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, that cause debilitating and often life-threatening human illness.
Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide makes trees use water more efficiently
The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration has allowed trees across Europe to use their available water resources more efficiently, new research has shown.
Study highlights ways to boost weather and climate predictions
Long range weather forecasts and climate change projections could be significantly boosted by advances in our understanding of the relationship between layers of the Earth’s atmosphere - the stratosphere and troposphere.
Study examines hiatus in lower-stratosphere cooling rates
A reduction in harmful human emissions that caused a depletion of the ozone layer has led to a hiatus in lower-stratosphere cooling, a new study has indicated.
University of Exeter scientists receive Epilepsy Research UK research grant
University of Exeter scientists have received grant worth almost £150,000 to fund their crucial research, which could revolutionise epilepsy is diagnosed.
Climate engineering may save coral reefs, study shows
Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.
Flies, sandflies and statistics
Summer workshop of national mathematicians' group will share innovative methods for collecting and analysing ecological data.
Two top Exeter researchers secure distinguished science award
Two world-leading scientists from the University of Exeter have been honoured with a prestigious national science award.
Urgent research needed on predicting future regional climate change, report demands
Crucial research into the changing spatial patterns of future climate patterns is urgently needed, a new review article has concluded.
Ocean circulation rethink solves climate conundrum
Researchers from the University of Exeter believe they have solved one of the biggest puzzles in climate science.
Research reveals how global warming will impact Earth’s carbon cycle
New findings reveals how global warming will feedback on the carbon cycle and lead to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Exeter scientists receive the latest NERC funding for strategic research
University of Exeter researchers are pleased to be among the recipients of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) highlight topics grants – one of the new ways in which NERC is funding strategic research.
How best to tackle dangerous climate change: Exeter’s ‘Global Conversation’ comes to New York
The pivotal issue of how best to address perilous global climate change will be discussed by world-leading experts, at a special event in New York.
Immediate and aggressive action needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, study says.
Greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced aggressively and immediately because there are significant constraints to large-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies in the future, new research has shown.
Exeter part of £10 million investment for new maths centres to tackle life-threatening diseases
Exeter will pioneer new methods for managing and treating chronic health conditions at a ground-breaking new maths-based research centre.
Exeter academics make world’s best list
Six University of Exeter academics appear on a list of the world’s most influential scientific minds that is published this week.