Our research impact
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Building greener communities with satellite technology
Scientists at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ are using satellite data to assess the carbon production of plants, monitor the Earth’s health, and help create greener, healthier global communities.
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Preserving DNA in everlasting memory crystals
Scientists at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ have successfully stored the full human genome (or complete set of DNA) onto a 5D memory crystal – an achievement which could hold the key to restoring life after extinction.
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Giving autistic children a voice – the power of ‘I am’ Digital Stories
‘I am’ Digital Stories created by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ researchers are ensuring that the voices of autistic children and young people are heard during crucial transitions in their education and lives.
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Closing the attainment gap
Teams at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ are collaborating with student ambassadors, local businesses, and local schools to close attainment gaps, provide opportunities for disadvantaged pupils, and make education equitable.
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Can robots and migration help address the challenges of ageing?
Research by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ demographers has explored strategies to best address the skills shortages caused by ageing and whether migration and the use of robotics can help alleviate some of the resulting pressures.
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Targeting childhood vaccines globally
WorldPop, a research group led by Professor Andy Tatem, is revolutionising global health efforts by enabling governments to vaccinate children who were previously unreachable.
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The Debt Dilemma: How Rising Debt Levels May Widen Inequality in the UK
Debt and inequality are two issues that increasingly dominate discussions across Western Europe.
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Measuring unmet need for social care among older persons
Research by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Centre for Research on Ageing and the ESRC Centre for Population Change – Connecting Generations project can directly inform social policies to reduce and try to eliminate the unmet need for social care among older persons.
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New method boosts COVID-19 contact-tracing in Thailand: A model for global outbreak control
A team of researchers, led by Dankmar Böhning and supported by Rattana Lerdsuwansri and Patarawan Sangnawakij from Thammasat University, has developed a powerful new method to measure the effectiveness of contact-tracing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.
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Applicable Resurgent Asymptotics: towards a universal theory. An Isaac Newton Institute Programme
An innovative ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ initiative, that brought together mathematicians and theoretical physicists from around the world, is helping shed light on complex challenges in mathematics and physics.
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Helping families have more trust in administrative data linkage
Discover how ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s research is empowering families to trust the digital data shared about their lives.
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Turning the silver screen green
Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business, is exploring how characters on screen could help us reduce our carbon footprints.