
Emeritus Professor Bill Plumbridge, a former colleague in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, offers a remembrance.

Professor Graham Ellison, 1932-2022 9 September 2022 Emeritus Professor Earnest Graham Ellison died, aged 90, on 16 July.Earliest land animals had fewer skull bones than fish – restricting their evolution, scientists find 12 September 2022 The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to a latest study.Insects have weak ability to adjust their thermal limits to high temperatures and are thus more susceptible to global warming than previously thought. Insects struggle to adjust to extreme temperatures making them vulnerable to climate change, study finds 13 September 2022.Pioneering research using bacteria brings scientists a step closer to creating artificial cells with lifelike functionality 14 September 2022 Scientists have harnessed the potential of bacteria to help build advanced synthetic cells which mimic real life functionality.


