Cardiff University
Cardiff University, generally referred to as Cardiff has its origins in the University of w South Wales & Montmouthshire founded in 1883. Today, Cardiff has nearly 31,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Cardiff is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. In 2004 Cardiff University entered into a partnership with the University of Wales, Swansea to provide a pre-Med program and in 2005 incorporated the Wales College of Medicine. Cardiff University is ranked in the top 100 universities world-wide and recently Professor Sir Martin Evans FRS was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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"Cardiff University" in the news:
New light on bipolar treatment drugs
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Lithium has been established for more than 50 years as one of the most effective treatments for bipolar mood disorder.
A greener way to power cars
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Cardiff University researchers are exploring how waste heat from car exhausts could provide a new greener power supply for vehicles.
Evidence of liquid water in comets reveals possible origin of life
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims.
Eating sweets every day in childhood 'increases adult aggression'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to new research.
Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs?
May 02, 2008 |
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The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims.
'Singing brains' offers epilepsy and schizophrenia clues
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 19, 2009 |
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Studying the way a person's brain 'sings' could improve our understanding of conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia and help develop better treatments, scientists at Cardiff University have discovered.
Has the mystery of the Antarctic ice sheet been solved?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales travelled to Africa to find new evidence of climate change which helps explain some of the mystery ...
Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.
Oceanic seesaw links Northern and Southern hemisphere during abrupt climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University.
Reducing side-effects of painkillers
Sep 12, 2006 |
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Cardiff University researchers have increased the understanding of why some painkillers increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Blood tests and better communication skills could cut over-prescribing of antibiotics
May 21, 2009 |
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Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered.
Hot drinks help fight cold and flu
Dec 10, 2008 |
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A hot drink may help reduce the symptoms of common colds and flu, according to new research by Cardiff University's Common Cold Centre.
Unravelling our cosmic ancestry
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2006 |
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An international astronomy conference will mark the retirement of a Cardiff University scientist who helped to challenge the theory that life originated on Earth and who will be the focus of a BBC Horizon programme.
A life 'lens' ordinary
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Nearly one third of Down’s syndrome children who wear bifocal lenses to help them focus accurately may only need to wear them for two years, according to new research from Cardiff University.
Climate change impacts stream life
May 04, 2007 |
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Climate change is warming Welsh streams and rivers, affecting the number and variety of some of their smallest animals, a major Cardiff University study has found.
