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SUSTAINABLE HOME: Easy solutions to help reduce plastic and packaging pollution

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have seen headlines here, there and everywhere warning of the dangers of plastic pollution.

Brexit has had more news coverage in the UK election than Labour’s core agenda – new data

In any election campaign it is the job of the media to scrutinise policies and hold the various parties – and their leaders – to account.
Jeremy Corbyn

Newspaper negativity towards Labour continues to intensify

Newspaper negativity towards Labour has continued to intensify throughout the course of the election campaign, the latest media audit report by Loughborough University has found.
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SUSTAINABLE HOME: Combine ethics with aesthetics by joining the circular fashion movement

It’s that time of year again where we have social occasions coming out of our ears.
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SUSTAINABLE HOME: Experts share top tips for being more environmentally friendly this Christmas in new video series

FIVE Loughborough experts are sharing their tips and tricks for making your home more sustainable this Christmas as part of a new video series.
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What about the environment?

Despite worldwide protests about climate change, the environment has barely featured in election media coverage, securing just two percent of all coded news themes in week three of the campaign.
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Loughborough London experts team up with Chelsea FC Academy to teach AI how to ‘think’ and make split-second decisions on the go

A Loughborough University London academic is to develop ground-breaking algorithms that will equip AI systems with the ability to ‘think’ and respond to busy, ever-changing environments – such as driving on the road - much faster than humans.

Samples of diatoms gathered from river and lake beds by Dr David Ryves, used to determine information about climate change

Latest Radar project commissions artists to explore risk and its social, ecological and economic relations

Radar has launched its latest project, Risk-Related: a year-long series of artist residencies, commissions, performances and events.

Is this a brexit election?

Despite being one of the most talked about issues, media coverage around brexit has already waned in the second week of the election campaign.
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Exploring migrant decision-making in West Africa

A Loughborough University academic is part of a new £1.4m research project that will explore migration decision-making and development in West Africa.

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Mobile phones can help cities be more energy efficient, study suggests

Mobile phone data could be used to make urban buildings more energy efficient, a new research paper has found.

Mothers’ depression and anxiety linked to unhealthy diets for children

Having symptoms of depression or anxiety could be affecting the way mothers feed their children and could contribute to youngsters developing unhealthy eating habits, a new study has found.

The future of railway vehicles: New digital design allows for quicker, smoother and more economic travel

Engineers and academics have upgraded the design of traditional railway vehicle chassis with lasers, electric motors and artificial intelligence.

Lib Dems and women the lost voices in first week of media election coverage

It was a two-horse race in terms media coverage for the first week of the election campaign, with the Conservatives and Labour dominating both TV and print news.

General Election 2019: Discover what’s making the media headlines

A real time news audit of the General Election by Loughborough University is lifting the lid on what media coverage the political parties, their policies and MPs are securing each week.
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Vote now for the winners of the CALIBRE Awards

Voting is now open to help choose the winners of the Winter 2019 CALIBRE Awards.
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Virgin Media owner announces plans for 1,200 on-street electric vehicle chargers – and Loughborough research will determine where they go

Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media, has unveiled plans to help revolutionise on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging – and Loughborough academics will play a crucial role in making the vision a reality.
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Loughborough London academic to develop AI systems that can ‘think’ and respond to dynamic environments faster than any human being

A Loughborough University London academic is to develop ground-breaking algorithms that will equip AI systems with the ability to ‘think’ and respond to busy, ever-changing environments – like complex road junctions - much faster than human beings.

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Rivers are changing all the time, and it affects their capacity to contain floods

The rainfall that has inundated the North of England is the latest in a long line of flood events that are becoming the country’s new normal.

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Annual scientific lecture to coincide with planting of Newton apple tree descendant

A prestigious annual lecture hosted by the University will be commemorated with the planting of a direct descendant from Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree.

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Experts examine how technology is being used to improve food manufacturing and outline the next steps for the industry

From using satellites to track asparagus crops, to measuring the lean meat percentage of pork using a high-tech camera, companies across the food manufacturing supply chain are embracing emerging technologies in new and interesting ways.

Racism in Italian football reflects the everyday migrant experience

Italian striker Mario Balotelli has hit out at the “small minded” fans who have once again targeted him with racist abuse.
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How hypothetical designs can help us think through our conversations about euthanasia

Belgian Paralympic athlete Marieke Vervoort revealed two years ago that in 2008, she had been approved to receive euthanasia.

Four visions for the future of public transport

The way people get around is starting to change, and as a professor of transport strategy I do rather wonder if the modes of transport we use today will still be around by the turn of the next century.
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Electric planes are here – but they won’t solve flying’s CO2 problem

The UK government plans to ban the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Clearly the plan is for all citizens to be driving electric or hybrid-electric cars, or – better still – riding bicycles.