Immunity to Covid-19: March 2023 update
How do our bodies defend against Covid-19? Read how immune responses differ across people, variants, reinfection, vaccination, and current immunisation strategies.
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Impartial, balanced and peer reviewed analysis of new and emerging research
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Digital technology in freight
Technology and data enabled opportunities are key priorities in the Department for Transport’s Future of Freight Plan. This POSTnote reviews digital technologies that support freight, including their impact on the labour force, potential environmental benefits and technical barriers.
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Urban outdoor air quality
Air pollution is the greatest UK environmental public health threat. This POSTnote updates the 2014 POSTnote on ambient air quality (PN 458) and describes air pollutants, their health impacts and measures to mitigate poor air quality.
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POST produces impartial, non-partisan, and peer-reviewed briefings, designed to make scientific research accessible to the UK Parliament.
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Approved work: Skills for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This POSTnote will provide an overview of the AI and data science skills landscape in the UK. It will assess availability and demand for these specialist skills and summarise their significance to the economy, individuals and wider society.
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Approved work: Environmental impact of and risks for the food production system
This POSTnote will explain the data and models that allow consideration of the 'totality' of the environmental impacts of different production practices and commodities arising from their manufacture, distribution and subsequent waste parts of their lifecycle.
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Approved work: Indoor Air Quality
This briefing will identify contributors to improved and compromised indoor air quality, and subsequent effects on health.
