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Anyone with a BMI over 30 is considered obese rather than just overweight and although people with obesity all have a few extra kilos in common, two people with the same BMI can have very different amounts of fat, and that fat can be…

Kenya is pioneering a newly developed 100% solar energy-driven drying system for forest pine tree seeds in its bid to tackle the country’s decades-long deforestation crisis.Logging and drought have caused severe deforestation, leaving…

Getting to hospital, going to school, work or the market for most people in rural Tanzania depends on crossing a river safely.About 40 million people live in remote parts of the East African country, one of the world’s poorest…

Churning out the world’s toilets, tiles, plates and pipes, the resource-guzzling ceramics industry can go a long way to clean up its act, environmentally speaking.Pumping out tonnes of pollutants like carbon dioxide and other gases while…

A fluffy flying dog guides children to build good habits and practice positive thinking in a new picture book by a Brunel public health lecturer.Based on his own soft toy ‘pillow pet’, Dr Kei Long Cheung’s Fluffy’s Isle of Change teaches…

People’s eating habits, exercise rates, genes and vital statistics will be scrutinised in a nation-wide £350,000 government funded study to pinpoint obesity causes in Ghana.Four in ten Ghanaians are overweight or obese and experts fear…

Researchers from Brunel University London found 150 chemicals that had leached into drinks from their plastic bottles, with 18 of those chemicals found in levels exceeding regulations.So-called Food Contact Chemicals (FCC) are commonly…

Brunel University London is to join forces with tech giant Meta and the University of Cambridge to explore the future of ‘Social Virtual Reality,’ and how the metaverse might me made more equitable for disabled and older people.Funded by…

It’s a stinky gas mostly used to make fertiliser for farming. But researchers at Brunel University London are using ammonia to develop a new carbon-free transport fuel.Ammonia has great potential as a 100% renewable liquid fuel to power…

The wounded veterans and serving personnel of Team UK met for the final time last weekend, training at Brunel University London ahead of travelling to the Invictus Games The Hague.The 61-strong team – 91% of whom will make their Invictus…