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Why it is so hard to estimate the number of victims of modern slavery in the UK

How many people in the UK are victims of modern slavery? At present, we don’t actually know. There is no consensus on the answer to this question, despite the wide interest in finding it, and the tools and data to do so.

The Conversation

Students killed in Nottingham attacks to be awarded posthumous degrees

Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, were fatally stabbed as they walked home from a night out in Nottingham in June 2023.

The Independent UK

Age group that waits the longest for cancer diagnosis revealed in new study

While some children are diagnosed on the same day their symptoms began, others waited up to six years, experts have found

The Independent UK

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‘Game changer’ test could revolutionise brain tumour treatment

The ‘ultra-fast’ test could slash waiting times from weeks to mere hours

The Independent UK

‘Game changer’ brain tumour test set to improve care for patients

Diagnostic tests for brain tumours can take weeks but the new test takes just hours.

Evening Standard

I upgraded a million-dollar live streaming camera setup with this $50 game controller

A $50 game controller transformed my million-dollar streaming setup and became an unexpected upgrade for streaming at the University of Nottingham.

Windows Central

Valdo Calocane: How quiet Nottingham grad from Christian family went on to kill three in monstrous attack

The 32-year-old had a history of mental health issues but had frequently failed to take his medication

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Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity

Scientists have found an elusive third form of magnetism that could help solve a longstanding puzzle about superconductors.

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Has Putin raised nuclear attack threat? ...Tech and Science Daily podcast

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Evening Standard

Patients’ own blood could be used to help repair broken bones, study suggests

Scientists have transformed blood into a material which successfully repaired bones in animals.

Evening Standard

Boots says it will ‘draw lessons’ from research into links to slavery

Report looked into donations to Nottingham universities by Jesse Boot, who expanded pharmacy chain

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham University issues trigger warning for 'Christian expression' in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The warning is provided to students studying the Chaucer and His Contemporaries module

Evening Standard

Man who sent girl to Iraq for FGM jailed in legal first for England and Wales

Former PhD student given four-year ‘deterrent sentence’ for conspiring to commit FGM and forced marriage

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be no surprises’: Kagame set to sweep to fourth term as Rwandan president

Kagame’s opponents are unlikely to mount any serious challenge in next week’s election, say analysts

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Evening Standard

E.coli cases 'likely to rise' after outbreak linked to 'food item': Tech & Science Daily podcast

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France 24

Have we reached peak generative AI?

A slew of announcements from OpenAI and Google this week brought us to the brink of human-like AI assistants. Generative artificial intelligence is getting faster, and being applied to an increasing number of tasks. But without a major breakthrough to the models underpinning such projects, it has led some to…

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Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holes

Physicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused by black holes.

The Guardian - UK

China influencing leading British universities, documentary claims

Channel 4’s Dispatches claims University of Nottingham closed school under Beijing pressure and Imperial College professor collaborated on AI

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The Independent UK

Man denies murder of three in Nottingham but admits manslaughter

Valdo Calocane, 32, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of three other people.

The Independent UK

Scientists create baker’s yeast with more than 50% synthetic DNA

The overarching aim was to build a yeast that can teach us new biology, researchers said.

The Hindu

In the Sikkim flood’s wake, a trail of hazards lie in wait

A GLOF at South Lhonak lake in Sikkim caused 42 deaths. The lake remains a potential hazard due to its size and the melting glacier. Scientists are currently studying the effects of the GLOF and a landslide-dammed lake downstream of the lake. A cloudburst is unlikely to have been the…

The Guardian - UK

Teddy Thomas obituary

Other lives: Nottingham University professor of adult education

The Independent UK

Cooking food properly and avoiding salad could cut antibiotic resistance – study

The measures could prevent bacteria-carrying resistance genes from getting into the gut, researchers said.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: bridgehead across the Dnipro river a key objective as Kyiv works to maintain solidarity among allies

Google the words “Ukraine counteroffensive” and the adverb you will most commonly find associated with them is “slowly”. The popular misconception in the months leading up to the launch of Ukraine’s summer push was that, like last autumn’s lightning counter-attacks around Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north-east…

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Study reveals how positive contact with diverse groups reduce conspiracy theories

New UEA research suggests that positive interactions with members of other groups can reduce the amount of baseless conspiracy theories about those organisations. Read further on Dynamite News:

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