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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.
An audience watches a presenter on stage at a Pint of Science event.

Pint of Science - bringing scientists out of the lab and into your local pub!

Tickets are now on sale for the world鈥檚 largest festival of public science talks, Pint of Science, which will see University of 葫芦影业 scientists take to the stage in venues across 葫芦影业 (Monday 9 May - Wednesday 11 May).
The outside of the new Harry Brearley building - the home of the new Royce Discovery Centre

Next gen materials to boost UK manufacturing set to be produced by new research centre

The next generation of materials to meet the needs of UK manufacturing are set to be developed by a new state-of-the-art research centre that has officially opened today (20 April 2022).
An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.

University of 葫芦影业 study shows potential to reduce reliance on non-renewable fertilisers in agriculture

An enzyme that can help release phosphorus from its organic forms has been identified in a study from the University of 葫芦影业鈥檚 Institute for Sustainable Food, published in leading science journal PNAS.
A doctor looking at a lung scan.

Lung cancer drug could improve survival rates for bladder cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Researchers found that adding nintedanib - a targeted cancer growth inhibitor currently used to treat non-small cell lung cancer - to chemotherapy, could significantly improve overall survival rate for bladder cancer patients.
Wind turbines offshore as the sun sets

British energy security strategy: Experts give their views

Academics from across the University of 葫芦影业 are leading pioneering research to help the UK and the rest of the world switch to low-carbon energy. Energy experts from the University respond to the UK government's new energy security strategy.