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Associate Company Celebrates 1st Birthday
Claire Walker, Director of The Baby Maze
One year on and InfoLab21 Associate Company 'The Baby Maze', a website aimed at all expectant parents and families with young children in the Morecambe Bay area, is going from strength to strength.
Director Claire Walker says,
"I'm constantly striving to keep the information up-to-date and to add more content - such as the brand new section about local Children's Centres. The hard work involved in running www.babymaze.co.uk has been worth it as I've had such positive feedback from parents and health professionals who all use the site regularly."
Claire, a Lancaster University graduate with a background in publishing, launched the website after the birth of her first child.
"While I was pregnant I realised that a lot of local baby-related information is passed on by word of mouth, making it difficult to access. Having spoken to other expectant parents it became clear that a one-stop website would be really useful and the idea for `The Baby Maze' was born".
Mon 30 June 2008
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Lancaster is amongst leading universities who are set to benefit from a £50 million investment in cutting-edge research and innovation projects to drive growth. Lancaster's project will use the strong international reputation and links in China, in particular with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to address the Government's priorities to focus on high-growth SMEs and to increase exports. Using expertise from across the University, it focuses on improved leadership and new technology...
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Fri 17 May 2013
Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
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.
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Thu 16 May 2013
How do we find out about cyber criminals?
Security Lancaster and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics held a workshop to form a new collaborative group who will widen the knowledge of cybercrime and start developing innovative approaches to obtaining information on cyber criminals. The workshop included security researchers and statisticians, solicitors specialising in cybercrime, and experts from government agencies.
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First, carbon footprints... now you can calculate your 'nitrogen footprint'
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'.
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