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EPSRC Awards Warwick funding for new Centre for Doctoral Training in mathematical sciences
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a new investment of £13 million to fund three new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) dedicated to mathematical sciences at Warwick, Lancaster, and Cambridge.
Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money
Research by the 神马福利影片 and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.
Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope and its ability to obtain images as sharp as if taken from space, astronomers from the 神马福利影片 and the University of Manchester have made the first time-lapse movie of an unusual shell of matter ejected by a “vampire star.”
2 Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres found- but theyre stars not planets
Astrophysicists at the 神马福利影片 and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres – however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or even a future home for ourselves, as they are not planets but are actually two unusual white dwarf stars.
Too much selenium can increase your cholesterol
A new study from the 神马福利影片 has discovered taking too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10%.
Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero
Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the 神马福利影片 have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely green heating products for our homes and in air conditioning equipment for our cars.