Our research impact
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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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An electronic smart glove improves life for stroke survivors
A ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ team has invented an electronic glove that enables movement in the paralysed hands of stroke survivors – supporting their rehabilitation.  
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Shining a light on neutron stars with string theory
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ research is pushing forward the frontiers of our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature by revealing insights into the interiors of neutron stars.
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Adapting to warmer waters
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ PhD student Karolina Zarzyczny is improving our understanding of the mass movement of marine life in our oceans due to global heating.
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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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Improving the diagnosis and treatment of a rare genetic disease
World-leading ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ research into Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is enabling earlier
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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.
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Integrating learning about numbers into children’s everyday lives
A programme of activities created by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ academics is empowering families in England and Jamaica to talk about numbers early in their children’s lives.