A new security standard for criminal vehicle impacts
Roger Knight, Marshalls’ Head of New Product Development and Engineering for Landscape Protection, explains what the new PAS 170 security standard will provide and the benefits it will bring for businesses and government organisations in terms of criminal vehicle impacts
Commonwealth Games 2022 brings ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’
The Commonwealth Games arriving in Birmingham will provide a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ according to the projects City Design & Conservation Manager
Woody breast: A hard problem for the poultry industry
Dr Macdonald Wick, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University’s Department of Animal Sciences explains why Woody Breast is a hard problem for the poultry industry
UK businesses challenged to reduce their paper usage as environmental impact reaches all-time high
A new campaign has been launched to challenge businesses to reduce their paper usage, following recent research which found that a third of UK workers admit to printing out unnecessary paper documents every single day
Earth science education in the UK: From volcanoes to landslides
Dan Boatright, Chair of the Earth Sciences Teachers Association (ESTA) focuses on earth science education in the UK – from volcanoes to landslides and why geologists today are in demand
How district energy contributes to smart cities
NODA Intelligent Systems discusses how district heating and cooling systems are cost-effective solutions that contribute to developing smart cities
How Bayesian Networks are pioneering the ‘smart data’ revolution
Norman Fenton and Martin Neil ask what next after ‘big data’, focussing on how Bayesian Networks are pioneering the ‘smart data’ revolution
Medical and pharmaceutical statistics research: Professional development courses
Prof Thomas Jaki from the Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit at Lancaster University provides an overview of the professional development courses offered at the unit
On Cloud Nine: Why the public sector is putting cloud over AI
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are being rapidly adopted in the business world, but is the public sector following suit? The answer appears to be slowly, as a recent report published by SolarWinds found
Magmatic petrology and volcanology research
Olivier Bachmann, Professor of Volcanology and Magmatic Petrology at ETH Zürich tells us about the group’s fascinating research into magmatic petrology and volcanology
Water, temperature and crop productivity research
Prof Robert Aiken, research crop scientist at Northwest Research—Extension Center tells us about his fascinating research into water and temperature, including the extent to which they limit crop productivity.
NHS procurement process must change, says O’Donovan
Matt O’Donovan, CEO of WiFi SPARK, discusses his views on NHS procurement in this Open Access Government article
Sources of funding in the development of therapies for Huntington’s disease
Leora Fox, Jennifer Simpson and George Yohrling from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America explore the sources of funding in the development of therapies for Huntington’s disease (HD).
Supporting the protection of the green belt in the UK
Paul Miner, Head of Strategic Plans and Devolution at the Campaign to Protect Rural England explains why the organisation strongly supports the green belt policy in the UK
Improving acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) outcomes
Bethany Torr, Campaigns and Advocacy Officer at Leukaemia Care explores how outcomes for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can be improved
Three quarters of UK scale-up tech businesses believe Brexit won’t hurt them
According to new research from Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, tax and investment management group, almost half (45%) of the tech scale-up businesses in the UK believe that the Government’s approach to Brexit and international trade will have no impact on them, while 30% think they stand to benefit.
Could blockchain provide a boost to post-Brexit farming?
University of Hull, School of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, Graduate Student, Tom Jones, asks if blockchain technology might provide a boost to post-Brexit farming.
Over 1.5 million people to trade in full-time work for ‘the gig economy’
More than 6 million UK adults are already self-employed or working as a contractor, with 6% of full-time professionals looking to make the transition this year
A holistic view of citizen debt is crucial to collection
Gary Bell, Executive Director of Civica, advises how councils can better collect the large sums of money owed to them in this article
Asthma: Understanding chronic inflammatory lung diseases
Michael Roth, Research group leader at the University & University Hospital Basel explores the current state of chronic inflammatory lung diseases, from the molecular biology perspective