2024 news
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Secrets of sargassum: Scientists advance knowledge of seaweed causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa
Researchers have been working to track and study floating sargassum, a prolific seaweed swamping Caribbean and West African shorelines, and causing environmental and economic harm.
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Scientists team up with York Hospital to study DNA mutations behind blood cancers
Scientists from the University of York are working with doctors and patients at York Hospital to understand the DNA mutations linked to a group of chronic blood cancers, and investigate why, in some cases, they can suddenly become more aggressive.
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Biological Sciences at York ranks 7th in the Complete University Guide 2025
Biological Sciences at York is ranked 7th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2025).
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Conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss, study reveals
Nature conservation is successful in halting and reversing biodiversity loss, according to the findings of a major new study co-authored by a University of York academic.
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New butterfly species created 200,000 years ago by two species interbreeding
Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago.
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University of York part of £1.5m investment in opportunities for technology specialists
The Department of Biology is part of a new project to help cultivate a thriving, dynamic and vibrant community of research technicians across the UK.
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Menopause explains why some female whales live so long
Females of some whale species have evolved to live drastically longer lives so they can care for their families, new research involving a University of York academic shows.
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Butterflies mimic each other's flight behaviour to avoid predators
Researchers have shown that inedible species of butterfly, that mimic each other's colour patterns, have also evolved similar flight behaviours to warn predators and avoid being eaten.
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York research delivers new understanding of cells’ survival ability
The Cryo-EM facility and Viking cluster in York have played a major role in increasing understanding of bacterial cells’ ability to survive when threatened; understanding which could lead to more effective medicines in the future.