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Made in England?

3 July 2020

Why the UK Government wants Korean and Japanese goods to have same trade benefits as home made products.

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2 July 2020

The ��ֱ�� is part of a newly launched £17 million research project designed to improve charging stations for electric vehicles.

£1.5 million for research to help the public respond to mass emergencies

1 July 2020

Professor John Drury and colleagues from other universities have secured funding for two research projects to help societies respond to emergencies.

Speaking Citizens: New research project aims to put speech back at the heart of British education

25 June 2020

A new AHRC-funded project will look at the history of speech education to help address an urgent need to restore it in UK schools.

Resource curse or resource blessing: How major oil discoveries keep autocrats in power

25 June 2020

Oil is the most effective natural resource when it comes to keeping despots in power, new research shows.

Role models: The need for responsible modelling in the age of pandemic

24 June 2020

Too many examples of coronavirus modelling have been insufficiently transparent about their uncertainties and too precise in their claims.

Young people’s trust in government damaged long-term by COVID-19

19 June 2020

Gen Z are likely to have less faith in elections and their own governments for the rest of their lives as a result of growing up during coronavirus,

Mums doing lion’s share of childcare and home-learning during lockdown – even when both parents work

19 June 2020

Childcare responsibilities during lockdown are not being shared equally between working parents, psychologists at the ��ֱ�� have found.

Rooting for the future: how the public can help to reflower our landscapes

18 June 2020

A Sussex researcher is seeking to understand how we can better manage the places we live and work to allow nature to thrive.

Simple blood test could one day diagnose motor neurone disease

18 June 2020

Sussex researchers identify unique biomarker opening the door to future developments which allow for quicker diagnosis.

When one pixel is enough: ‘single pixel’ vision in fish could help scientists understand how humans see tiny detail

29 May 2020

Recently discovered ‘single-pixel vision’ in fish could help researchers understand how humans are able to spot details like stars in the sky.

Want, want, want: How Boris Johnson’s choice of language failed to bring the UK together

29 May 2020

The language used by the PM in addressing the nation over Coronavirus has been less effective in communicating empathy and unity than other leaders.

Researchers launch survey for UK undergraduates to assess impact of COVID-19 and help shape mental health services

19 May 2020

Starting university and transitioning from one year to the next can be exciting and challenging, but now COVID-19 brings additional challenges.

No place to hide: How market manipulation in the age of pandemic is destroying traditional safe havens

14 May 2020

Safe haven assets such as gold and bitcoin are struggling during the global Coronavirus pandemic thanks to intense, large-scale manipulation.

Resumption of work commute likely to cause exponential second wave of UK Coronavirus cases

14 May 2020

The resumption of the daily work commute risks returning UK Coronavirus cases to an exponential growth, according to new modelling.

An imminent lifting of Coronavirus lockdown not significantly more deadly than extending it by weeks

2 May 2020

Lifting the UK lockdown in two weeks would result in similar number of deaths in a second wave as if quarantine was extended to the middle of summer.

A global agreement to end disruption of Coronavirus medical supplies

28 April 2020

An agreement on medical goods keeping import restrictions low and constraining export bans could help countries with enough supplies to fight Covid-19

Communities could help meet demand for health supplies during Covid-19 with open access hardware and 3D printing

27 April 2020

Free open source hardware and 3D printing could help to alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on global health systems, according to Sussex scientists.

Road traffic noise causes bat activity to decrease by two thirds, as bats find it 'irritating'

16 April 2020

A study reveals the impact of traffic noise on bat activity, suggesting that negative effects could be felt considerable distances from the source.

How is lockdown affecting family life? Study participants needed!

30 March 2020

Sussex psychologists are asking parents of primary school age children to complete an online survey to help them track the impact of the pandemic.

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