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Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it

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19 December 2025

Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas...Read More >

Research Funding Successes – November 2025

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18 December 202518 December 2025

Professor Dimitris Charalampopoulos (School of Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy) has been awarded a research grant form The Good Food Institute to investigate ‘Multi-functional pigmented yeast biomass as ingredient for plant-based...Read More >

Employer branding: can it bridge construction’s skills gap?

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17 December 202518 December 2025

Dr Florence Phua (School of Construction Management and Engineering) discusses how construction firms can use brand appeal to draw new workers in at a time when thousands are needed to...Read More >

Nasa robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

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9 December 20258 December 2025

Electrical activity had not been observed in dust storms on Mars before this. Nasa Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry...Read More >

We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals

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3 December 20253 December 2025

Battle of Sluys, 1340, depicted by Jean Froissart (1337-1410) | Wikimedia Commons When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the...Read More >

How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing

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1 December 20251 December 2025

Photo by dizain via Adobe Stock. People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also introduce challenges, especially the risk of age-related...Read More >

7 secrets hidden in your facial muscles

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20 November 202520 November 2025

Dr Tan Wingenbach, Lecturer in Psychology, explains how the extraordinary muscles in our faces not only create the expressions we see every day but also work invisibly beneath the surface,...Read More >

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