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University of Bath completes top ten hat-trick in university league tables

Two students studying outside on the grass under some trees

Bath has been ranked 9th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021, placing it in the top 10 rankings for three major national league tables.

Bath engineers to investigate building materials made of earth to understand wellbeing benefits

A new building in India that uses earthen materials

Sustainable earthen materials have many benefits, but stigma against ‘mud bricks’ and limited scientific scrutiny prevents their widespread adoption

Study highlights ‘systematic opposition’ to regulation in tackling NCDs from food industry

Research highlights sustained efforts from the food and drinks industry to oppose public health measures aimed to tackling heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Climate Assembly report ‘a clear mandate to policy-makers for bold action to tackle climate change’

CAST Director Lorraine Whitmarsh was one of the expert leads for the UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change, which publishes its final report today.

An evolutionary roll of the dice explains why we’re not perfect

Scientists have found that chance events can be more important than natural selection in defining the genome of species like humans and other mammals.

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