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Sussex joins international project team hoping to show how creative practices further the sustainability agenda

20 February 2020

An international project investigating how creative work can help people contribute to lower carbon futures has launched at the �鶹��ý of Sussex.

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Gone with the wind - extreme weather poses threat to honey bees as wind reduces efficiency of foraging

19 February 2020

High wind speeds can significantly reduce the efficiency of a honey bee’s search for food, according to a new research paper published this week.

Playing cupid

14 February 2020

Especially for Valentine's Day, Game Theory expert Dr Nicos Georgiou looks into the mathematics of dating.

Scientific treasure hunt: could you discover the Higgs Boson or even Dark Matter?

13 February 2020

Sussex scientists working at CERN have just released lots of experiment data inviting the public to rediscover the Higgs Boson or to find Dark Matter.

Blue sky inking: How nanomaterials could lower retail waste and speed up the stock take

11 February 2020

Sussex experts, an SME & the world’s largest retail company team up to understand how quantum digital tech could revolutionise the retail sector.

Rewilding can help mitigate climate change, researchers highlight after conducting global assessment

5 February 2020

A study shows that rewilding can help mitigate climate change and deliver a diverse range of benefits to the environment with varied regional impacts.

Hotspots for hedgehog road deaths revealed in new research co-authored by Sussex professor

28 January 2020

Experts suggest reducing road speeds could reduce deaths of one of Britain’s most threatened mammals.

Research reveals stark inconsistencies in official UK guidance on Lyme disease

23 January 2020

Patients and healthcare professionals are receiving ‘mixed messages’ about symptoms and diagnosis, according to Sussex research.

Possible Parkinson’s treatment successfully targets two major nerve systems

22 January 2020

Scientists have discovered that a new non-invasive technique can target a group of brain cells which play a key role in development of Parkinson's.

US is No.1 country for UK small businesses to trade with over next three years

22 January 2020

New report from the Federation of Small Businesses and UKTPO highlights what small businesses need from Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

Small change for climate change: Why research funding to save the world needs to be drastically stepped up

16 January 2020

Between 1990 and 2018, less than 4.59% of the global funding totalling more than $1.3 trillion was spent on climate-related research.

Unused stockpiles of nuclear waste could be more useful than we might think, according to new study

10 January 2020

Sussex chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power; a breakthrough which could help reduce the burden of large-scale storage.

Feeling full happens in the brain as well as the stomach: Sussex professor explains in new podcast

9 January 2020

Feeling full is more complex than consuming enough nutrients or filling-up with large volumes of food as Martin Yeomans explains in the podcast

Italians take vow of chastity when the Pope is in town

7 January 2020

Italians have less sex when the Pope visits their town because they feel guilty about possible abortions.

Sustainable supply of minerals and metals key to a low-carbon energy future

3 January 2020

The low-carbon revolution could be at risk without new international agreements to ensure a sustainable supply of rare minerals and metals.

Take part in Dry January and you’ll reap the benefits for months, Sussex research shows

27 December 2019

Research from the �鶹��ý of Sussex shows that people who take part in Dry January are still drinking less six months later.

As Sussex research programme ends, findings continue to influence policy on migration and poverty

18 December 2019

The Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme has investigated the role of migration and poverty across ten countries in the global South.

Parties’ election promises on trade are incoherent and unachievable

6 December 2019

The political party manifestos in this General Election are incoherent and vague on trade and contain a number of unachievable targets.

Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns

2 December 2019

Biodiversity could be in a worse state than we think, as assessments fail to account for long-lasting impacts of abrupt land changes.

Sussex awarded £1m for contributions to global science project aiming to improve our understanding of the universe

21 November 2019

The �鶹��ý of Sussex is to provide essential contributions to DUNE, which aims to provide insight into the origin of matter in the universe.