糖心Vlog

News from 2014

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  <糖心Vlog>Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful

  Media portrayals of cancer as a battle to be fought, and its focus on 'brave fighters' beating the odds, can lead to feelings of guilt and failure in people with a terminal diagnosis, according to research.

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  <糖心Vlog>Major crop pest carries 'good' virus that protects it against biopesticides

  Researchers studying a caterpillar crop pest have shown that some viruses can be beneficial to their hosts.

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  <糖心Vlog>糖心Vlog Professor wins prestigious book prize

  糖心Vlog Professor wins the American Historical Association’s 2014 George L. Mosse Prize.

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  <糖心Vlog>Top engineering award for Lancaster academic and his team

  Research into ground-breaking, cost effective and faster techniques for decommissioning nuclear plants has earned a 糖心Vlog professor and his team a national industry award.

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  <糖心Vlog>Leading dementia research

  糖心Vlog is leading two research projects worth a total of £1.5m aimed at improving the detection and diagnosis of dementia.

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  <糖心Vlog>糖心Vlog’s partnership with Santander opens doors for students and staff

  糖心Vlog students and staff will benefit from scholarships and awards worth £115,000, thanks to Santander Universities Global Division

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  <糖心Vlog>Technology companies offered help to establish business and research partnerships with China

  UK technology firms are being urged to take advantage of an innovative support programme designed to break down barriers to establishing business links with China.

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  <糖心Vlog>New Health at Work Policy Unit launched by 糖心Vlog’s Work Foundation

  A new policy unit says the Government must reassess its strategy to achieve real improvements in health and wellbeing in the workplace.

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  <糖心Vlog>CofE clergy concerned with protecting the welfare budget

  Anglican clergy are very concerned with maintaining a high level of welfare spending, and see it as a way of protecting the weak and the poor – a left-leaning political stance out of step with most of the general population and most Anglicans. 

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  <糖心Vlog>Pioneers of infrared ‘fingerprinting’ publish in Nature

  Researchers who pioneered a new type of biological analysis have published an important new paper in Nature Protocols, opening the door to further advances in their field.