News Items
2007
Compost corner
19 December 2007Waste food which has been sent to landfill in the past will now be treated by the University's very own compost maker.
New PCs reduce energy consumption
14 December 2007A major investment in new PCs provides more computing power for students whilst at the same time reducing electricity consumption.
Cutting paper usage
14 December 2007New public printing equipment is expected to reduce the University's paper consumption by about 20% or 1/2 million sheets during this academic year.
Birdsong: keeping up with the Jones's
27 November 2007Like a bad boyfriend, the little brown sedge warbler, sings for only two days a year and gives up once he's found a mate! But there is more to this feathery tale according to Dr Rupert Marshall.
Recycling success
29 October 2007More University refuse than ever is being recycled following the adoption of Ceredigion County Council's Lilac Bag Scheme for halls of residence.
Leatherback turtles tracked by satellite
31 May 2007Marine biologists Dr John Fish and Mr Ryan Burne have just returned from the Caribbean island of Dominica where they have been tagging giant leatherback sea turtles.
They are using the latest satellite tracking technology to study their nesting and post nesting behaviour.
3D visualisation to ease wind farm planning problems
8 March 2007See3D, the new state of the art Visualisation Centre at Aberystwyth, is working with West Coast Energy, to develop visualisation software that will help fast track Wind Farm planning approvals.
'Climate change from a geological perspective'
6 March 2007Aberystwyth glaciologist to give public lecture as part of The Geological Society of London's bicentennial celebrations
Sir John Houghton to lecture on climate change
21 February 2007The lecture takes place at 5pm in the Physics Main lecture theatre in the Physical Sciences Building on Wednesday the 21st of Feburary.
Killer cloud
18 January 2007Dr John Grattan's work on the effects of a volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783 will feature on BBC2's Timewatch programme (9.00 p.m.) on Friday 19 January.
Bioman wins UK Energy Globe award
15 January 2007A device designed at the University to remove toxic metal pollution from water flowing from disused mines it the winner of the UK Energy Globe award for 2006.