News: August 2018
Extreme weather in Europe linked to less sea ice and warming in the Barents Sea
This article by Yueng-Djern Lenn, Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, Benjamin Barton, PhD Researcher, School of Ocean Sciences and Camille Lique, Research scientist in physical oceanography, Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer) was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
Publication date: 30 August 2018
Surveying the Salamander’s Habitat in Honduras
A Bangor University student has just returned home from a six-week expedition to Honduras in Central America. Molly Mannion, 20, from Bangor has just completed the second year of her four-year MZool Zoology with Herpetology degree.
Publication date: 30 August 2018
Research methods that find serial criminals could help save tigers
A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, according to scientists who collaborated on an innovative conservation research study.
Publication date: 28 August 2018
Bangor University secures further EU funding for new research hub
Bangor University will benefit from a further £2.8m of EU funding for a new science and innovation hub to boost Wales’ shellfish industry, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford announced today [Monday 13 August].
Publication date: 13 August 2018
Five ways that natural nanotechnology could inspire human design
Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps to whales.
This article by John Thomas Prabhakar, Lecturer of Physical Chemistry (Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles), was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
Publication date: 13 August 2018
Bringing Bangor’s buzz to the Bay
Again this year, staff from Bangor University are contributing their expertise to a number of core and fringe events at this year’s National Eisteddfod, which is being held in Cardiff between 30-11 August.
Publication date: 3 August 2018
Widespread giant African cobra revealed to be five distinct species
Cobras are among the most widely known venomous snakes, and yet a new research paper (ZOOTAXA 1 August 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.3) has revealed that what was thought to be a single widespread cobra species, the forest cobra, is, in fact, made up of five separate species. Two of these species, the Black Forest Cobra and the West African Banded Cobra, are new to science and are first named in this paper.
Publication date: 2 August 2018