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A google earth image showing data from the digital tools identifying where selective-logging has taken place in the rainforest.
Google Earth Image 漏 Airbus 2025 showing changes in the forest canopy detected by satellites at one of the logging concessions in 2023 including the logging detections identified by the new algorithm in red.

New technology helping fight against illegal logging of Peru鈥檚 valuable rainforest

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.
A long-tailed tit flying
Credit: Billy Clapham

Family first: scientists reveal long-tailed tits' remarkable family bonds

Forget fleeting friendships 鈥 the social secrets of the long-tailed tit has revealed an extraordinary level of family commitment even during migratory journeys.
Low alcohol beer

Increase in alcohol deaths in England an 鈥榓cute crisis鈥

The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an 鈥渁cute crisis鈥 requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of 葫芦影业 and UCL.
Am image of a man up a ladder installing some solar panels on the roof of a typical semi-detached house.

Government urged to tackle inequality in 鈥榣ow-carbon tech鈥 like solar panels and electric cars

The UK government needs to go beyond offering subsidies for low-carbon technologies like electric cars and solar panels for energy and heating, if it is to meet its net-zero targets by 2050, a new report from the University of 葫芦影业 suggests.
A woman sat on a bench using a mobile phone outside of an airport

UK's first national 6G research facility to be opened by University of 葫芦影业

A major new research facility that will help the UK be a world leader in 6G technology is set to be established at the University of 葫芦影业.

An artists' impression of the ring system around Quaoar

A new ring system discovered in our Solar System

Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems, calling into question current theories of how ring systems are formed.
Apprentices having a cup of coffee and chatting at the AMRC Training Centre

University of 葫芦影业 apprentices celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

As this week is National Apprenticeship Week (6-12 February 2023), meet some of the apprentices in the University of 葫芦影业鈥檚 Division of Nursing and Midwifery and Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Training Centre.

A photo of skeleton SK3870 on site at the excavations at York Barbican. Credit: On Site Archaeology.

Mysterious skeleton revealed to be that of unusual Lady Anchoress of York Barbican

The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed by the University of 葫芦影业 and Oxford Archaeology, thanks to a skeletal collection now held at the University.
Three puffins in a huddle, appearing to converse with each other

Rates of hatching failure in birds almost twice as high as previously estimated

Hatching failure rates in birds are almost twice as high as experts previously estimated, according to the largest ever study of its kind.