Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Vice-Chancellor strengthens health and conservation research links in visit to South Africa  

A delegation from the University of Exeter has met with the British High Commissioner to South Africa during a visit...

Climate science workshop brings together schoolchildren and world-leading researchers

Pupils at an Exeter school have engaged with some of the world’s most renowned climate scientists at a special day-long...

How cilia choreograph their “Mexican wave”, enabling marine creatures to swim

New research has unravelled the mystery of how microscopic cilia coordinate to move and propel marine creatures through water. Cilia...

“Cocktails” of common pharmaceuticals in our waterways may promote antibiotic resistance

New research has shown, for the first time, how mixtures of commonly used medications which end up in our waterways...