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Transport Systems Catapault

University and Transport Systems Catapult announce alliance

Published
13 March 2018
Categories
Working with business
University

The University and the Transport Systems Catapult have announced a ‘Deep Academic Alliance’ agreement which will support the development and implementation of innovative transport technologies.

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Fake news production and social media 'trolls'

Published
12 February 2018
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

A network of digital workers are designing political disinformation campaigns, creating fake news and fanning the flames of public discontent in the Philippines, new research has found.

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Biodiversity estimates ‘coming of age’

Published
23 January 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

An international competition to estimate the diversity of plants across the whole of Britain has shown that mathematical modelling techniques are ‘coming of age’.

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Challenges of caring for disabled children

Published
4 December 2017
Categories
Society & Politics

A quarter of parents of disabled children provide 100 hours of care a week – equivalent to three full-time jobs – according to new research.

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Single election broadcast influenced one third of viewers’ votes

Published
4 December 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

The BBC’s Question Time Leaders’ Special may have swung more than a million people’s votes in June’s General Election, according to the first in-depth analysis of its effect on the poll.

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Heart disease across Europe

Published
27 November 2017
Categories
Science
Health

The decline in death rates from heart disease in rich countries could be threatened by rising rates of obesity and diabetes, according to a study by European heart experts.