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New evidence shows indoor plants can quietly reshape the health and quality of our homes and workplaces

Houseplants and more advanced plant systems, such as indoor living walls and hydroponic towers, have the potential to raise indoor humidity, boost thermal comfort and help create healthier, more ...
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Dr Louise Hogh

Alongside her clinical practice, Dr Hogh has held several senior leadership roles, including Chief of Medicine for Unplanned Care (2018–2024), Clinical Director for Elderly Care (2013–2018), and ...
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University launches new innovation timing node in partnership with the National Physical Laboratory

The University has launched a cutting-edge innovation timing node in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s National Metrology Institute responsible for developing and ...
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We trust AI with life and death decisions, but humans still don’t challenge the AI’s choices

AI systems already decide how ambulances are routed, how supply chains operate and how autonomous drones plan their missions. Yet when those systems make a risky or counter-intuitive choice, humans ...
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How travel and dating apps are changing relationship rules for queer men

Travel and dating apps like Grindr are reshaping how some queer men in relationships negotiate sex and intimacy – often through careful discussion and agreed boundaries rather than secrecy, ...
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Girls as young as nine know influencer culture is fake, yet it still shapes how they see themselves

Girls as young as nine are navigating a culture that tells them to be authentic while quietly punishing them for failing to look perfect, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.
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Power generation increased by up to 70 per cent when wind turbines were combined with tidal/wave installations

The research team also found that adding wave energy devices to floating wind turbines improved rather than compromised ...
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National survey finds microplastic pollution around Britain’s coastline could be double than previously recorded

The team, which included University of Surrey academic Hannah Davies, rowed over 2,000 miles in just 50 days as part of the GB Row Challenge 2024, whilst also collecting crucial data on microplastic ...
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First university-owned Wetherspoon pub in UK to open at Surrey in May

While student unions at Hull and Newcastle run Wetherspoon pubs, Surrey will be the first UK university to own and operate a franchise under this model. The partnership gives the University access to ...
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Thousand years of women's writing challenges assumptions about medieval literature

A new encyclopedia covering a millennium of women’s writing from across the globe challenges assumptions that medieval literature was dominated by men and could transform how we understand the past, ...
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Charlotte Q

Biological Sciences BSc student Charlotte spent a year at Marwell Zoo as an animal nutritionist. She won the University of ...
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Comment: Gender-inclusive pronouns have been part of English literature for centuries, says Surrey academic

As debates over pronoun use intensify worldwide, a University of Surrey academic is drawing on centuries of English ...