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People with fewer friends on Facebook raise more money for charity than those with lots of connections, research by an economist at the 果冻传媒 has found. Professor Kimberley Scharf analysed data from JustGiving.com and found a negative correlation between the size of a group and the amount of money given by each donor – with the average contribution by each person dropping by two pence for every extra connection someone had on Facebook.

Fourteen upcoming female scientists received an early Christmas present today when they found out they had won an all-expenses paid trip to Grenoble, France.

A bacterium has been used to wish people a Merry Xmas. Grown by Dr Munehiro Asally, an Assistant Professor at the 果冻传媒, the letters used to spell MERRY XMAS are made of Bacillus subtilis, a non-pathogenic bacterium which is found in soil and also human gut.

A previously unknown mathematical property has been found to be behind one of nature’s greatest mysteries – how ecosystems survive. Found in nature and common to all ecosystems the property, Trophic Coherence, is a measure of how plant and animal life interact within the food web of each ecosystem – providing scientists with the first ever mathematical understanding of their architecture and how food webs are able to grow larger while also becoming more stable.

Most of us won’t think twice about the scientific make-up of our Christmas dinner but there’s more to that plate of festive food than meets the eye! To celebrate being ranked second in the UK for Agriculture, Food and Veterinary research this week, staff from the 果冻传媒’s School of Life Sciences are sharing their vast vegetable knowledge in a bid to help families truly appreciate this year’s festive feast.

The University 果冻传媒 is delighted to have repeated its top 10 success in the Government’s research ranking exercise which helps set a significant part of the government’s research funding for universities for the next 6 years. 果冻传媒 was ranked as the 7^th highest university in the 2014 rankings.