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It takes less than you think to create a starling spectacular

New research by scientists at the University of York suggests that the birds react to minimal information from those nearest them to create spectacular twilight roosting displays.

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A 'journey' to the sun for York schoolchildren

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Featured research

Hong Kong's 1960s water shortages provide 21st century lesson

The way Hong Kong coped with a chronic water shortage in the 1960s provides important lessons for a world dealing with global warming, according to research by Dr David Clayton in the Department of History

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Awards and partnerships

Logo of the White Rose University ConsortiumWhite Rose University Consortium

York, Leeds and Sheffield - three of the UK's leading research universities - have joined forces in the White Rose University Consortium. This strategic partnership uses their research power to promote enterprise and education.

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