Bangor Student Research Reaches Global Headlines
Research conducted by students at Bangor University, working with Friends of the Earth, has attracted global media attention. As mentioned in the last issue of Seren, Bangor University was commissioned...
View ArticleCan You Get A Sexy Salmon?
New research reveals that farmed salmon have smaller ‘jaw hooks’ or ‘kype’- a secondary sexual trait, likened to the antlers of a stag, making them less attractive to females than their wild salmon...
View ArticleGetting Your Summer Science Fix
A weekly podcast from the writers of QI, where they discuss fun and obscure facts from the week. Some of the best facts include “the man with the world’s longest-ever beard broke his neck and died...
View ArticleEcological Apocalypse, Extinction Rebels, Climate Emergencies: What Is Going...
The media is full of scary and shocking descriptions as of late, and as I’m sure many of you are, I am panicked. Here I have digested some of the biggest topics of 2019 into more approachable and...
View ArticleMicroplastics Pollute Welsh Rivers
Research led by Dr Christian Dunn from the Bangor University Wetlands group has found microplastic pollution in both the Afon Cegin and the Llyn Cefni Reservoir. Microplastics are defined as fragments...
View ArticlePlastic Free for Lent: What I’ve Learned So Far…
Lent for many people is a time of giving up a favourite food or a bad habit, and for years I’ve given up things I love – I stopped drinking fizzy drinks, I gave up Bourbon biscuits (the horror!), and...
View ArticleWelsh Energy Plan
Wales could meet 100% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2035, under an “ambitious” new plan set out by policy experts Environmental Policy in Wales has long been at the forefront of the...
View ArticleHay-Fever Season Is Here But Bangor Scientists Have Your Back
Professor Simon Creer, a Professor in Molecular Ecology Georgina Brennan, Postdoctoral Research Officer, at the School on Natural Sciences release work using DNA analysis that may help allergy...
View ArticleSeren Update: Online, Election and More
In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, Y Seren will be going online for the foreseeable future and will be focusing on its upcoming election for the 2020-2021 editorial team. All content will be...
View ArticleCall for Feedback on Student Experience!
I am a second year undergraduate student at Bangor University, and I am asking for your feedback! I have started an internship at university (remotely!) titled: Useful Hacks to Make Life at University...
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