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Dissection documentary provides invaluable cancer education

20 November 2022

Prof Claire Smith led the anatomists and clinicians who dissected the body of Toni Crews over 12 educational workshops for around 1000 students.


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Climate crisis calls for systemic change to finance: new report

16 November 2022

Sussex and Utrecht researchers from the Deep Transitions project urge a new approach to investing.


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WEF and Humboldt Institute publication calls for Transformative approach to building “BiodiverCities” of the future

25 October 2022

New publication draws on Transformative Innovation Policy in its call for cities globally to embrace and harness biodiversity to transform urban life.


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Time for action: SSRP Week kickstarts new phase for sustainability research with impact

20 October 2022

Coinciding with COP27, the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is hosting an exciting week of events in November celebrating its Phase II launch


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Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems – major new study

20 October 2022

A major new research study led by the University of Sussex shows that global science research is not addressing the SDGs.


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UKRI appoints duo energy research ‘champions’ from Sussex and Newcastle universities

30 September 2022

Academics at the University of Sussex and Newcastle University have been appointed to lead the next phase of energy demand research in the UK.


1st in the UK for Business and Management research income

University of Sussex Business School tops the charts for research income

22 September 2022

The University of Sussex Business School now ranks number one in the UK for Business and Management research income.


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New online resource can help users ‘bee’ friendly when it comes to planting for pollinators

10 August 2022

An online database developed at the University of Sussex could help the public understand how to plant for pollinators and support biodiversity.


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Public invited to take part in largest ever scientific study into perception

6 July 2022

Sussex neuroscientists from the team behind the Dreamachine launch The Perception Census, a study into the unique ways we each experience the world.


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New study reveals impact of plastic on small mammals, as four out of seven species identified as ‘plastic positive’

1 July 2022

Researchers investigating the exposure of small mammals to plastics found traces in the faeces of more than half of the species examined.


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The Sussex researchers who used international collaboration and 3D printing to stem PPE shortages in Nigeria

27 June 2022

A recently published paper explains how Sussex researchers and partners in Nigeria used open-source designs and 3D printing to address a PPE shortage.


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University of Sussex research answers global challenges, as review identifies its ‘world-leading’ quality

12 May 2022

A major review of UK research, the REF 2021, found that 89% of University of Sussex research is ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.


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Thirty years of climate research funding has overlooked the potential of experimental transformative technologies

3 May 2022

New study reveals the technologies and academic disciplines that are being overlooked by research funders in the global fight against climate change


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Sussex scientists identify new molecular strategies for tackling aggressive form of leukaemia

21 April 2022

By exploring the interactions of an overactive protein in cancer cells, researchers believe they may have found a potential new target for treatment.


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The threat posed to climate change policies by the rise of the populist right

14 April 2022

Authoritarian nationalist populists have a systemic tendency to create significant negative effect on climate policies when in government


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Treatment which ‘switches off’ cancer cells and limits growth, could make aggressive brain tumour easier to treat

11 April 2022

Researchers believe they may have found a way to reduce the speed at which glioblastoma progresses, and strengthen existing treatments.


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New research casts doubt on environmental benefits of hybrid working

7 April 2022

New study reveals most remote workers in England before the pandemic travelled further each week than office-based workers despite taking fewer trips


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Sun shines on the richest: New study explores how to make solar PV viable for all

4 April 2022

More government support with greater flexibility is needed to make solar panels viable option for elderly homeowners, student renters and the disabled


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Stephen Hawking’s famous black hole paradox solved after hair-raising discovery

17 March 2022

Sussex scientists help show that black holes are more complex than previously thought and resolve Hawking’s 46-year-old Black Hole Information Paradox


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Small garden? No problem! Researchers prove that ‘mini-meadows’ can make rich habitats for pollinators

15 March 2022

With the help of citizen scientists, Sussex researchers have proven that a space of just 4m2 is enough to provide a rich habitat for pollinators.


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