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ABC: 'Engagement starts from the inside'

Spanish newspaper cites a study by the University of Warwick, which finds that happy employees are 12% more productive. (December 2020)

Fri 08 Jan 2021, 16:08 | Tags: Coverage

Le Figaro: 'When the English think about an exceptional wealth tax'

French newspaper Le Figaro: "...we have just received a report entitled soberly 'A wealth tax for the UK.' Written by three academic experts from prestigious institutions (London School of Economics, University of Warwick, Institute for Fiscal Studies), the study examines the feasibility of a wealth tax in Great Britain. (December 2020)

Fri 08 Jan 2021, 15:51 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage

Nau.ch: Satellites endangered! Space debris is becoming an increasing problem

There's too much junk in space, reports the Swiss news site. How much, exactly, can often only be estimated using complex simulations. Astronomers at the University of Warwick took a closer look at the orbit with a powerful telescope. October 2020.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 16:33 | Tags: Coverage

Mon Livret: scientists develop rapid 5 minute Covid-19 test

Dr Nicole Robb, previously a Royal Society Fellow at the University of Oxford and now at Warwick Medical School, said, "Our tests can reliably differentiate between different viruses in clinical samples, a development that offers important advantages in the next phase of the pandemic.” October 2020.

Also in WProst (Poland) ; SIC Noticias (Portugal) ; and others.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 16:29 | Tags: COVID19, Coverage, Expert comment

Electric Motor News: Investment in a new electric drive unit at Lotus Engineering

Italian news website reports: Lotus announced that they will open another headquarters at the University of Warwick to expand their research capacity October 2020.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 16:23 | Tags: Coverage

Eco Reporter: Corona is reducing emissions worldwide as never before

German news website reports that an international team at WMG (University of Warwick) is calling for the global economy to increasingly adopt circular economy strategies. These are the best way for the world to recover financially from COVID-19 and at the same time achieve CO2 emission targets. October 2020.

Also in French <em>Trust My Science</em>.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 16:18 | Tags: COVID19, EUTOPIA, Coverage

Futura-Sciences: Does putting a cost on global warming make sense?

Article cites new University of Warwick research that finds over the next 200 years, the cost of our climate inaction is estimated to be somewhere between $ 50 billion and $250 billion per year. While the ultimate cost of carbon to humanity would be around $100,000 per tonne emitted. October 2020.

Also in Yahoo FR.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 16:14 | Tags: Coverage, Expert comment

Noticias de la Ciencia: Instrumentation to detect water in the atmospheres of exoplanets

"Astronomers at the University of Warwick have shown that water vapor can be detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets by literally looking at the tops of their impenetrable clouds." October 2020

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 15:45 | Tags: Coverage

Slate FR: Covid-19 could survive for a month on our phones

A professor of molecular oncology at the University of Warwick, Lawrence S. Young, however, delivers a reassuring comment: "This study suggests that touch screens present a risk of transmission. However, we do know that the vast majority of cases of infection result from close contact between two people. There are no documented cases of infection from contact with surfaces." October 2020

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 15:43 | Tags: Coverage, Expert comment

Finanz Nachrichten: Advances in novel supercapacitor materials

First Graphene Ltd. indicates that the first tests of their novel supercapacitor materials in collaboration with the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), a world leader Battery test laboratory. Appears in many other German news outlets. October 2020.

Thu 22 Oct 2020, 15:40 | Tags: Coverage

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