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• Humble fruit fly demonstrates that wing shape is crucial for peak performance

  

  Using genetic methods to alter wing shape of fruit flies changes their flight performance and even improved their agility

   01 Mar 2016

• RVC study uses computer optimization to show ostrich gait in detail never seen before

  

  Study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, focused on the mechanics and the muscles used by ostriches, the world’s fastest two-legged animal, as they walk and run

   04 May 2016

• RVC experts show homeopathy only appears to work because of perceptual errors

  

  A recent peer reviewed article authored by Professor Peter Lees, Emeritus Professor in Pharmacology at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), definitively explains why homeopathy in veterinary care can appear to be effective because of perceptual …

   09 Oct 2017

  A recent peer reviewed article authored by Professor Peter Lees, Emeritus Professor in Pharmacology …

• RVC ranked highest... again!

  

  The RVC is once again the most highly ranked in London for its student experience in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey 2017.

   23 Mar 2017

• RVC first in the UK for overall student satisfaction

  

  The RVC has been ranked by its students as providing the best quality courses of all UK universities in the National Student Survey (NSS)

   09 Aug 2017

• Gastric bloat: 80% survival of surgical cases shown in VetCompass study

  

  An RVC-led epidemiological study involving dogs from across the UK has blown the myth that gastric bloat is almost always a death sentence for affected dogs.

   01 Sep 2017

• RVC ranked in top three for the third year in a row

  

  For the third year in succession the RVC is ranked as one of the top three vet schools in the world by QS World University Rankings.

   09 Mar 2017

• Leading veterinarian awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship

  

  An RVC professor has been honoured with a national award in recognition of her substantial national and international contributions to education and pedagogy.

   05 Sep 2017

• New research reveals frogs’ impressive ability to jump at an extreme range of take-off angles

  

  Research led by the RVC shows how frogs are able to achieve a wide range of jump angles, from nearly horizontal to almost vertical

   18 May 2017

• Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution

  

  What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes of the first placental mammal

   23 Jun 2017

  What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes …