Next epidemic could be spotted early in wastewater, say scientists

Bath scientists worked with the water industry and UK Health Security Agency to pilot the first UK public health surveillance system that analyses wastewater.
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Bath scientists worked with the water industry and UK Health Security Agency to pilot the first UK public health surveillance system that analyses wastewater.
Bath academic Prof Marcelle McManus co-authors major new Royal Society report
In 2023, we celebrate Sustainable Chemical Technologies with a special focus on the work of our student and alumni community.
Director of CAST and University of Bath environmental psychologist, Lorraine Whitmarsh, is recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2022.
A ‘best practice’ protocol for researchers developing piezoelectric materials has been developed by scientists – a first in this field of technology.
Researchers at the University of Bath are developing a powerful, anonymous, real-time epidemiology tool.
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