Why haven’t petrol prices gone back down yet? A new business model might explain...
Author : Andrew Barron, Sêr Cymru Chair of Low Carbon Energy and Environment, Swansea University
Across the UK the cost of filling up cars shot up in...
Why European defence cooperation still matters for the UK – despite Brexit
Author : Gesine Weber, PhD Candidate in Defence Studies, King's College London
European Council President Charles Michel recently declared 2022 the “year of European defence”. Indeed, the...
Five fascinating insights into the inner lives of plants
Author : Sven Batke, Lecturer in Biology, Edge Hill University
Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, Earth’s land surface was barren and devoid of life. It would take...
portraying the darker sides of motherhood on the page and the screen
Author : Katrin Wehling-Giorgi, Associate Professor, Durham University
Since the enormous success of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, Italy’s leading female author, who famously writes under a pseudonym,...
poor mental health among doctoral researchers – new research
Author : Cassie M Hazell, Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Westminster
PhD students are the future of research, innovation and teaching at universities and beyond –...
a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
Author : Kersten Hall, Author and Honorary Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds
When Frederick Banting’s phone rang one morning in...
Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change
Author : Margaret Kadiri, Lecturer in Physical Geography, King's College London
The UN climate summit COP26, held in November 2021, focused the world’s attention on the urgent...
but we can look back in time for solutions
Author : Bashar Al Shawa, PhD Student in Architecture, University of Bath
It’s been claimed that technology is the answer to the climate crisis. By eventually separating...
The flagging UK car industry is moving too slowly on battery production to compete...
Author : David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
Car manufacturing in the UK stalled dramatically last year. The head of the industry trade body...
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health...
Author : Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, University of Oxford
The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is...
