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Two air pollution research awards for Cranfield University

30 Jul 2020

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has recently awarded £3 million to support six research networks that will investigate solutions to air pollution. Cranfield has been awarded funding for two projects, leading one group and partnering with other institutions on a second.

Cranfield to investigate air quality throughout Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Arc

07 Jul 2020

A team from Cranfield University will be leading a rapid study of air quality throughout the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Arc.

Cranfield academics call for 'Five Capitals' approach to global resilience

06 Jul 2020

Writing in the leading academic journal, Nature, Cranfield academics are calling for global resilience to be shaped around the ‘Five Capitals’ - natural, human, social, built and financial.

Could environmental data be the key to a greater understanding of COVID-19 and its effects?

18 May 2020

Cranfield University is hosting a digital sprint where scientists from across the world will collaborate during three successive hackathons in developing digital environmental tools that can help track, understand and predict the effects of COVID-19 and help lead to a greener post-pandemic future.

New test could guarantee the perfect avocado

05 May 2020

A technique for measuring the ripeness of avocados could reduce waste by up to 10% and help fulfil consumer demand for ready-to-eat fruit.

Cranfield raises funds for new student accommodation and enhanced student experience

04 Mar 2020

Cranfield University has raised £150 million to fund additional on-site student accommodation and to enhance the student and staff experience.

Workplace safety and health implications of outsourcing

28 Feb 2020

Workplace health challenges from outsourcing have been revealed as part of a new study

Universities lead project to deliver largest ever investment into HE technicians

27 Feb 2020

Midlands Innovation’s £4.99m TALENT programme is the largest ever investment into technicians in higher education

Ten emerging environmental issues for European policy makers to consider

26 Feb 2020

The first report from experts highlights new social, business and technological innovations and their impacts on the environment and human health

University gives local businesses a boost

14 Feb 2020

Local business people joined Cranfield University academics to learn how to grow their companies, with 50 participants coming along to the “Boost Your Business” event.

Brexit: Cranfield's global outlook

31 Jan 2020

Professor Sir Peter Gregson explains Cranfield's global outlook

Cranfield academics comment on Committee on Climate Change report

23 Jan 2020

Cranfield academics have responded to ‘Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK’

Wildfire risk can be reduced with agroforestry

22 Jan 2020

New pan-European research has found that proactive land management with agroforestry – mixing livestock and trees – reduces the risk of wildfires occurring in European Mediterranean areas.

New UK network to tackle food waste

21 Jan 2020

New three-year £500K network funded by UK Research and Innovation to cut food waste and improve quality in horticultural and potato crops

Lab grown food 'made from air' - but is there appetite for synthetic protein?

08 Jan 2020

A Cranfield University graduate has created a new protein from soil bacteria.