News - University of Birmingham

Thursday 27th September 2012

Birmingham-Nottingham Strategic Collaboration Fund Launched

Description: Two leading Midlands universities, the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, are building on their recent landmark collaboration by launching a £400,000 fund to support new joint projects. The money will help to deliver new scientific breakthroughs and innovations as well as supporting a range of other initiatives, such as developing new approaches to teaching at the two universities.
Date:: Thursday 27th September 2012
Categories:: Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching, Vice Chancellor

Sunday 9th September 2012

Description: Critically low water levels in many rivers could lead to the partial collapse of food chains that support aquatic life, according to research led by the University of Birmingham published in the journal Nature Climate Change today (09 September 12). This is the conclusion of one of the longest experiments on drought ever conducted in freshwaters.
Date:: Sunday 9th September 2012
Categories:: International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Friday 7th September 2012

Description: Scientific deep sea drilling vessel Chikyu has set a new world record by drilling down and obtaining rock samples from deeper than 2,111 meters below the seafloor off the Shimokita Peninsula of Japan.
Date:: Friday 7th September 2012
Categories:: International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Tuesday 4th September 2012

Description: If your dinner date chooses unhealthily from a restaurant menu, you are less likely to stick to healthy options, according to University of Birmingham research published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Date:: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

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