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Reducing the impact of a terrorist attack on trains and metros
Blast-resilient carriages that are better able to withstand a terrorist attack and ultimately save lives have been developed by a world-leading team of engineers at Newcastle.
Scintillating star: more sparkle with two eyes
The scintillating grid, where the grid appears to sparkle, has been shown to be more sparkly when you view it with both eyes rather than one eye.
Weighing the Ocean: Solving the biggest problem in sea level science
Oceanographers from Newcastle and Liverpool have thought of a novel way to measure the ocean – weigh it.
PhD student joins UN leaders for Rio+20 Earth summit
Civil Engineering PhD student Ed Byers will be blogging the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 20–22 June, after his essay on sustainability won first prize in a University competition. Here's his winning piece of work.
£5m grant for synthetic biology project
A collaboration including Newcastle University has been awarded almost £5 million to develop new technology in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
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.
