Brighton, UK, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Psychologists at the University of Sussex have found that a person’s core disgust response is reduced if the source is within their own social group. In the study published today in Proceedings of the National … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr John Drury, Professor Stephen Reicher, University of Sussex
Brighton, UK, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Sussex economist, Mariana Mazzucato, will be awarded a major German prize in Berlin today (Monday 22 February) in a ceremony with Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, for her book championing the role of the state in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Economy, Education, United Kingdom
Tagged Hans-Matthöfer-Preis, Mariana Mazzucato, University of Sussex
Bee researchers at the University of Sussex are looking for volunteers for the third year of a successful ‘citizen science’ project, looking into whether there are enough bees left in our gardens and towns to properly pollinate fruit and vegetables. … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Sussex alumnus is using education to empower communities in one of the poorest countries in the world. Narciso Mahumana worked as a ‘nyamusoro’, a type of traditional healer, in Mozambique before travelling to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Education, ISEDEL, Mozambique, Narciso Mahumana, University of Sussex
BRIGHTON, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As musicians, figure skaters and anyone who takes a driving test will know, the anxiety of being watched can have a disastrous effect on your performance. Now neuroscientists at the University of Sussex’s Sackler Centre for … Read the full press release
Brighton, UK, 4-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following approval in July for the University of Sussex’s campus masterplan, architects are working up potential designs for a new building for the School of Life Sciences. The new £60 million building complex will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, United Kingdom
Tagged architects, Professor Michael Davies, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
OXFORD, 20-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new paper shows that British banks engaged in more offshore banking than any other financial centre. Researchers examining the resilience of the world’s financial centres after the global economic crisis conclude that the future … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Attempts by successive governments to boost entrepreneurship in areas with low rates of self-employment have largely failed, according to a new study by economists at the universities of Sussex and Sheffield. In a review of … Read the full press release
Human emotion can be transferred by technology that stimulates different parts of the hand without making physical contact with your body, a University of Sussex-led study has shown. BRIGHTON, 21-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sussex scientist Dr Marianna Obrist, Lecturer at … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 13-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Final-year Product Design students at the University of Sussex will be displaying a range of innovative and eco‑friendly creations at their degree show next week (14-17 April). Exhibits at the Design Show will include a … Read the full press release
Scientists have identified weak spots in cancer cells that could be targeted and attacked by new precision drugs. BRIGHTON, 2-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A major computational analysis by scientists at the University of Sussex and The Institute of Cancer Research, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Cancer Research UK, Daphne Jackson Trust, Dr Bissan Al-Lazikani, Dr Frances Pearl, drugs that exploit the inherent weaknesses of cancer cells, Nature Reviews Cancer, Professor Laurence Pearl, Professor Paul Workman, The Institute of Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research scientists, Tony Carr, University of Sussex
Just looking at somebody shivering is enough to make us feel cold, new University of Sussex research has found. Brighton, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Volunteers who watched videos of people putting their hands in cold water found their own body … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Neil Harrison, feel cold, Feeling cold is contagious, PLOS ONE, University of Sussex
A state-of-the-art centre to teach students the latest innovations in engineering and robotics is at the heart of a new £10 million investment at the University of Sussex. BRIGHTON, 12-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Half of the money (£4.9 million) for … Read the full press release
A new study has shown for the first time that people can be trained to “see” letters of the alphabet as colours in a way that simulates how those with synaesthesia experience their world. BRIGHTON, 19-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged alphabet as colours, Dr Daniel Bor, Dr Nicolas Rothen, synaesthesia, University of Sussex
A book about optical illusions, co-authored by a University of Sussex neuroscientist, has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize today (17 November). BRIGHTON, 19-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The prize is awarded annually for the best book that communicates … Read the full press release
A linguistic historian has helped to produce the first-ever online dictionary of Louisiana Creole to try to save the language from extinction. BRIGHTON, 19-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Christophe Landry, a native Louisianan and a PhD student in American History at the … Read the full press release
A fly’s sense of smell could be used in new technology to detect drugs and bombs, new University of Sussex research has found. BRIGHTON, 20-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Brain scientist Professor Thomas Nowotny was surprised to find that the ‘nose’ of … Read the full press release
Sussex, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Creating unmown areas in an urban park can significantly increase flowers and pollinating insects while also leading to a greater enjoyment of the space by people, according to a University of Sussex study. Researchers at the … Read the full press release
Sussex, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Published today (12 May 2014), the report looks at how initiatives such as community-owned solar panels, wind turbines and hydro-electricity generators, as well as energy-saving projects, could make big differences in tackling climate change. But while a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Community-led sustainable energy projects, Dr Gill Seyfang, EDF Energy, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC, Ms Mari Martiskainen, solar panel initiative in Brighton, solar panels, Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex, University of Sussex report
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