News for 'University of Exeter'

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?

Rediff.com8 Nov 2025

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake.

Antarctica turning green 'dramatically', says study

Antarctica turning green 'dramatically', says study

Rediff.com5 Oct 2024

Researchers found that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula increased more than tenfold -- from less than a square kilometre to almost 12 square kilometres -- between 1986 and 2021.

Study in the UK: The best universities for students

Study in the UK: The best universities for students

Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

The survey, conducted by the Times Higher Education (THE), ranks universities according to 21 parameters that enhance student experience.

Now, bacteria to produce diesel on demand

Now, bacteria to produce diesel on demand

Rediff.com23 Apr 2013

While the technology developed by the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, still faces many significant commercialisation challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E coli bacteria is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel.

Footballer Jyoti yearns for space to play in Delhi

Footballer Jyoti yearns for space to play in Delhi

Rediff.com26 Sep 2013

Laxmi Negi traces the journey of this juggler-turned-footballer in this freewheeling interview.

Low productivity? Blame it on your boss' mood

Low productivity? Blame it on your boss' mood

Rediff.com4 Jan 2018

Not being able to predict how their boss is going to act towards them has a detrimental effect on the productivity of workers, researchers said.

Self employed people are the happiest

Self employed people are the happiest

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

They have the freedom to innovate, express their own views.

Dark days will soon be over for a remote tribal village in Bengal

Dark days will soon be over for a remote tribal village in Bengal

Rediff.com27 May 2015

The installation work is expected to begin in October.

10 minutes of exercise can help you quit smoking

10 minutes of exercise can help you quit smoking

Rediff.com12 Feb 2009

Researchers from the University of Exeter, UK, have shown that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings.

Are you obese? Here's hope for you!

Are you obese? Here's hope for you!

Rediff.com13 Apr 2007

Scientists from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter and the University of Oxford, who conducted the study, say that people with two copies of the FTO gene variant have a 70 per cent higher risk of being obese than those without it.

A formula to solve traffic woes

A formula to solve traffic woes

Rediff.com20 Dec 2007

It revealed that slowing down below a critical speed when reacting to such an event, a driver would force the car behind to slow down and the next car back to reduce its speed further. The result would be that a maze of cars would finally grind to a halt, with drivers oblivious to the reason for their delay.

EXPLAINED! Santa's stealth delivery system

EXPLAINED! Santa's stealth delivery system

Rediff.com15 Dec 2016

Katy Sheen, a physicist at the University of Exeter in the UK, explains how Santa Claus travels over 200,000 times faster than Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man.

Explained! Why bosses get angry at work

Explained! Why bosses get angry at work

Rediff.com26 Sep 2018

Managers who procrastinate are more likely to display abnormal and unpleasant behaviour.

'Coronavirus is a huge problem for India'

'Coronavirus is a huge problem for India'

Rediff.com7 Mar 2020

'India needs to do what India can do, which is to keep the number of cases down.' 'If it manages to keep the cases down, it will save lives.'