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A heated thermal manikin in the darkened aerobiology chamber, surrounded by sensors

Forty cubic metres of controlled air

You cannot run a controlled experiment on an occupied hospital ward. So we built a room where you can, and this is what we do in it.

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A researcher sampling sludge from a pit latrine

When the flood reaches the latrine

Pit latrines were never designed for floods. Fieldwork in India and Uganda, and an hour of flooding simulated in CFD, show what comes out of one when the water rises.

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Fruit and vegetable waste at Kalerwe Market, Kampala

Country Overshoot Days 2026

Earth Overshoot Day fell on 30 July. Qatar would reach it on 4 February, Honduras on 27 November, and thirteen countries never. All 82, on one timeline.

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WPE business cards carrying the monogram, the brand pattern and the group's colours

Behind the Brand: How Our ECRs Developed the WPE Visual Identity

Five doctoral researchers designed the logo, the five colours, the typefaces and the pattern that this website still runs on. The assets, and the reasoning behind them.

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