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Jerusalem Unbound: a City in Conflict

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2014Politicsantidote for partisanship, arab, catholics, echo chamber effect, Jerusalem, juan nogueira, northern ireland, palestinians, Politics, robert fares, storing solar power, texas households, university of exeter, utility grid

A new book, Jerusalem Unbound, plots the history and examines the underlying factors that make a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians so difficult.

Written by Professor Mick Dumper, a University of Exeter politics expert with over 25 years of experience of Jerusalem, the book explores why religious property in ethnically mixed cities attract conflict and argues that holy sites are particularly difficult in peace negotiations as they cannot be exchanged or traded like other properties. It also compares Jerusalem with other divided cities like Belfast and Beirut and draws out lessons that can be learnt from the way these cities are managed. (more…)

Exeter scientist reveals secrets of Scotland’s basking sharks in new report

By Guest PostJuly 18, 2014Nature5 methoxy leoligin, aaron dollar, basking sharks, czech play, human robot relations, leoligin, malaria impfstoff, matthew witt, paris vault, pieter abbeel, robert howe, scotland, sea, siddhartha srinivasa, standard in robotics, therapie von herzinfarkt, university of exeter

Seas between the islands of Skye and Mull on Scotland’s west coast are highly important for basking sharks, according to a report published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

Each year large numbers of basking sharks are seen in an area of the Sea of the Hebrides which is currently being assessed as part of the Scottish Marine Protected Areas Project.

The report sets out findings from the first two years of a project which aims to reveal some of the mysteries surrounding the world’s second largest fish. The project is a joint venture between SNH and the University of Exeter, and is the first known to use satellite tagging technology to track the near real-time movements of basking sharks. (more…)

Scientists unravel the genetic secrets of nature’s master of mimicry

By Guest PostJuly 8, 2014Naturecognitive health, florian mehring, Germany, harro von senger, harvard konzept, imperial college London, jena, konflikte vermeiden, listiges verhalten, liu birong, michael forster, monarch butterflies, mysterious source, nairobi, Nature, Paris, professor, richard ffrench constant, scientists, sinologe, tanpan, university of exeter

Scientists investigating how one of the greatest shape shifters in the natural world is able to trick predators to avoid being eaten have identified the gene behind the fascinating feat.

The African Swallowtail butterfly, also known as the ‘Mocker Swallowtail’ or the ‘Flying Handkerchief,’ can appear to change both colour and shape.

Males of the species fly boldly around the tree tops, their rapid flight making them look like shaking handkerchiefs, however females lurk in the bushes and pretend to be examples of Monarch butterflies that are nasty to eat. (more…)

Mobile phones negatively affect male fertility, new study suggests

By Guest PostJune 21, 2014Healthbernd herkner, concentration, dickeren bauch, electromagnetic radiation, fiona mathews, fleischfresser, infertility, kidney infections, landwirbeltiere, marcus clauss, mobile phones, radio frequency, semen, sperm quality, university of exeter

Men who keep a mobile phone in their trouser pocket could be inadvertently damaging their chances of becoming a father, according to a new study led by the University of Exeter.

Previous research has suggested that Radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) emitted by the devices can have a detrimental effect on male fertility. Most of the global adult population own mobile phones, and around 14% of couples in high and middle income countries have difficulty conceiving. (more…)

Decolonisation of British and French Empires

By Guest PostMay 7, 2014Politics20th century, british, cold war, damaging effects, election year, empire, Europe, french, heliothis subflexa, heliothis virescens, historian, pattern, revolutionizing politics, ruth edge, second world war, seong gyu lee, stan freck, university of exeter, world war

Britain’s impending withdrawal from Afghanistan and France’s recent dispatch of troops to the troubled Central African Republic are but the latest indicators of a long-standing pattern.

Since 1945 most British and French overseas security operations have taken place in places with current or past empire connections. Most of these actions occurred in the context of the contested end of imperial rule or decolonisation. Some were extraordinarily violent; others, far less so. (more…)

Running geese give insight into low oxygen tolerance

By Guest PostApril 20, 2014Natureabigail sellen, antonio criminisi, assess ms, bangor university, bar headed goose, bbsrc, cecily morrison, China, goneplax rhomboides, himalayas, ingrid kroencke, mongolia, mount everest, novartis, peter kontschieder, trapezkrabbe, university of exeter

A new study into how the world’s highest flying bird, the bar-headed goose, is able to survive at extreme altitudes may have future implications for low oxygen medical conditions in humans. (more…)

Surviving and thriving under climate change in the world’s deltas

By Guest PostApril 12, 2014EnvironmentBangladesh, climate change, egypt, halil rud fluss, India, ipcc, jiroft kultur, kerman gebirge, mesopotamien, neil adger, nile delta, peter pfaelzner, provinz kerman, quantum licht, robert nicholls, university of exeter

Researchers from the University of Exeter are investigating the effect of climate change on deltas in South Asia and Africa to understand how people will respond and adapt.

Deltas are economic and environmental hotspots, with many large deltas in South, South-East and East Asia and Africa. The new $13 million project examines four deltas that are home to almost 200 million people, many of whom are farmers who provide food for a large proportion of the population.

The project will work with scientists, demographers and social scientists in the Nile delta in Egypt, the Ganges-Brahmaputra in Bangladesh and India, the Mahanadi in India and the Volta in Ghana. (more…)

Rural researchers to take the temperature of public opinion on UK environmental change

By Guest PostMarch 28, 2014Environmentameise, anoplolepis gracilipes, basecamp, bernhard seifert, birmingham, ed blinkhorn, engraved stones, environmental policy, exeter, formica paralugubris, glasgow, jersey parish, les varines, public opinion, spinnerameise, st saviour, temperature, university of exeter, waldameisenart

Social scientists at the University of Exeter are working with environmental policy makers to explore public views on the future management of UK ecosystems.

The Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR) are leading a £325,000 project, funded by Sciencewise, the UK’s national centre for public dialogue in policy making involving science and technology issues. (more…)

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