University of Kent

The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as Cantuar. for post-nominals) is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom.

Nature documentaries talk about threats to nature but rarely show those threats

Researchers analysing recent BBC and Netflix nature documentaries found that although they increasingly mention threats to nature, visual depictions of these threats remain scarce, potentially misleading audiences on the state of the natural world. The findings are discussed in a Perspective published in the British Ecological Society journal People and Nature Researchers from Bangor University,

Nature documentaries talk about threats to nature but rarely show those threats

Saving the tiger with a profiling tool used to catch serial criminals

A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, according to University scientists who collaborated on an innovative conservation research study. The results of their research, published in Nature Communications, help explain how villagers in Sumatra coexist with tigers. If used pre-emptively it could have helped cut attacks by half,

Saving the tiger with a profiling tool used to catch serial criminals

Inhibiting an enzyme common to all animals prolongs lifespan in flies and worms

The lifespans of flies and worms are prolonged by limiting the activity of an enzyme common to all animals, finds a UCL-led study. The enzyme – RNA polymerase III (Pol III) – is present in most cells across all animal species, including humans. While it is known to be essential for making proteins and for

Inhibiting an enzyme common to all animals prolongs lifespan in flies and worms

Computer experts identify 14 themes of creativity

The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified by computer experts at the University of Kent. Dr Anna Jordanous, lecturer in the School of Computing, worked with language expert Dr Bill Keller (University of Sussex) on how to define the language people use when talking about creativity, known in the field as computational

Computer experts identify 14 themes of creativity

Social media technology rather than anonymity is the problem

Problems of anti-social behaviour, privacy, and free speech on social media are not caused by anonymity but instead result from the way technology changes our presence. That’s the startling conclusion of a new book by Dr Vincent Miller, a sociologist at the University and an expert on the information society and developing media. In contending

Social media technology rather than anonymity is the problem

Biodiversity Considerations Overshadowed by Climate Change

Kent research suggests that recent high levels of media coverage for climate change may have deflected attention and funding from biodiversity loss. In a paper published by the journal Bioscience, Kent conservationists also recommend that, to prevent biodiversity from becoming a declining priority, conservationists need to leverage the importance of climate change to obtain more

Biodiversity Considerations Overshadowed by Climate Change

Accidental nanoparticle discovery could hail revolution in manufacturing

The nanoparticles were discovered accidentally on the rough surfaces of a reactor designed to grow carbon nanotubes A nanoparticle shaped like a spiky ball, with magnetic properties, has been uncovered in a new method of synthesising carbon nanotubes by physicists at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Kent. Carbon nanotubes are hollow,

Accidental nanoparticle discovery could hail revolution in manufacturing

Nasty bacteria get gagged with plastic

Everyone knows that when certain bacteria are present in an environment, they can cause infections. These infections can take the form of diseases such as bubonic plague, cholera, leprosy, and tuberculosis. The problem isn’t simply that the bacteria are present, however, it’s that they communicate with one another – essentially coming up with a battle

Nasty bacteria get gagged with plastic

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Cliff Cawthon Makes Community Development Focus of Kent City Council Run
on May 16, 2021 at 8:26 pm
Chamidae Ford Cliff Cawthon recently announced his candidacy for Kent City Council position 4, running against incumbent Toni Troutner. The adjunct professor at Bellevue College is centering ...
Southeastern University President Kent Ingle: 5 talks you need to have with your child before college
on May 15, 2021 at 5:00 am
Friends – College is an opportune time to develop relationships that can last a lifetime. However, your student’s friend group can make or break their college experience. An assistant professor of ...
Kent Calder named interim dean of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
on May 14, 2021 at 12:05 pm
Scholar of East Asian political economy will succeed Eliot A. Cohen as the search for the next dean proceeds on schedule ...
Canterbury Christ Church University Expands Use of YuJa Through Migration of All Instructional Media to One Platform
on May 13, 2021 at 9:00 am
UK-based Canterbury Christ Church University has expanded its use of the YuJa Video Platform to consolidate tools to a single, unified platform.
Indian variant could spread 60% faster than the Kent strain, scientist claims after SAGE advisers admitted it 'may be more transmissible' than currently dominant version of the ...
on May 13, 2021 at 12:16 am
Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said the variant could be 2.6 times more transmissible than the original Wuhan strain.

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GVEDC names Beezley executive director
on May 15, 2021 at 7:54 pm
The board of directors of the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation has named Ruthana Beezley as the executive director of the agency, effective June 1. Beezley brings decades of success ...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
on May 14, 2021 at 10:29 am
Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched onto the campus of a ...
Metro Health University of Michigan Health talks about cardiac recovery
on May 14, 2021 at 8:41 am
Metro Health University of Michigan Health talks about recovery from a heart attack or heart surgery. (sponsored) ...
Canterbury Christ Church University Expands Use of YuJa Through Migration of All Instructional Media to One Platform
on May 13, 2021 at 5:37 am
United Kingdom-based Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) has expanded its use of the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform through the consolidation of tools to YuJa's single, unified platform. In the ...
Covid-19 contract-tracing app ‘prevented at least 100,000 infections’
on May 12, 2021 at 5:56 am
The research was led by a team from Big Data Institute, part of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery at the University of Oxford. Using a mathematical model, the study ...