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The hidden cost of cannabis
Around £200m of electricity is being stolen every year to run illegal cannabis farms across the UK.
Keeping older drivers on the road
A unique research car which monitors our concentration, stress levels and driving habits while we’re sat behind the steering wheel is being used to develop new technologies to support older drivers.
Investment in Singapore will transform campuses
Newcastle University continues its overseas development with the unveiling of major improvements to its Singapore operations.
Graduates' invention could ease winter blues
A device invented by Newcastle graduates Roland Glancy and Simon Barker could help keep people warm next winter and save on their fuel bills at the same time.
10,000 computer simulations show Earth could heat up three degrees by 2050
A project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers’ home computers has found that a global warming of three degrees Celsius by 2050 is ‘equally plausible’ as a rise of 1.4 degrees.
Do you remember the 1995 or 1949 British Science Festival?
The British Science Festival returns to Newcastle for the seventh time in September 2013. Do you remember previous Festivals in 1995 or even 1949? If so, please send us your photos and memories.
New book celebrates life on the North East coast
A book of drawings, photos, poems and prose capturing the beauty of the North East's coastline has been produced by the School of Marine Sciences and Technology (MAST).
A simulating driving experience at TORG
A state-of-the-art driving simulator at TORG, which lets transport researchers study how age affects driving ability, will be open to guests at CW12. Amelia Wareing and Maria Douglas take a virtual spin.
Jatropha research could provide key to future of biofuels
Work being carried out by a Malaysian student at Newcastle University could transform the biofuels industry by refining the process of converting a common shrub into oil.
Oliver Hinton bows out
Newcastle University says 'bon voyage' to Professor Oliver Hinton—Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering—who retires at the end of December.
