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Integrating nature into cities can provide citizens with urban cooling, cleaner air, regulated water supplies and flood protection. Image credit - Max Pixel, licensed under CC0

Environment | 19 August 2019

Mobile forests could help cities cope with climate change

Trees, roof-top parks and vertical gardens can make urban areas better places to live.

Removing older unused barriers brings environmental benefits, such as helping vital nutrients flow downstream, says Prof Garcia de Leaniz. Image credit - Zdeněk Chalupský, licensed under Pixabay licence

Environment | 14 August 2019

Removing old structures from rivers could restore vital water flow

Free flowing rivers have almost entirely vanished across Europe.

Dried-out dung burns longer than wood and is still used as a fuel today. Image credit - Dr Marta Portillo

Social Sciences | 13 August 2019

Neolithic remains help sniff out the earliest human use of dung

Animal droppings are still used to fertilise crops, as fuel and even for building.

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Interview | 04 July 2019

Missions will require a ‘revolution’ in European governments – Prof. Mariana Mazzucato

R&I missions will mean rethinking the economy - Prof. Mazzucato.

Interview | 01 July 2019

Five things you need to know about: the science of refugee integration

Political scientist Dr Dominik Hangartner on what the evidence says about successful integration.

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The objective of Open Innovation is to enable ideas to circulate more freely. Image credit: Pexels/ startupstockphoto.com

Open Innovation

The basic premise is to open up the innovation process to all active players.

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Removing older unused barriers brings environmental benefits, such as helping vital nutrients flow downstream, says Prof Garcia de Leaniz. Image credit - Zdeněk Chalupský, licensed under Pixabay licence

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