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Grant winners
22 March 2012 Times Higher
Jeremy Phillipson, Centre for Rural Economy, received a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council to develop an inter-professional network of land-based professions.
Vim up North leaves the rest trailing
22 March 2012 Times Higher
Report on the G8 collaboration of Northern universities, with comments from Professor Chris Brink.
University spin-out helps bring stability to crumbling slopes
22 March 2012 The Journal
A technique patented by Newcastle University spin-out company Elektrokinetic is being used to strengthen old rail and road embankments:
Centuries of history 'lost forever' as vandalism and theft take toll on heritage sites, says survey
21 March 2012 Mail online
A survey carried out by Newcastle University, Loughborough University and the Council for British Archaeology has found that 70,000 listed buildings - 18.7 per cent of the entire stock in England - were physically harmed by crime, while 30,000, or eight per cent, were substantially damaged.
'Builder's Tea' loses out to green tea
21 March 2012 Daily Telegraph
Last year, researchers at Newcastle University found that a cup of green tea a day appeared to protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and young people in particular are embracing the health benefits of green tea
Aspirin drug 'cuts cancer deaths by half'
21 March 2012 Sky News
Article detailing new findings also reports on a study carried out at Newcastle University.
Haze clears on ancient earth's early atmosphere
20 March 2012 New Scientist
Further coverage of biogeochemist Aubrey Zerkle's work dissecting the composition of the Earth's atmosphere before the "great oxygenation event".
Cameron: England's roads 'to be privatised'
19 March 2012 Sky News
Professor of Intelligent Transport Phil Blythe (live programme only) and visiting professor and AA President Edmund King comment on the news the Prime Minister is looking into the possibility of using private companies to invest in England's road network.
Early Earth hazy one day, clear the next
19 March 2012 ABC News
A 'see-sawing' atmosphere over 2.5 billion years ago preceded the oxygenation of our planet and the development of complex life on Earth, a new study has shown.
Will 10-year-olds be popping pills to live longer?
19 March 2012 BBC online
Professor Tom Kirkwood comments on attitudes to growing and living old and expresses his optimism for the future.
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