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Leading Like A Woman: Understanding why the gender gap in personality traits is widening

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:32:59 GMT

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.

What’s in a smirk?

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:36:26 GMT

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.

Closing the loop on battery manufacture

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:34:00 GMT

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.

When resistance meets the resistance: The scientists fighting the super-bugs

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:32:00 GMT

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.

A nudge in the right direction for the environment

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:56:54 GMT

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.

Enhancing urban resilience through citizen science

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:11:45 GMT

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.

What is the Energy Trilema and how could it help form policy that will insulate the UK from future energy disruption?

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:46:43 GMT

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.

How will the Solar System Die?

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:02:58 GMT

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.

Gas price spike: how UK government failures made a global crisis worse

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:03:00 GMT

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.

Black out: what happens during an eclipse?

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:30:00 GMT

What is an annular solar eclipse - and before scientific understanding, what did people think when the Moon covered the Sun?