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Sir Michael Caine has lent his voice to a research project exploring how technology can help combat harmful deepfakes.
A forgotten landscape that once drew world-leading botanists to North Yorkshire could hold the key to restoring lost wildlife, according to new research.
Only 13 low-and middle-income countries offer smokers the full support needed to help them quit, leaving around 1.3 billion people without access to effective care, according to a new study.
Professor Luke Mackinder is to undertake a 10-year project to unlock the secrets of how algae capture half of global carbon dioxide in a bid to combat climate change.
Nearly two million households in England and Wales are living in water poverty according to a report published by the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), and compiled by researchers at York.
A new study has shown that the “iron grip” of the UK Treasury on public spending is a myth.
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Explore the stories behind our remarkable research community here at York to discover the people and the passion driving us toward a better world.
In a global fight against climate change, nature is often treated as a silent victim or a passive backdrop to human needs. Although climate activists demand justice for the planet, our current legal system might not be fit to meet those demands. As the ecological crisis deepens, a once-fringe question and idea is slowly entering our minds: can nature itself have rights?
Dr Jay Harrison is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology. From building self-playing musical instruments to shaping national policy, he champions the role of the ‘technical-creative’ and works to bridge the evidence gap between art and industry.
Composer, performer, and sound artist Federico Reuben, and CoSTAR Live Lab Co-Director Gavin Kearney, tell us how they think AI could cross the legal badlands and emerge from the shadows, to become the next chapter in creativity; and how institutions like the University of York could play its part in creating a new perception of technology’s latest bogeyman.