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Latest research news
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Brain frontal lobes not sole centre of human intelligence
Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain’s frontal lobes, say researchers.
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Museum find proves exotic ‘big cat’ prowled British countryside a century ago
The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century.
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New fracking research led by Durham University finds it is “not significant” in causing earthquakes
A new study of hundreds of thousands of hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) operations has found that the process has only caused earth tremors that could be felt on the surface in three cases.
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Durham University and IBM to sign Memorandum of Understanding to further develop research and recruitment collaboration
Durham University deepened its relationship with IBM to further shared research, teaching and recruitment aims by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the multinational corporation on Thursday May 2. It is one of only fourteen strategic partnerships between IBM and UK universities.
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Seminar - Circulation and Space: Neglected themes in the conceptualisation of social production of space and its importance for health
From a French oriented perspective, viewing with great interest British and North American research, the presentation proposes to start from the notion of ‘emergence’ in order to reconsider this idea in a socio-spatial perspective. This will lead to discuss the ways interactions are considered in theories and why focussing on them could be valuable for improving the ‘nature/culture’ debate. The presentation will highlight these theoretical issues with ongoing research projects, especially on local governance of Health in India and on the diffusion of epidemics.
As a geographer, Emmanuel Eliot’s research interests focus on health issues. Since his PhD research on the geography of HIV/ AIDS in India (1999), he has produced a series of studies in health geography, focussed especially on diffusion processes and inequalities, but also on health access and deprivation. Work on health has been associated with studies on transportation, mobility and regional planning. These two orientations led him to develop theoretical and methodological approaches in which circulation is a key concept for understanding relationships between space, risk health and health care. Much of his research uses mixed methods (modelling, quantitative and qualitative). He is currently Professor at the department of geography, University of Rouen, France, and is working on several research projects in Europe and India.
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