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Researchers use virtual reality to understand how people respond when self-driving taxis go wrong

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Small improvements in sleep, physical activity and diet are linked with a longer life

An opinion piece authored by Professor Eef Hogervorst, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University.
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Loughborough appoints world-leading academic Professor Leanne Norman to lead Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub

Loughborough University has appointed Professor Leanne Norman to spearhead its ground-breaking Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub.

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IAS Workshop: How to Translate Research into a Comic: Examples from Disaster Scholarship

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Whether or not US acquires Greenland, the island will be at the centre of a massive military build-up in the Arctic

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