Cooling accounts for over 7% of global GHG emissions and is the fastest growing GHG contributor in the world. Globally, 12% of the total food produced is lost due to the lack of cold chain. Likewise, 20% of temperature-sensitive vaccine... Continue Reading →

Dr Duane Mellor, Senior Lecturer, Aston Medical school Nutrition is an area of apparent disagreement among the public and experts. It is also an area which has seen a rapid increase in the number of publications in the past 40... Continue Reading →

Professor Petra Wark and Funmi Ladeinde of the Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Research Institute for Health & Wellbeing at the University of Coventry. Many human research studies lack diversity, which limits our understanding of the factors that contribute to... Continue Reading →

Dr Eirini Theodosiou, Senior Lecturer, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University Jason Thomas, Senior lecturer, School of Psychology, Aston University The demand for animal-based foods will increase by 70% in 2050 to feed the predicted 9.8 billion people. Yet currently,... Continue Reading →

Prof. Patricia Thornley, Director, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, Aston University A is for apple … T is for Tree From our earliest years we are introduced to trees: in the classroom; in fairy stories of magic treesand deep dark... Continue Reading →

Dr Graeme Hayes, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University Net zero is everywhere. The UK has pledged to reach net zero by 2050; the NHS, by 2040; Birmingham City Council’s ‘route to zero’, by 2030; Birmingham Airport’s ‘flight... Continue Reading →

Dr Sarah Duxbury, University of Warwick Microbes frequently exist together as communities across environments as diverse as the human body to natural environments. What drives microbial diversity in the natural world? How can we study microbial ecosystems in the lab?... Continue Reading →

Sophie Turigel, Dietitian at SWGP Federation Sophie is a gut-specialist Dietitian at the South Warwickshire GP Federation, who is keeping up to date with the latest research on sourdough breads and other baked goods. She loves to share this with... Continue Reading →

Professor Stephen Busby, University of Birmingham Bacteria generally receive a ‘bad press’, and most folk only think about them when they or a familymember suffers from an infection. Surveys find that people are unaware that the vast majority ofbacteria are... Continue Reading →

With the UK Government having set climate goals to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the need to move away from diesel as fuel is critical. In all sectors, the challenge of clean, efficient energy storage is increasingly present, from electric cars... Continue Reading →

Professor Robin Allaby, University of Warwick Prior to the formation of the present-day North Sea during the mid-Holocene, North-Western Europe was connected through the Doggerland landmass. Whilst it has been known for the past century that forests grew in Doggerland,... Continue Reading →

Rob Huckstepp, University of Warwick Sleep apnoea is a silent and often overlooked disorder. Though for many years its effects were thought to be benign, we now know that it contributes to the generation and progression of many of the... Continue Reading →