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Paper just out in @SciReports where we propose a new #antiviral strategy via #TherapeuticInterferingParticles, which tries to repurpose insights into molecular #viral #assembly mechanisms to destine most viral resources for the scrap heap!
nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @wellcometrust
If only the Transdev @yorkbus app didn’t advise me to travel on a bus that has in fact been cancelled..
As i was saying.. second cancelled bus of the day @yorkbus. At this rate the train might actually be better.. why do sustainable choices have to be so much harder than the alternatives?
Completely packed single decker coastliner @yorkbus going to Leeds the scenic route whilst several nearly empty rail replacement buses go to Leeds the fast route. Just adding insult to injury! We want the @citizap back!
Now that would have made an interesting dataset for a hackathon! @AmstatNews #Datafest 🤣
Full write-up here, with an explanation of the methodology and limitations. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/03/19/…
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So we analysed Companies House data to plot each suspicious corporate PSC onto a map.
Here, for example, is the Isle of Man. Over a thousand companies hiding their ownership by unlawfully listing an Isle of Man company as their PSC, instead of showing the actual individual owner:
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This is exactly what Musk did in the U.K. during the riots in August. Trying to inflame a situation to stir up division and disrupt government. This has to stop.
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I’m very aware people think the threat of climate change is hysterical and overblown. But then there’s this. This is fact. A graph from the University of Reading. Does this look okay to you?
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2024 is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded.
This year, we’ve suffered the hottest day, and the hottest seas, in the history books.
The climate crisis is here. We can’t postpone protection. We must adapt – now.
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Doubling down on fossil fuels is absurd.
The clean energy revolution is here.
No group, no business, and no government can stop it.
Leaders at #COP29 can and must ensure it is fair and fast enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
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Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment.
#ClimateAction is not optional, it’s an imperative.
Both are indispensable to a liveable world for all humanity and a prosperous future for every nation on Earth.
My remarks at #COP29: un.org/sg/en/content/sg/stat…
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I told leaders at #COP29:
All countries must take urgent #ClimateAction.
But the G20 - as the largest emitters with the greatest capacities & resources - must lead.
They must bring their technological know-how together – with developed countries supporting emerging economies.
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My response following the statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury on his resignation
You can read this here 👇
archbishopofyork.org/news/la…
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Many people ask how STEM teaching can possibly be 'decolonised/diversified' - surely it's just science. Here is a short thread with examples.
Firstly, it is NOT about removing science from the curriculum, it is about giving students wider context (see: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…)
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Join us for the 2024 Mary Cartwright Lecture, with Bethany Marsh (@mathsleedsuni), taking place online on 20th November from 2pm (GMT).
The lecture aims to celebrate the achievements of distinguished women mathematicians a
➡️ lms.ac.uk/events/mary-cartwr…
Great to lecture on history of mathematics earlier today: on printing press and the 1482 Ratdolt & Regiomontanus edition of Euclid’s Elements - when writing last year I did not know @UniversityLeeds had its very own copy! Pleasure to see that in the Treasures of @TheBrotherton.
Also available in full in digitised format: explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/…
What a find! Parkinson, Brotherton, the Treasures exhibition and the Gallery are all so amazing and beautiful - can’t believe I was oblivious to their existence for so long! Gotta come back with more time soon.
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Simple Ideas, Big Impacts 🧵
1. Mesh drains in Australia prevent water bodies pollution. Should be a worldwide standard.
ALT The Australian city of Kwinana has designed a simple and cost-effective solution to deal with the discharge of waste from drainage systems. The town has put nets on the outlet of drainage pipes. These nets stop waste and pollutants from leaving the sewers, preventing garbage transported by rain waters from contaminating the town’s local water reserve. It is a simple filtering system and it works like a charm. The city reported that in just six months it collected 370 kilograms (815 pounds) of garbage from two locations where the nets are installed. The collected debris is then separated and all recyclable materials are taken to a recycling center which processes biodegradable waste and turns it into fertilizer.
