News in June 2012 Picking the pig with the perfect pins Move over Elle Macpherson 鈥� the search is now on for the pig with the best legs as part of a new research project to improve the health and welfare of pigs on farms across the UK. published on: 28 June 2012 Evidence of oceanic 鈥榞reen rust鈥� offers hope for the future A rare kind of mineral which scientists hope could be used to remove toxic metals and radioactive species from the environment played a similar, crucial role early in Earth鈥檚 history. published on: 27 June 2012 Making Fairness Everyone鈥檚 Business A ground-breaking report which sets out how to make 缅北禁地 a fairer city will be launched next month (July). published on: 27 June 2012 缅北禁地 plays host to gifted schoolchildren High achieving school pupils have visited 缅北禁地 to get their first taste of university life. published on: 25 June 2012 A Shared Vision of Scientific Strengths A project to map the research equipment across universities in the North could point the way to greater collaboration between universities and improved research links with industry. published on: 22 June 2012 VIPs visit 缅北禁地 Initiative on Changing Age There鈥檚 been national recognition of the University鈥檚 profile and research excellence in the field of ageing in two visits by high profile guests. published on: 22 June 2012 'Economic violence' caused RBS to fail, new study suggests University academics look at bank's management and discover why the bank failed. published on: 22 June 2012 Rights of older people championed by councils and University North East councils are working with 缅北禁地 to become world leaders in enshrining and protecting the rights of older people. published on: 22 June 2012 Specialist funds launched to support novel regenerative therapies Exclusive funding for regenerative medicine projects with academic and industry collaborators were launched at a high profile event this week (Wednesday 20 June). published on: 21 June 2012 How active is your child really? Children younger than eight need to be targeted to make sure they lead more active lives to combat our obesity time-bomb, researchers at 缅北禁地 say. published on: 20 June 2012 New dig tackles the mystery of the buried altars at Maryport A team led by 缅北禁地's Professor Ian Haynes and Current Archaeology's Archaeologist of the Year Tony Wilmott has started work in Maryport. published on: 19 June 2012 Early screening alone is not enough to give children language boost Pre-school children should be more closely monitored by health and early years professionals to try and identify potential language problems, new research suggests. published on: 18 June 2012 University chairman gears up to support students 缅北禁地鈥檚 Council Chairman is launching his own scholarship scheme to support more young people to study at 缅北禁地. published on: 18 June 2012 Expert to lead new understanding of diabetes in India A top Indian diabetes expert has travelled to 缅北禁地 this week to learn about a new branch of science which could improve health across the world. published on: 18 June 2012 Musical brain patterns could help predict epileptic seizures New insights into the electrical patterns of the brain reveal how brain waves with rapidly increasing frequencies, like musical 鈥榞lissandi鈥�, could help predict when a patient is going to start an epileptic seizure. published on: 16 June 2012 Staff and students blaze a trail with Olympic Flame University staff and students are enjoying the experience of a lifetime as they proudly carry the Olympic Torch. published on: 15 June 2012 Virtual sailing gives competitors the edge Simulating weather and water conditions before a race could give sailors the advantage they need to win, new research reveals. published on: 14 June 2012 Reporting from Rio A 缅北禁地 student will travel to Rio de Janeiro next week to attend the Rio +20 Earth Summit and report back live on the debates that could shape the future of our planet. published on: 14 June 2012 Mitochondrial technique is ethical An influential independent body has found that a pioneering mitochondrial transfer technique is ethical. published on: 12 June 2012 Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood could triple the risk of leukaemia and brain cancer Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT) have a small increased risk of leukaemia and brain tumours in the decade following their first scan. published on: 7 June 2012 Grant for new device to monitor gum disease A North East team who have developed a device which will help monitor gum disease have been awarded more than 拢1,000,000 of Government funding. published on: 6 June 2012 缅北禁地 takes top honours in Green League 缅北禁地 has been awarded first-class honours for its efforts to help the planet and has become the greenest university in the North East. published on: 1 June 2012