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Leading Like A Woman: Understanding why the gender gap in personality traits is widening
A postgraduate student at the University of Warwick is aiming to unravel the complicated interactions between the Human Development Index, gender equality and gender gap in personality traits.
Tue 08 Mar 2022, 11:32
| Tags: Science & Technology Psychology Sociology Work
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What’s in a smirk?
When we see a politician smirk, we all know exactly what it means. At least we think we do, explains Dr Elisabeth Blagrove from the University of Warwick’s Department of Psychology.
Sun 13 Feb 2022, 19:36
| Tags: Politics Science & Technology Psychology
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Closing the loop on battery manufacture
A team of polymer scientists at WMG, University of Warwick, is working on a way of making batteries more recyclable, with the aim of closing the loop on battery manufacture.
Sun 13 Feb 2022, 19:34
| Tags: Innovation Technology Science & Technology Chemistry
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When resistance meets the resistance: The scientists fighting the super-bugs
We've been concentrating on COVID but, all the while, a medical timebomb has been ticking: antibiotics will stop working. Meet the international team working to train the next generation of researchers to find the next generation of antimicrobial drugs.
Thu 20 Jan 2022, 15:32
| Tags: Public Health Science & Technology Chemistry Biomedical Science Disease
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A nudge in the right direction for the environment
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our present time. Whilst the world’s leaders are gathering in the UK to reassert their commitment to tackle climate change at COP26, the need for action has never been greater. But how do we get people to engage at an individual level asks Dr Lory Barile an expert in nudge theory from Warwick’s Department of Economics.
Wed 10 Nov 2021, 15:56
| Tags: Politics Business & Economy Psychology Economics
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Enhancing urban resilience through citizen science
As 70 per cent of the world population lives in cities, improving urban resilience against disaster is paramount, and to do this effectively you need to involve the communities most affected say Professor Jon Coaffee, Politics and International Studies and Academic lead for the Global Research Priority in Sustainable Cities, University of Warwick, and Dr Vangelis Pitidis, Politics and International Studies.
Tue 26 Oct 2021, 23:11
| Tags: Politics & Society Public Health Politics Innovation Technology Economics Sociology
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What is the Energy Trilema and how could it help form policy that will insulate the UK from future energy disruption?
If we are to take action that will avoid future energy crises, then we need to examine UK energy policy through the lens of the Energy Trilemma, says Dr Jonathan Clarke from the University of Warwick’s Centre for Global Sustainable Development.
Thu 14 Oct 2021, 22:46
| Tags: Politics & Society Politics Technology Business & Economy Economics
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How will the Solar System Die?
Researchers have spotted a planet surviving its dying star. Dimitri Veras, from the University of Warwick's Astrophysics research group, explains what it tells us about end of our Solar System.
Thu 14 Oct 2021, 22:02
| Tags: Science & Technology Physics & Astrophysics
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Gas price spike: how UK government failures made a global crisis worse
Concerns are growing about the security of winter gas supplies, and industries reliant on gas, such as the fertiliser industry, are curtailing production, threatening various supply chains. Professor Michael Bradshaw from Warwick Business School explains.
Mon 20 Sept 2021, 18:03
| Tags: Engineering Politics Business Innovation Business & Economy Economics
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Black out: what happens during an eclipse?
What is an annular solar eclipse - and before scientific understanding, what did people think when the Moon covered the Sun?
Wed 09 Jun 2021, 13:30
| Tags: Arts & Culture Science & Technology History Physics & Astrophysics
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How should Steve Arnott tackle his painkiller addiction? A health psychologist’s perspective
Dr Harbinder Sandhu, a health psychologist and expert on pain management from Warwick Medical School, looks at how DI Arnott from the hit series Line of Duty could tackle his problem and begin the regain control of his symptoms.
Fri 30 Apr 2021, 10:05
| Tags: Public Health Mental Health & Wellbeing Science & Technology Health & Medicine Film & TV Psychology
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