Research and Innovation Magazine

The University’s world-class research is showcased in a new publication launched in September 2008. The Research and Innovation Magazine is the University's flagship research news publication. Highlighting the major research stories from across the university it focuses on key issues surrounding science and culture and the University's role in developing our understanding and the impact these developments have on our daily lives.

PDF versions of the magazine are available below. For a paper copy please contact the Communications Office.

Issue 5

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Research & Innovation Issue 5 (PDF , 4,527kb)

Features include:

  • New therapies to combat prostrate cancer
  • The fight against cycstic fibrosis
  • Fighting neglected tropical diseases
  • Managing angina
  • Speeding up the delivery of psychological therapies
  • Anti-malarial wonder plant on the fast-track to Africa

Issue 4

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Research and Innovation Magazine Issue 4 (PDF , 3,686kb)

Features include:

  • Fusion: a solution to the world's energy crisis?
  • Air pollution - a critical climate issue
  • Predicting global climate change
  • The neighbourhood approach to reducing carbon footprint
  • Practical measures to combat climate change

Issue 3

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Features include:

  • the nature of impact in the arts and humanities
  • Dr Ziad Elmarsafy's The Enlightenment Qur’an; a new project which promises to shed light on six hundred years of wealth and poverty
  • the Department of History's 'Nations, borders, identities' project; new partnerships between museums and audiences
  • building an intellectual vision - investment into York's humanities research facilities
  • a major project to uncover the secrets of ancient coastlines
  • why research matters in education; and new perspectives on the modern world - the route from conflict to reconciliation

Issue 2

Research and Innovation Magazine 02

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Features include:

  • the Department of English and Related Literature, named best for research in the UK
  • the work of the York Structural Biology Laboratory where researchers first identified the structure of the oestrogen receptor, a breakthrough that led to treatments for breast cancer
  • York's public policy research is known the world over and experts in the Departments of Health Sciences and Social Policy and Social Work and the Centres for Reviews and Dissemination and Health Economics examine many contentious social questions
  • breaking down the barriers between the disciplines helps to solve intractable problems, and the lessons learned from biology are being used by scientists in Electronics and Computer Science to develop self-healing electronic technology, while sociologists and linguists are working together to identify what makes successful communication using their conversation analysis

Issue 1

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The first issue includes articles on:

  • developing artemisinin to cure malaria
  • a better understanding of how Alzheimer's develops
  • computer programs which will revolutionise face recognition
  • understanding the complex systems which lie behind everything from economic behaviour, the geometry of viruses and climate conditions

We also profile one of our first human rights defenders, a highly unusual type of research fellow, based in the Centre for Applied Human Rights.