High temperatures and rail strikes: What you need to know for UK travel
Rail services advise people only use trains if essential, as UK travel has been unadvised due to high temperatures and upcoming rail strikes.
Plants produce aspirin to cope in heatwaves
With heatwaves across the globe, many are concerned about agriculture and dehydrated plants - it turns out plants produce their own aspirin.
Maintaining your sodium levels in a heatwave
Most of the time, we are told to cut down on the amount of salt in our diet, as this increases blood pressure and is a significant risk factor for heart disease and stroke, however, in a heatwave, things are rather different.
‘New’ ozone hole has been around since 1980s
A large, year-round ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, has only recently been discovered despite existing since the 1980s.
Horizon Europe: Six European cities piloting solutions for circular waste
European cities are moving towards becoming fully circular – not only recycling all their waste but also changing their production modes to fit circular waste models.
Cybersecurity strategies: fighting alert fatigue and building resilience
As security risks increase in complexity and data expands exponentially, cybersecurity strategies need to simplify – and streamline.
EU urban mobility must be sustainable and inclusive
Mateusz Szymański, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, sheds light on sustainable and inclusive urban mobility, including a call for the better use of inland waterway transport.
How will Brexit policy affect your diet?
Brexit policy is to affect micronutrient food supplies in the UK, where foods imports will become harder to access due to trade deals.
British heatwaves increase severe illness with ‘risk to life’ warnings
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for the British heatwaves occurring in the next week, with temperatures to reach over 35°c in July.
A revolution in AI: diagnosing cystic hygroma early on
A unique Artificial Intelligence-based deep learning model can identify birth defects in fetal ultrasounds early on .
Turn it off! EU energy rationing and Russia
Energy rationing is on the cards as Russia continues to use energy as a weapon by limiting supplies in response to EU sanctions.
Clean tech projects get a €1.8 billion boost through the EU Innovation Fund
In an effort to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market, the EU has chosen to invest €1.8 billion in 16 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects under the third round of awards under the Innovation Fund.
Drone chemotherapy becomes an NHS net zero cancer strategy
NHS cancer patients will be the first to experience drone chemotherapy, which furthers the NHS net zero strategy, as it cuts down travel time and distance.
Europe’s Nature Restoration Law to repair damaged ecosystems by 2050
The Nature Restoration Law aims to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe, as well as reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030.
Is a sore throat the most accurate indicator of COVID?
COVID-19 is considered "too clever" - it is constantly evolving and mutating and resisting our immune defences.
The Decision-Making Guide to taking HRT
In this exclusive guide to HRT, menopause specialist Dr Deborah Lee, Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, explores the ups and downs involved in the decision to start taking HRT
Computerized DNA motors are moving molecular robotics to the next level
Researchers have developed DNA motors with the ability to sense and process chemical information – mimicking the basic properties of living cells
NHS Digital analyses health behaviours by ethnicity
A report from Health Survey for England analysed health behaviours and wellbeing by ethnicity, here are the results.
85% of UK disabled workers are more productive working from home
There are numerous benefits of working from home for disabled workers, who have been the worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in their careers.
New biobattery: using bacterial interactions to generate power
The new “plug-and-play” biobattery developed by researchers at Binghamton University State University of New York, has proven its worth – with the team revealing it can last for weeks at a time.