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World Oceans Day 2022

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Engulfing two-thirds of the blue planet, our oceans are the habitat of over 50% of all life on Earth. Experts estimate that between 50–80% of the world’s oxygen bubbles up […]

Are bacteria that secrete protein degradation enzymes responsible for preterm births?

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Dr Laura Sycuro and her team research the vaginal microbiome, with a particular focus on bacteria which could be responsible for preterm birth

Preterm births occur before the 37th week of gestation and are the leading cause of infant deaths around the world. Although there are many factors contributing to preterm labour, including […]

Taming the oil price

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Belleh Fontem has devised a mixed-integer, non-linear programme that considers multiple inputs into the volatile world of oil prices and commodity stock trading, and the complexities of the risk facing brokers and their clients in terms of oil prices.

For the foreseeable future, the world will need oil, but its price volatility makes buying and selling it a challenge for producers and the myriad manufacturers who need it. For […]

License-plate-based driving restrictions: Do they really backfire?

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Dr Erick Guerra undertakes a literature review of the effects of license-plate-based restrictions in cities on the local air quality, with respect to policymaking and behavioural responses to the policies

Driving restriction policies that limit the number of days drivers can use their vehicles within cities based on the last digit of their license plates are popular in some cities. […]

Indus civilisation decline: Core evidence for Late Holocene climate change

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David Porinchu has taken core sediment deposits from a region in the Indus Valley to build a picture of the hydroclimate change around the time that the Indus Valley Civilisation declined

The socially complex and highly urbanised Indus Valley Civilisation began a sustained decline around 3900 cal yr BP (calendar years before present). This decline has been linked with abrupt climate […]

Stress vulnerability and resilience: Insights from a novel mouse model

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A novel mouse model for early life adversity and stress, and the impact this can have in later life stress response and possible psychiatric disorders, has been developed.

Stress and early life adversity alter the body’s stress response and are predisposing individuals to psychiatric disorders. Additionally, stress vulnerability and resilience have a genetic predisposition in humans due to […]

Waste management and transition to a circular economy

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Dr Pekka Peura reviews the evolution of a waste-management system which has been in place since 1984 in Finland, driving the move to a circular economy

As opposition to society’s ‘throwaway culture’ grows, so does the realisation that recycling and waste management are not only needed but desired by the public. Dr Pekka Peura at VEBIC, […]

COVID-19 vaccination for hospital staff

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A survey to analyse the staff motivation for the vaccination in a clinic in Germany

One of the key priorities from a medical-technical point of view is for individuals who are both necessary workers, but also have a high occupational risk of catching COVID-19, to […]

The Thought Leader series: Interviewing esteemed global thinkers

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A focus on the Thought Leaders that have been featured in Research Outreach publications

At Research Outreach, we strive to showcase a wealth of cutting-edge research from across the sciences and beyond. As part of this uniquely exciting remit, we run the ‘Thought Leader’ […]

Optical metamaterial waveguide for light spectral reshaping and filtering

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Introducing a novel silicon-on-insulator optical metamaterial waveguide that is compatible with CMOS technology

An optical waveguide is defined as a structure that can confine and guide optical light to follow a predefined path from a transmitter to a receiver. The waveguide that we […]