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Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money

Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.  More…

Thu 19 November 2009, 22:48 | Tags: Social AffairsSciences

Royal Accolade for University of Warwick’s Warwick Manufacturing Group

The University of Warwick has won Royal recognition for the work of WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) with the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. More…

Thu 19 November 2009, 10:04 | Tags: University Affairs and Events

New Warwick podcast to mark National Anti-Bullying Week

In a new podcast to mark National Anti-Bullying Week, the University of Warwick’s Professor Dieter Wolke discusses how computer games can help victims to fight back. More…

Tue 17 November 2009, 15:04 | Tags: Social AffairsHealth and Medicine

Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope and its ability to obtain images as sharp as if taken from space, astronomers from the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester have made the first time-lapse movie of an unusual shell of matter ejected by a “vampire star.” More…

Tue 17 November 2009, 11:22 | Tags: Sciences

2 Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres found- but they’re stars not planets

Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres – however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or even a future home for ourselves, as they are not planets but are actually two unusual white dwarf stars. More…

Thu 12 November 2009, 19:16 | Tags: Sciences

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