Weighing up risk: home insurance in a changing climate: A UNSW Sydney scientist explains some of the psychological processes that influence our decision making around home insurance and climate change. The world is rapidly changing in the face of global warming. While climate risk was once seen as a problem that existed in the physical […]
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Heat can cause rapid food insecurity in days: Households hit by very hot weather can struggle to maintain food supplies in a matter of days rather than months, according to a study from Oxford researcher Carolin Kroeger, who reveals for the first time that food security can be rapidly impacted by heat. The specialist in […]
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The third and final round of London community groups which will receive free sensors to monitor and tackle local air pollution have been selected. As part of the Breathe London Community Programme, 20 additional groups will have the opportunity to measure air quality, with assistance from Imperial College London researchers, in their local area. Breathe […]
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The UK’s care sector crisis has reached an all-time high: after a tough few years with the pandemic and staff retention, it’s facing a new crisis, with care homes losing almost £11,000 per day in paper wastage, according to new research from Found CRM. The social care sector, which has consistently been underfunded over the […]
The impact of air pollution on insect health: Air pollution particles may be a cause of dramatic drop in global insect numbers. New research shows an insect’s ability to find food and a mate is reduced when their antennae are contaminated by particulate matter. The impact of air pollution on insect health and reproduction is […]
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Measures to reduce congestion and air pollution from vehicles in major cities can have a beneficial impact on health outcomes, a new review finds. In an analysis of the published scientific evidence to date, researchers from Imperial College London looked at the health impacts of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) and Congestion Charging Zones (CCZs) in […]
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Imperial College London and Empa researchers have built a drone that can withstand high enough temperatures to enter burning buildings. The prototype drone, called FireDrone, could be sent into burning buildings or woodland to assess hazards and provide crucial first-hand data from danger zones. The data would then be sent to first responders to help […]
Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis. Scientists at the University of Bristol studying honeybees, bumblebees and stingless bees found that variation in communication strategies are explained by differences in the habitats that bees inhabit and differences in the […]
Crowded cities: health concerns grow as Brits admit to spending less than an hour a day outside. Two in five (38%) adults in the UK spend less than an hour a day outdoors, with lack of access to green spaces having a knock-on effect on mental and physical health. This is according to new research […]
A new PhD course in Indigenous Knowledge – the first of its kind in Australia – will offer a unique opportunity for Indigenous knowledge holders to engage in research and foster new collaborations. The course, developed at the University of Melbourne, has been designed to explicitly recognise Indigenous knowledge as its own interdisciplinary subject area, […]