The privacy management of 16 popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, is “seriously deficient,” according to a study being published in the June issue of Computer magazine.

Could trees reduce pollution in busy streets? An experiment being conducted on the A6 in Lancaster for the BBC may provide the answer.

A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.

Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen footprint’.

A project revealing the social and emotional impact of flooding and an entrepreneurship unit providing business development programmes for SMEs earned Lancaster University recognition in a top research council award.

The University is shocked and saddened following the death of 22-year-old student Ryan Rostron.

The University’s Travel Plan has been so successful that targets set for 2015 for bus use, car sharing and sole occupancy car use have already been achieved.

Marketing is ranked first in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2014 and 12 other subjects are ranked in the top ten.

A digital jukebox which uses social networking to select music has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University.

University-based ‘Security Lancaster’ is to be part of a bid to increase UK-India cyber security research collaborations tackling key issues demanding global cooperation.

Professor Peter Checkland and Ian Miller MBE have been awarded Honorary Fellowships in recognition of their distinguished service.

Imagine a café where you can relax with a nice cuppa, a slice of delicious cake and chat about…death.

A Lancaster-based business whose chief executive is a professor at the university’s School of Computing and Communications is to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

MP Eric Ollerenshaw visited Lancaster University with members of the city’s business community to find out how the higher education institution is supporting regional firms.

The University’s Curate the Campus arts project sees artists staging creative projects in unusual locations across campus.

A way to improve detection rates in police interviews has been discovered by researchers following a mock terrorism scenario where suspects plotted to blow up a building.

Scientists at the Lancaster Environment Centre have shown that a grass hybrid species can help reduce the impact of flooding.

Lancaster University has risen nine places to tenth in the UK in a survey of the best student experience.

New research shows girls with learning and physical disabilities are more likely to suffer period problems compared to the general population.

​Financial disadvantage does not necessarily lead to pupils’ exclusion from American-style high school proms, according research carried out by the Universities of Bath, Lancaster and Stirling.