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robot arms maintaining protective netting over green leafy vegetables in an agricultural nursery

Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?

Published
Thursday 23rd June, 2022
Categories
Technology
Global

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
Tuesday 31st May, 2022
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Health
Research

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Exercise warnings over long COVID recovery

Published
Tuesday 26th April, 2022
Categories
Coronavirus
Health
Science

Patients experiencing long COVID are receiving “inconsistent advice” on how to resume physical activities, according to a major study.

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Screen use soars among UK adults post-lockdown

Published
Friday 1st April, 2022
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture
Coronavirus
Research

New research warns that screen use significantly increased among adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns and has continued at a high rate since, highlighting the need for Government guidance.

Visualisation of the virus that causes COVID-19

Anti-viral light neutralises COVID-19

Published
Wednesday 23rd March, 2022
Categories
Science
Technology
Coronavirus
Health

A new type of ultraviolet light can efficiently kill airborne microbes, such as those which cause COVID-19, a study has found after successful trials.

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Swapping cars for walking

Published
Thursday 17th March, 2022
Categories
Research
Coronavirus
Environment

People are now routinely using their cars less and walking more since the first COVID-19 lockdown, according to new research.

Person wearing a mask, on an Underground platform, waiting for a train

Low risk of COVID-19 spread on Underground rail

Published
Tuesday 8th February, 2022
Categories
Working with business
Science
Technology
Health
Coronavirus

People travelling on the London Underground and similar rail systems were at a low risk of being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, according to computer simulations.