Wrecks of the Past Helping the Future
The marine environment off North Wales is renowned for its potential to provide significant quantities of renewable energy due to high tidal flows, which at specific locations can exceed 3ms-1 on...
View ArticleFreshers’ Flu, Real or Not?
Every September students from all over migrate to the small city of Bangor. After the heavy drinking period known as freshers, lectures begin in full-throttle. By mid-October, everyone is wrapped up...
View ArticleIs Linguistics A Science? Need To Knows For Pub Debates
Author: Oli Hewson There is some irony in that establishing Linguistics’ credibility as a science necessitates the use of a linguistic system. But onwards we shall proceed! Several theories attempt to...
View ArticleWhy You Should Get Vaccinated This Flu Season
Flu season is upon us, just as we all thought we were going to die from “Freshers Flu”, Influenza outbreaks have begun across the UK. As the country becomes increasing sick and run down, the NHS urges...
View ArticleBangor University’s New Centre for Biotechnology
The doors of Bangor University’s Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) have finally opened. The opening of CEB has placed Bangor University’s research at the cutting edge of research. The...
View ArticleHidden Museum Opens Doors to Everyone
By Oli Hewson Bangor University has a Natural History Museum. This will be news to many of you, I’m sure, seeing as it has somehow remained a secret to me for almost three years at this institution....
View ArticleAlien Conspiracies of North Wales
Witnesses are being encouraged to come out of the shadows to help shed light on a North Wales alien conspiracy. Though, you may know nothing of the incident which has led to one of the greatest...
View ArticleLlamas are Here to Save the Day
Llama antibodies have now been incorporated in a recipe for a nasal spray designed to destroy infection from various strains of Influenza. Currently, the recipe has passed its first stage of animal...
View ArticleEdible Crabs Won’t Cope with Climate Change
Scientific research is only at the beginning of understanding how climate change is going to affect aquatic organisms and how this will then affect entire marine ecosystems. Marine scientists have...
View ArticleUniversity Signs Global Commitment To Bring Plastic Pollution To An End
As part of its on-going commitment to sustainability, Bangor University is one of the signatories of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration...
View ArticleBangor University Research Quoted in the House of Lords
The School of Ocean Sciences research on the impact of climate change on coral reefs and sea ice and the School of Natural Sciences research into soil science and forestry was heard in the debate on...
View Article2018: A Year Of Science At Bangor
January: Study reveals long time scale of recovery for marine sea fans and other species A team of scientists from the School of Oceans predicted that Pink seafans, Ross corals and white sea squirts...
View ArticleIs The Pine Marten Really The Perfect Predator?
By Ella Daly After years of indecision surrounding how to tackle the UK’s grey squirrel problem, pine martens are an increasingly popular ecologically-based solution to manage the invasive species....
View ArticleSecret Plastic Products
It’s hard to believe that something we optionally place into our mouths is made out of plastic, but here it is, chewing gum consists of a large amount of plastic. Often manufacturers will leave this...
View ArticleSocio-Economics Vs Coral Reefs
Marine Biologists global work to save the world’s coral reefs has drawn attention to the fact that the reefs are being increasingly affected by human activity. This has led for such scientists to push...
View ArticleMicroplastic Pollution Widespread Across the UK
New research undertaken by Bangor University and Friends of the Earth has found microplastic pollution in some of the UK’s most iconic rivers and lakes. The study, supposedly the first of its kind,...
View ArticleNRW Restructuring: How Will It Affect Environmental Safeguarding?
A recent report has been leaked through the BBC expressing concerns from Natural Resources Wales staff regarding how internal restructuring may affect their ability to protect the environment. Formed...
View ArticleWORLD BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists Turn CO2 Back Into Coal
A discovery we should all be excited about: Scientists have found a way of turning CO2 back in to solid coal at room temperature, a promising technological innovation for climate change mitigation. It...
View ArticleBangor Researchers On Paddy Emissions In China
Aquaculture promises to feed an ever-growing population, replacing the ‘poor-man’s protein’ – rice – with fish protein. However, the conversion from rice paddies to create aquaculture environments is...
View ArticleOPINION: The Vegan
Veganism is becoming more mainstream. The latest statistics from the Vegan Society state that the number of Vegans in the U.K. has risen from 150,000 in 2006 to over 540,000 just 10 years later. It has...
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