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Energy the Great Driver: Seven Revolutions and the Challenges of Climate Change
Gareth Wyn Jones, R. University of Wales Press, £16.99 There have been many books on climate change, which outline the nature of the issues which humankind faces in the next few decades. Most of them do not offer comprehensive solutions to the way...
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Plant science conference kicks off
he will express concern that ‘we’re increasingly looking overseas to meet our own food needs’. Guy will speak about a ‘key driver’ of this widening trade gap being the regulatory framework in which UK agriculture has to operate: "The regulations to test...
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
in medieval Europe, George Washington’s lethal weapon in the American War of Independence, and, in this century, a driver in the success of the world’s largest coffee shop corporation. Some may find the writing style irritating – much like a mosquito...
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My Lab Unlocked: Professor Bruce Whitelaw FRSB
of business. Our commercial partner is now seeking regulatory approval for such pigs. These examples illustrate both a key driver for my research and one of the most rewarding aspects – I want the research we pioneer in the lab to lead to real-life...
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Moths on the move
of 9% Climate change While the destruction and deterioration of wildlife-rich habitats is considered to be the main driver of declines in Britain’s moths, climate change also seems to be exerting a big influence on species trends. A number of species...
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Links Day returns to Portcullis House to discuss science and international collaboration
George Freeman MP discusses Plan B and next steps for Horizon Europe He returned to the topic of Horizon membership – as a driver behind the proposed Plan B alternative, Freeman stated he was keen to move forward: “If the phone does not ringin the next...
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Tackling inequalities in research
communities, long-lasting damage to vaccine uptake has been recorded in these communities. These inequalities are a major driver of what was described as vaccine hesitancy. These issues are just the latest example of long-standing health inequalities...
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Tackling inequalities in clinical studies
communities, long-lasting damage to vaccine uptake has been recorded in these communities. These inequalities are a major driver of what was described as vaccine hesitancy. These issues are just the latest example of long-standing health inequalities...
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Policy Lates
Improving people’s wellbeing is perhaps the ultimate goal of almost all government policy. Mental health is a major driver of wellbeing, yet one in four people in the UK suffer from a mental health problem each year, with enormous cost to individuals...
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Food for thought
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services published in May, changes in land and sea use were identified as the biggest direct driver of biodiversity loss around the globe. More than a third of the world’s land surface and nearly 75% of freshwater resources...
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A Theory of Global Biodiversity (Monographs in population biology, 60)
that do not adhere to the simplified trends mentioned above. Temperature and productivity have previously been proposed as drivers for evolution. Worm and Tittensor combine these drivers with another driver of community size to build their theory,...
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Biological Emergence-based Evolutionary Mechanism (BEEM)
soma to germ line gene transfer. Neither author denies that natural selection occurs, but they doubt that it is the major driver of evolution. There is always adanger that enthusiasm for a new idea can trigger bias when assessing evidence, and this is...
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£52M boost for skills and training in UK science sectors
recognition of the importance of the science based industries to the UK’s future prosperity – and that skills are the key driver of their competitiveness. To maintain our position at the international forefront, it is vital that the next generation of...
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2013
budget ahead of the 2013 comprehensive spending review. The response highlights the importance of public funding as a key driver for business and charitable investment in science, and asks that investment in research and development is stablised and...
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Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection is Changing Life on Earth
to 'unnatural selection', an evolutionary process led by humans rather than nature. This process is fast becoming the main driver of our own evolution, as well as the environment and life we have engineered around us. The authors lead you through an...
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Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward
of philosophical wisdom, founded on environmental evidence, which can help us to generate a more sustainable planet. A key driver in the book is the Paris Agreement of December 2015, stemming from the UN Climate Change Conference COP21, when widespread...
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RSB and UBMA HE Bioscience Technician of the Year announced
her certificate Gill, who has been working at the University of Warwick since 2007, has been recognised as an essential driver in increasing student satisfaction scores through her work supporting staff and students alike in their learning and research....
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'I push people to apply the scientific method to crazy questions'
can build into the lab, the more likely it is we'll be asking questions that haven't been asked before and that becomes the driver of the whole place. You're known for growing an ear from an apple. Was that about trying to get biologists to think...
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'I push people to apply the scientific method to crazy questions'
can build into the lab, the more likely it is we'll be asking questions that haven't been asked before and that becomes the driver of the whole place. You're known for growing an ear from an apple. Was that about trying to get biologists to think...
