Understanding the 1.5°C global warming level: Implications for policy and adaptation
What are the implications for policy and adaptation of sustained warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and when will this occur?
Facial age estimation
AI tools can be used to assess a person’s age from an image, for example when they want to access online pornography or asylum services. How accurate is it, and what are the legal and ethical issues?
Upscaling anaerobic digestion
What the benefits and challenges of expanding the anaerobic digestion sector to process organic waste?
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Rights of nature: Ethical frameworks
Rights of nature raise questions about the ethical basis of environmental protection and the implications of extending rights beyond humans.
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Health effects of vape device components
Vapes are more popular than cigarettes in the UK. What do vape devices and e-liquids contain and how do they affect health?
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Artificial intelligence for cyber resilience
Cyber resilience underpins critical services. What is it, how can it be achieved with AI, and what are the challenges from evolving cyber threats?
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Impacts of taxation on small businesses: Business rates in the UK
Business rates are a fix cost for firms. Research shows they influence occupancy, employment and rents, with lower rates linked to higher occupancy of premises
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Digital targeting web: enhancing armed forces’ precision and lethality
The digital targeting web is a new initiative intended to enhance the precision and lethality of the UK Armed Forces in targeting adversary forces.
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What are climate tipping points and how might they affect the UK?
As global warming approaches 1.5°C, parts of the climate system are at increasing risk of undergoing potentially abrupt, long-lived and irreversible shifts.
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Technology transfer and productivity growth in the UK
Technology is key to the economy and productivity. Policies on investment and skills shape how technology transfers across the economy.
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The health impacts of airports on local residents
Residents near airports can experience elevated air pollution and aircraft noise. How do these affect health, and what are the opportunities to mitigate the effects?
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Conspiracy theories: What they are and how to spot them
Conspiracy theories can have social and political consequences, but why do people believe them and what conversational techniques work to address them?
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Leasehold retirement living: How it works, challenges and reforms
How does leasehold work in retirement developments, and what are the potential areas for reform?
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Contracts for Difference and the economics of renewable energy deployment.
Contracts for Difference auctions are used to build new renewable power, but how do they work and what is their impact on energy prices?
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Facial recognition technology in policing
UK police forces have used facial recognition technology for around a decade. How does it work, how is it used, and what are the opportunities and concerns?
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