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Tuesday 26th November 2013

BAFTA Award-winning lecturer at Royal Holloway releases new film

BAFTA Award-winning lecturer at Royal Holloway releases new film
Description
Media Arts lecturer John Roberts, winner of two BAFTA awards, provided his students with a unique insight into the filmmaking industry, when directing his new film Day of the Flowers.
Date:
26/11/2013
Thursday 14th November 2013

Study finds context is key in helping us to recognise a face

Study finds context is key in helping us to recognise a face
Description
Why does it take longer to recognise a familiar face when seen in an unfamiliar setting, like seeing a work colleague when on holiday? A new study published today in Nature Communications has found that part of the reason comes down to the processes that our brain performs when learning and recognising faces.
Date:
14/11/2013
Tuesday 12th November 2013

New study finds trustworthy people are perceived to look similar to ourselves

New study finds trustworthy people are perceived to look similar to ourselves
Description
When a person is deemed trustworthy, we perceive that person's face to be more similar to our own, according to a new study published in Psychological Science
Date:
12/11/2013
Thursday 7th November 2013

Multi-million pound grant awarded to train UK's future scientific leaders

Multi-million pound grant awarded to train UK's future scientific leaders
Description
Royal Holloway and eight other world-leading institutions have announced the creation of a new London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), which will specialise in training the next generation of environmental scientists.
Date:
07/11/2013

Scientists take a step closer to developing vaccine against C. difficile

Description
A group of leading scientists from across Europe have launched a three-year project aimed at developing an oral vaccine against Clostridium difficile, an infection that kills around 4,000 people a year (almost four-times more than MRSA) and for which there is currently no effective treatments.
Date:
07/11/2013
Monday 4th November 2013

Important breakthrough in identifying the effect of epilepsy treatment

Important breakthrough in identifying the effect of epilepsy treatment
Description
50 years after valproate was first discovered, research published today in the journal Neurobiology of Disease, reports how the drug works to block seizure progression.
Date:
04/11/2013
Wednesday 23rd October 2013

London exhibition highlights Halloween traditions from around the world

London exhibition highlights Halloween traditions from around the world
Description
an international research team at Royal Holloway will host an exhibition that reveals the importance of the spirit realm for different cultures around the world.
Date:
23/10/2013
Wednesday 16th October 2013

First evidence that dust and sand deposits in China are controlled by rivers

First evidence that dust and sand deposits in China are controlled by rivers
Description
New research published today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews has found the first evidence that large rivers control desert sands and dust in Northern China.
Date:
16/10/2013

Major funding boost for the next generation of arts and humanities researchers

Major funding boost for the next generation of arts and humanities researchers
Description
A consortium led by Royal Holloway has been awarded a grant of £13.5 million to fund approximately 176 postgraduate students, in order to address the national need for highly skilled researchers in disciplines across the arts and humanities.
Date:
16/10/2013
Monday 7th October 2013

Stress a key factor in causing bee colonies to fail

Stress a key factor in causing bee colonies to fail
Description
Extended periods of stress can cause bee colony failures, according to new research published today in the journal Ecology Letters.
Date:
07/10/2013
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