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One of the world’s worst plastic polluters, Indonesia just launched the first of a string of Living Labs to help local people lift themselves out of a ‘plastic waste emergency’.South East Asia’s biggest nation, Indonesia pumps out 11.5…

Fresh figures from the 2024 QS World University Rankings see Brunel University London rocket a remarkable 69 places to reach its highest score ever in the table.The 20th QS World University Rankings put Brunel 343rd in the world and 40th…

For years, the menopause was the Cinderella of women’s health. Women suffered in silence as their symptoms were overlooked, underestimated, and regularly mistreated.However, the menopause has finally found its voice, and famous faces such…

A personalised test that tells how well chemotherapy, radiotherapy or gene therapy will work on individual patients is now approved for UK, US, EU and Japanese patents.It will give many people with serious diseases like cancer, heart…

The CTWS Leiden Ranking 2023 lists Brunel as 18th in the UK, and 82nd in the world, for an indicator which shows the proportion of a university’s papers that, compared with other publications in the same scientific field, belong in the…

It keeps food fresh and clean, makes it easy to transport and tells you what’s inside. Convenience is not a worry. But the chemicals recycled plastic food packaging carries are cause for concern, scientists warn.Found in food trays, water…

The premium coffee house Caffè Nero has today announced the launch of the Nero Book Awards, delivered in partnership with Brunel University London, The Booksellers Association and Right To Dream.The Nero Book Awards are a new set of…

The rise of artificial intelligence is one of the world’s most influential and talked-about technological advancements. Its rapidly increasing capabilities have embedded it into everyday life, and it’s now sitting in our living rooms and,…

The 2023 rankings include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.The annual impact rankings assess universities against the United Nations' 17 Sustainable…

The first research report in the UK to address the lived experiences of crime and gambling-related harms for people within ethnic minority communities has been published by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms.The report,…