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University of Birmingham welcomes new Head of Sustainability & Director of Sustainability Education 17 May 2023 The University of Birmingham has appointed Charmaine Morrell as Head of Sustainability and Dr Julia Myatt as Director of Sustainability Education.
Putting phones in lockup: is this the new ‘trend’ for managing student smartphone use in schools? 17 May 2023 With restrictive approaches to students’ uses of smartphones in schools, it is important to ask: how do school actually manage these restrictions in practice?
Invading insect could transform Antarctic soils 09 May 2023 A tiny flightless midge which has colonised Antarctica’s Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island’s soil ecosystem, a study shows.
How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought 26 April 2023 A new study has identified regions in the Amazon rainforest which are most at risk from drier conditions
Research identifies suicide risk factors for domestic abuse survivors 26 April 2023 Survivors of domestic abuse are more likely to consider suicide if they have been sexually assaulted or subject to multiple forms of abuse, new research shows.
Imagery training could give esport athletes a competitive edge 18 April 2023 Esport athletes can use mental imaging techniques to enhance performance and achieve optimal mental and emotional states while competing.
Starting small and simple - key to success for evolution of mammals 14 April 2023 Changes to skull structure combined with mammals becoming smaller and a dietary switch led to development of the wide-range of creatures we see around us today.
Birmingham launches pan-European search for clean air leaders 06 April 2023 We're offering five exceptional students the opportunity to join a fully-funded master’s degree in Air Pollution Management and Control
DELLA proteins could hold key to the next Green Revolution 04 April 2023 A family of ‘promiscuous’ proteins found in all land plants mediates many different plant functions, despite remaining almost unchanged for 450M years.
Vehicle exhaust filters do not remove ‘ultrafine’ pollution – new study 27 March 2023 Filters fitted to vehicle exhaust systems to remove particulate matter pollution have limited impact on ultrafine particles, new research shows.