This training session open to University of Lincoln academic staff will provide an introduction to research impact, within academia and beyond. The session will focus on: • Why impact is important • To understand what impact is • How to…
Plug in to a healthier future
Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patients’ health records from all across the European Union, has been launched. The European Commission project, MyHealthAvatar, is designed to give people more knowledge and control of their health…
New procedure to combat threat from mercury in museum specimens
A safe and cheap procedure to aid the reduction of harmful levels of toxic pesticides in museums’ plant specimens has been discovered. Historically, museums and other collectors applied pesticides to botanical materials to prevent insect and fungal damage, commonly using…
Incredible archive of engineering history is saved for future generations
A vast archive of documents, photographs and films spanning 150 years of Lincolnshire’s engineering history has been preserved for posterity. The Ruston Hornsby (Siemens) Archive contains nationally significant material revealing the central role played by Lincolnshire companies in England’s industrial…
Lizards facing mass extinction
Climate change could lead to dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research published this week. Globally it has been observed that lizards with viviparous reproduction (retention of embryos within the mother’s body)…