Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' Sami Ullah Appointed to the Nutrient Management Expert Group at DEFRA DescriptionThe Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) appointed Sami Ullah, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences as an advisor to join the Nutrient Management Expert Group (NMEG) at DEFRA.Date:27/10/2020 Lapworth Museum – Free Resources for Schools and Educational Groups DescriptionVirtual education resources available at the Lapworth Museum of Geology.Date:26/10/2020 matchFit app uses football to provide resources and support to vulnerable groups DescriptionAn new app which uses football as a theme to provide positive resources and support for vulnerable groups including the young and the homeless has been launched by the Street Soccer Foundation.Date:19/10/2020 Professor Alice Roberts Receives Public Anthropology Award DescriptionAlice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science has received the Royal Anthropological Institute Public Anthropology Award 2020.Date:19/10/2020 Automatic decision-making prevents us harming others – new study DescriptionThe processes our brains use to avoid harming other people are automatic and reflexive – and quite different from those used when avoiding harm to ourselves, according to new research.Date:15/10/2020 All of England's rivers are polluted - revealing the 'invisible water crisis' DescriptionA report revealed that none of England's 4600 rivers, lakes and other waterways met "good" ecological and chemical standards in 2019-2020 as designated by the EU Water Framework Directive.Date:15/10/2020 Athletes using sport supplements are more open to doping - study DescriptionAthletes using legal performance enhancing and medical sport supplements are more likely to dope than those using sport foods and superfoods, a new study reveals.Date:08/10/2020 Cardiac rehabilitation programme wins BMJ award DescriptionA home-based rehabilitation programme that could help thousands of heart failure patients to achieve a better quality of life has won a prestigious BMJ award.Date:08/10/2020 Rethinking Psychosis Treatment in Young People DescriptionNew treatments which identify existing treatments could be repurposed for effective use in psychosis which can move towards better and more personalised medicine.Date:08/10/2020 Intensive monoculture is putting water systems in peril DescriptionThe global spread of vast forest plantations and agricultural monocultures are turning once diverse landscapes into areas of land supporting single plant species, with huge implications for our terrestrial water cycle.Date:22/09/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 473 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next