The latest {[name]} news from Cardiff Universityhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news.htmlen-gbSun, 19 May 2013 00:02:20 GMTCopyright (C) 2013http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10993.htmlTheir research helped local and national policy-makers to visualise what a healthier and more sustainable school food service looked like in practice and how the school food chain could be reformed to make it happen.10993 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10960.htmlIn the first four months of 2013, two of the major CRAs have downgraded the UK economy (Moody’s in February and Fitch in April).10960 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10492.htmlThe Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) project was chosen for its potential to develop innovative technology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of serious illnesses including neurological diseases, improve patient outcomes, and help severely disabled people.10492 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10366.htmlThe research involved observation of ship inspections in the UK and Sweden and interviews with 50 industry stakeholders (ship operators, shipping industry representatives, regulators, inspectors, fuel experts, trade unionists, environmental NGOs and others).10366 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10349.html"Historically, the lungs were thought to be sterile," according to Dr Hugo van Woerden from Cardiff University’s Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, who led the research.10349 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10350.htmlProfessor Colin Riordan will join colleagues from universities across the UK and the UK Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts as part of the high-profile visit, which has been organised jointly by UK Trade and Investment (UKTi) and the department for Business Industry and Skills (BIS).10350 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10328.htmlA team of child health experts from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine are taking the unprecedented step of contacting over 26,000 families in all parts of Wales with children born either preterm or full-term, to try and gain a better picture of their health.10328 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10286.htmlDuring a number of meetings which punctuated the day, Welsh FRS discussed with their President the Society’s ongoing activities and learnt of one another’s research developments.10286 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10216.htmlThe team’s epidemiological study found people have greater risk of individual complications associated with diabetes such as heart attack, stroke, eye complications and renal disease when compared with patients treated with alternative glucose-lowering treatments.10216Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10180.htmlThe project will strengthen the group’s capabilities in the commercialisation of intellectual property and create an effective network to increase technology transfer between universities and Welsh businesses in support of the Welsh Government’s aims.10180Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10192.htmlThe project brings together some of the leading European institutes with expertise in detectors for far infrared wavelengths – a few hundred times longer than the wavelength of visible light.10192 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10114.htmlKnown as GW4 (Great Western Four) the collaboration brings together Cardiff with the universities of Bath, Bristol and Exeter.10114Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10092.htmlConsidered to be the cream of Welsh research talent, academics will be taking part in a reception at the European Parliament on Wednesday 23 January.10092 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/10074.htmlNow research led by Cardiff University published in Nature Geoscience (20 Jan 2013) has used a unique 12,000 year long record from microscopic marine algae fossils to trace glacial ice entering the ocean along the western Antarctic Peninsula.10074 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9954.htmlThe all-Wales initiative has been developed by Cardiff University in partnership with the Welsh Government, and Public Health Wales.9954 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9956.htmlThe study is the first to look at the significance of infection with one disease as a risk for further infections (i.9956 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9955.htmlTo perform their analysis, the Cardiff-Cambridge team cross-compared two existing datasets.9955 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9544.htmlHuman bodies are used to teach students about the structure of the body and how it works, and to train and develop the skills of surgeons and pathologists.9544 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9498.htmlHowever, black holes that get deformed, because of other black holes or stars crashing into them, are known to emit a new sort of radiation, called gravitational waves, which Einstein predicted nearly a hundred years ago.9498 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/9499.html"Currently the majority of the world’s population is susceptible to infection with Bacillus anthracis the bacterium which causes anthrax," according to Professor Baillie, who leads the multi-national research collaboration.9499