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Collaborative partnerships with Universities and Institutes
Universities of Exeter and Oxford
New research by the University of Exeter and University of Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. Published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the study led by Dr Fiona Mathews shows a clear link between higher energy intake around the time of conception and the birth of sons. The findings may help explain the falling birth-rate of boys in industrialised countries, including the UK and US.
Read the full story: 'You are what your mother eats'.
Universities of Exeter, Singapore and Sharjah
Leadership experts at the University of Exeter are to help develop the skills of government officials in Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates. The new leadership programme is a collaborative initiative between the Universities of Exeter, Singapore and Sharjah, and its participants will all be senior officials from departments of the Government of Sharjah. Some 20-25 top government officials will take part every two years. Exeter has world-class leadership expertise to offer through its Centre for Leadership Studies, and was selected to offer the course against competition from universities in different parts of the world. The new programme will see top government officials undertake training and practical leadership experiences in Exeter, Sharjah and Singapore.
Read the full story: 'CoRoT discovery challenges the definition of extra-solar planets'.
Universities of Exeter and Coventry
Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Coventry have developed the first new technique for diagnosing malaria able to challenge the rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) currently used in the field. Early results, now published in the Biophysical Journal, suggest that the technique could be as effective as RDTs but far faster and cheaper, making it a potentially viable alternative. The team is now working on a non-invasive version of the device, which with the assistance of a team from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Department of Biomedical Research in Amsterdam, it is planning to trial in Kenya later this year.
Read the full story: 'From Exeter to Sharjah - equipping leaders with the skills to succeed'.
University of Exeter, St Andrews and CNES (French Space Agency)
The European team running the CoRoT space mission has found a new planet orbiting a star slightly larger than the Sun. CoRoT-Exo-4b is a planet around the same size as Jupiter. It takes 9.2 days to orbit its host star, which is one of the longest orbiting periods of any transiting planet ever found. The team found that the star is rotating at the same pace as the planet's orbit. This is surprising as the planet is thought to be too low mass and too distant from its star to have had much effect on its rotation.
Dr Suzanne Aigrain, from the School of Physics, who led the analysis of the photometric data, said: "We don’t know if CoRoT-Exo-4b and its star have always been rotating in synch since their formation about 1 billion years ago, or if the star became synchronized later."
Read the full story: 'Exeter engineers create new technique for malaria diagnosis'.
University of Exeter, Met Office, Brazilian Institute for Space Research
A study by leading UK & Brazilian scientists has identified a link between reducing sulphur dioxide emissions from burning coal and increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical north Atlantic, resulting in a heightened risk of drought in the Amazon rainforest.
A team from the University of Exeter, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Met Office Hadley Centre and Brazilian National Institute for Space Studies used the Met Office Hadley Centre climate-carbon model to simulate the impacts of twenty-first century climate change on the Amazon rainforest. Lead author Professor Peter Cox of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, sums-up the consequences of the study: “These findings are another reminder of the complex nature of environmental change. To improve air quality and safeguard public health, we must continue to reduce aerosol pollution, but our study suggests that this needs to be accompanied by urgent reductions in carbon dioxide emissions to minimize the risk of Amazon forest dieback.”
Read the full story: 'New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions'.
