Mobile allotments
27/06/2010
With more and more people looking for green spaces to grow their own food, and waiting lists for allotments in Wales around four years, a team of Welsh students have come up with a zero-carbon and affordable mobile growing space.
Y Gŵr Cadarn
25/06/2010
One of the earliest known plays in Welsh has been revived to delight and instruct audiences once again.
Wales set for new space mission
25/06/2010
Wales' first ambassador for space is set to embark on a new mission to encourage schoolchildren to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
£1M research award to study new smells through synthetic biology
24/06/2010
A team of scientists in the School of Chemistry at Cardiff University has been awarded more than £1M to carry out a collaborative study which among other applications could lead to more environmentally-friendly forms of pest control using nature’s own enzymes.
Lifetime achievement award for pancreas research
22/06/2010
The European Pancreatic Club, the world’s first scientific society dedicated to the study of the pancreas, has presented its lifetime achievement award to Professor Ole Petersen, Director of Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences.
UK science spotlights ocean acidification
22/06/2010
Welsh scientists are working with colleagues from around the United Kingdom to investigate the impacts of ocean acidification. Professor Paul Pearson of Cardiff University is among 101 scientists from 21 of the UK’s top scientific
institutions. The UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme consists of several projects working together to investigate different aspects of this global issue.
More-than-human geographies
18/06/2010
One of the UK’s most prominent human geographers is delivering a public lecture at Cardiff University in honour of a pioneer in the fields of geography and planning.
New link identified for bipolar disorder
17/06/2010
Lithium has been established for more than 50 years as one of the most effective treatments for manic depression, clinically termed bipolar disorder.