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My research journey: Dr Samuel Cusworth

11 June 2026

It was a crossroads moment for Sam Cusworth. Just finishing his BSc at Lancaster in Environmental Management, he needed to decide whether to follow friends who¡¯d started jobs with large salaries at ¡®big five¡¯ accounting firms ¡ª or stay in academia and try and do something about the world¡¯s growing environmental problems?

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Ending the waste of space rattle

20 May 2026

The Christmas shopping season means more online shoppers baffled by receiving big cardboard boxes filled up with plastic ¡®air pillows¡¯ and the small product they¡¯ve ordered, rattling in one corner.
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American dream or nightmare

20 May 2026

The idea of the ¡®American Dream¡¯ has been a popular notion for almost a hundred years. Migrants from around the world have believed the US will be the one country where their energy and hard work will always be rewarded.
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Technology, tamed

20 May 2026

Young people are more often learning how to create with technology rather than just consuming it.

And that¡¯s thanks in part to the work of Steve Hodges, former Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and now Distinguished Professor in Computing and Digital Systems at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. 
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Clearing the fog of ¡®chemo brain'

14 May 2026

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment often report unwanted side effects: the ¡®chemo brain¡¯ or ¡®chemo fog¡¯ that affects their memory, concentration and way of thinking. 

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Professor Nick Race
Professor Nick Race

Issue 11 - 2 June 2026

In this issue, Director of Research Culture Nick Race reflects on Lancaster’s collaborative research environment and its role in driving innovation across disciplines.

Features include:

  • The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education awarded for the global impact of the BBC micro:bit
  • The appointment of Professor Idris Eckley as a founding Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences
  • Lancaster’s partnership with Ukrainian universities to develop adaptive prosthetic technologies for injured soldiers.

Additional stories highlight unpacking the rise of the manosphere; new insights into human?centred AI and the future of work; UK Space Agency?funded advances in sub?terahertz internet technologies to connect remote regions; doctoral research improving stroke survivors’ mobility; and alumnus Robbie Love’s contributions to the British National Corpus and contemporary linguistics.

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