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Calls for regulation of toxic period product chemicals at largest ever menstrual health conference

Academics are calling on the government to introduce regulation to ban toxic chemicals from period projects as they launch the...

Stark regional divides in numbers of care-experienced young people going to university

There are stark regional divides in the numbers of young people who have grown up in care going on to...

Experts awarded ERC funding for major new research into AI in the military and in microbiomes

University of Exeter experts will lead major research projects into the role of AI in military decision-making and how microbiomes...

Regional champions including Josh Widdicombe celebrate teenagers graduating from inspirational community programme

Teenage boys who successfully completed an inspirational course designed to give them access to positive role models and learn exciting...

Major new research to examine impact of criminalisation of mothers experiencing domestic abuse

Major new research will examine how mothers are being prosecuted when children are harmed in the context of domestic abuse....

Beyond the rhetoric: global leaders demand accountability at Reparative Futures conference

Around 200 scholars, civil society organisers, politicians, activists, artists, students, and community knowledge holders gathered for a landmark international conference...

Large-scale population studies needed to reduce risks from newborn genome screening

New research from large population studies provides invaluable evidence on genome screening of newborn babies to reduce risks from overdiagnosis. The authors conclude that further studies are needed before such...

Traditional legal systems ill-equipped for the fast-moving realities of climate change, study warns

Traditional legal systems around the world are increasingly ill-equipped to cope with the fast-moving impact of climate change on communities,...