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A sewage system that ‘digests’ and ‘cooks’ human waste

10 Feb 2017

Student volunteers Susannah Duck and Izhan Khan describe working with a Tanzanian community to install a system that turns sewage into essential...

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Wash your hands

Better hygiene in wealthy nations may increase Alzheimer’s risk

04 Sep 2013

People living in industrialised countries may be more likely to develop Alzheimer’s due to greatly reduced contact with bacteria, viruses and other...

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Vegetables in whole food market.

The future of food: your chance to ask the experts

04 Jul 2011

How can we feed the world’s expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global warming...

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Water clarity improvement after filtration

Safe water solutions

01 Nov 2010

Research across the University is helping to clean up water in regions around the world.

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