The cultivation of palm oil continues to expand rapidly in the humid tropics, as does the equally heated debate about the crop’s environmental and social impact. Malaysian scientists recently published…
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Olive oil producers and other European food industry members have said they’re concerned about the UK’s traffic-light food labelling system because their products would be labelled as unhealthy. But nutrition…
The discovery that dromedary camels may be a key source of the virus behind Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) looks to unravel one of the biggest mysteries surrounding outbreaks of the deadly…
Energy Minister Michael Fallon’s recent comments about the impact of fracking on communities in the leafy Home Counties (“We are going to see how thick their rectory walls are, whether they like the flaring…
The Washington Post’s purchase by Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos is the latest example of a new generation of internet moguls spending big on pet projects. It was also revealed this week that Google…
The news that Yahoo! is to close down AltaVista on 8 July was greeted on the internet with shock. Shock because everyone over the age of 30 thought their original search engine of choice had ceased to…
The sentencing of Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in prison and a life-time ban from public office for sex with an under-age prostitute and abuse of office is a major setback for the former prime minister…
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Reading
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Professor of Classical Archaeology / Curator of the Ure Museum, University of Reading
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Professor of Finance & Financial Technology, University of Reading
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PhD Candidate, Pollination and Climate Change, University of Reading
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Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading
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Research Scientist in Hydrometeorology, University of Reading
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PhD candidate in FinTech, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Marketing, Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Social and Maritime History, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professeure, University of Reading
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Professor of Early Prehistory, University of Reading
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Principal Horticultural Scientist (RHS)/RHS Fellow, University of Reading
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Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Environmental Management & Sustainability, University of Reading
