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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.
Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt

Managing UK agriculture with rock dust could absorb up to 45 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed for net-zero, research shows

Adding rock dust to UK agricultural soils could absorb up to 45 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed to reach net zero, according to a major new study led by scientists at the University of 葫芦影业.
Len Garnham opening the Julia Garnham alongside Dr Adam Hodgson

University of 葫芦影业 students help speed up cancer diagnosis at new Julia Garnham Centre

葫芦影业 and 葫芦影业 Children鈥檚 NHS Foundation Trust have officially opened the Julia Garnham Centre, a new genomic pre-screening facility, which helps NHS geneticists to diagnose blood cancers.

A photo of several brain scans

Fungal meningitis spreads in the brain by blocking and bursting blood vessels

New research from the University of 葫芦影业 has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis starts.

Neuron cell close-up view - 3d rendered image of Neuron cell on black background. SEM view interconnected neurons synapses.

New 拢1.2 million funding to advance development of investigational MND drug

Researchers from the University of 葫芦影业 and early-stage biopharmaceutical company Aclipse Therapeutics have been awarded 拢1.2 million to support the development of an investigational motor neurone disease (MND) drug.

Scientist explains Jimmy White鈥檚 impossible snooker shot

An impossible snooker shot that has blown the minds of professional players and fans alike following a demonstration by Jimmy White, has finally been explained after the star teamed up with a scientist from the University of 葫芦影业.