May 23, 2023 – A safe supply of clean water is necessary for human survival – yet 2.2 billion people around the world lack access to this basic human right. A global crisis is looming on water security, which has been escalated by climate change. Now, researchers across the globe are collaborating to tackle the […]
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Has COVID 19 undermined the rule of law? New research examines actions in the Western Balkans
The coronavirus pandemic has presented populist governments with a unique opportunity to implement authoritarian measures and to limit public scrutiny of their decisions and policies, argues Dr Andi Hoxhaj of Warwick Law School in a new paper published in the European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance. In the paper, Dr Hoxhaj and co-author Dr Fabian […]
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Scientists predict the Solar System’s asteroid belt will be pulverized by the Sun’s light in 6 billion years
February 13, 2020 – The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of Warwick astronomer. Electromagnetic radiation from stars at the end of their ‘giant branch’ phase – lasting just a few million years before they […]
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Booty, booby and nitwit: Academics reveal funniest words
Aug. 1, 2017 – Booty, booby and nitwit are officially some of the funniest words in the English language, according to new peer-reviewed research by the University of Warwick. Tomas Engelthaler and Professor Thomas Hills in the Department of Psychology analysed 5000 randomly selected words, and showed them to over 800 people online – asking […]