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Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change Need to Look at Current Events as Well as Predictions
A group of international scientists, including a team from the University of Southampton, have today published their research arguing that current assessments of climate change risks need to take into account what is already being experienced rather than rely only on modelled predictions.
Discovery Could Lead to New Therapies for Nervous System Disorders
Scientists have discovered that a special type of cell is much more prolific in generating a protective sheath covering nerve fibers than previously believed.
Low Cost Pollution Sensors Could Help Improve Air Quality in Southampton
Over the past year, scientists at the University of Southampton have deployed low-cost air pollution sensors in Southampton, laying the foundations for the longer term aim of improving our understanding of local air pollution levels with the help of volunteers across the city.
A New Way of Making Complex Structures in Thin Films
Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now be made into much more complex patterns that may open up new areas of materials design, a team of MIT researchers say.
Sustainable Secret to Knee-High Corn and Gardens Galore: Human Waste-Based Compost
A small plot of corn popped up this spring on The Ohio State University campus and, as the adage goes, the stalks are standing knee-high by the Fourth of July.


