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Digital twins shake up heat exchanger design: Vestas Aircoil and University of Sheffield forge...
Beyond blueprints, beyond prototypes, lies a future where humans and machines design in harmony. Dive into the groundbreaking collaboration between Vestas Aircoil and the University of Sheffield, where digital twins unlock sustainable engineering breakthroughs.
Study links air pollution particle to Alzheimer’s Disease symptoms
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), UNSW Sydney, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore have found a link between air pollution and Alzheimer's disease.
UK gender gap in health: How can remote monitoring create fair female healthcare?
Natalie Duffield explains how Inhealthcare – a UK leader in digital health and remote monitoring – is helping NHS organisations to develop and deliver technologies that can help close the gender gap in health outcomes and provide fair access to women’s clinical services.
Is there a link between air pollution and cardiovascular deaths?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that air pollution is significantly linked to mortality from cardiovascular diseases, with low-income countries taking the burden of its impact.
Welfare economics: Promoting equality through general policies
Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics, Monash University, continues a discussion about welfare economics, focusing on efficiency supremacy in specific areas, arguing that equality should be promoted through general policies.
How does our diet and lifestyle affect our hair growth?
According to hair stylists, 68% of women are unhappy about their hair. How women feel about our hair correlates strongly with our feelings. The most common complaints are that our hair is 'too dry', 'it's falling out', or it 'grows too slowly'.
Using lotteries instead of auctioning is both inefficient and inequality-creating
Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University, compares the use of the lottery and auctioning to allocate scarce goods.
Professor Ingela Naumann and the importance of childcare policy for gender equality and social...
Ingela Naumann is a leading expert in the fields of childcare and gender equality policy with an international and comparative focus. Working at the University of Fribourg, she examines how social and education policies improve equality, fairness and social wellbeing in society.
How can health professionals help to tackle air pollution?
Dr Malcolm White, Clean Air Specialist at the charity Global Action Plan, explains how healthcare professionals can play a vital role in tackling air pollution and educating the public on associated health risks.
UK air pollution regulations are saving lives but not protecting ecosystems
UCL researchers have discovered that current air pollution regulations in the UK will prevent thousands of premature adult deaths.
Air pollution: Tackling London’s slow-moving traffic conundrum
According to Transport for London (TfL), each year air pollution causes thousands of Londoners to develop life-changing illnesses.
Data management plans as a tool for making data fair
Andy Götz (ESRF Data Manager and PaNOSC Coordinator), explores if and how Data Management Plans (DMPs) are essential for making data FAIR.
3D printing method developed for repairing brain injuries
Scientists have used 3D printing technology to create engineered brain tissue resembling a simplified cerebral cortex using human stem cells.
Toxic air being breathed in by nearly everyone in Europe
Almost every individual in Europe is being exposed to hazardous levels of air pollution, according to a new investigation by The Guardian.
Air pollutions threats to health are unequally spread across the world
As global air pollution levels increase, so has the toll it has taken on human health, as new data from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) reveals. However, this toll is not felt equally across the globe; why?
The air we breathe: Fighting for clean air and better global health
With air pollution causing 7 million premature deaths annually, what is being done to protect the global population from the lack of clean air?
UK government to protect students from poor quality university courses
The Prime Minister and Education Secretary have announced measures to protect students and taxpayers from poor quality university courses that lead to high dropout rates, low job prospects and significant debt burdens.
The fair principles: Trusting in fair data repositories
Andy Götz, ESRF data manager and PaNOSC coordinator, discusses the impact of applying the FAIR principles to research data.
Urban heat disparities: Exploring inequality and environmental impact
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory studied US cities, uncovering urban heat disparities in air temperature variations among demographic groups, particularly between Black and white residents.
Internet access as a human right could improve equality
Human rights attainment could be improved by increasing internet access to those unable to afford it, improving education, employment, health and more.