From toilet paper to industrial chemicals, there’s no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has been disruptive…
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Cannabis Farms Are a Modern Slavery ‘Blind Spot’ for UK Police
Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown…
Filling in the Blanks: How Supercomputing Can Aid High-Resolution X-Ray Imaging
Photographers know that capturing an image is often a battle between focus and resolution. Train…
Post-Pandemic Brave New World of Agriculture
Robots working in abattoirs, sky-high vertical farms, more gene-edited foods in our supermarkets and automated…
Economic and Food Supply Chain Disruptions Endanger Global Food Security
COVID-19 has led to a global economic slowdown that is affecting all four pillars of…
UK’s Modern Slavery Act Challenging for Universities — New Study
The UK’s universities are struggling to live up to the spirit and ambition of…
Free Trade Can Prevent Hunger Caused by Climate Change
Researchers from KU Leuven, the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and RTI International…
Global Success for Canadian Companies Depends on Prior R&D Investment, Receptiveness to New Learning
Global success for Canadian companies depends on prior R&D investment, receptiveness to new learning, shows…
Global Economic Stability Could Be Difficult to Recover in the Wake of the COVID-19
Analysis from the University of Surrey suggests that the economies of countries such as America,…
Social Good Creates Economic Boost
As unemployment rates skyrocket around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a world-first…