Evidence continues to accumulate linking exposure to air pollution with dementia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...

As #WorldVentil8Day 2025 is only 3 days away here’s a little reminder of some ventilation tips I gave last year 👇

Some hints and tips about ventilating your home to mark #WorldVentil8Day eps.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Congratulations to Distinguished Prof Lidia Morawska FAA FTSE (QUT) for being awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Prize for Science 2025! 🎉 Prof Morawska was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2020 and in 2023 received the Academy’s Mathew Flinders Medal.

It is unreasonable.. "to blame household air quality issues on lifestyle choices when so many factors are outside an occupant’s control." @douglasbooker.bsky.social from the Clean Air Programme et al writes on indoor environmental justice and Awaab's Law. theconversation.com/who-controls...

"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health. "This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards." www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Still time to sign up for our free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. We’ll be introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...

Tonight’s lesson. Always wash your spinach before putting in a curry. Crunchy!

👋Hello Bluesky! here's a starter pack of our water research community. If your account is not here, please reply in comments. go.bsky.app/rofcg4

Lovely autumn colours for our visitors from @envleeds.bsky.social seeing our nature recovery work at @hardknottforest.bsky.social and Nature Rich Miterdale delivered with our partners @forestryengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk and funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Professor @cathnoakes.bsky.social gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on transmission in schools and the importance of ventilation to control both infections and air pollution exposure. Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...

Our CFD study modelling the complexity of ventilation on respiratory viral exposure is out today. This shows that while ventilation is undisputed as important, the short term and local effects can be less predictable 1/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The UK Linguistics Olympiad is a national language-analysis competition for students in KS2-KS5. Free to enter, the UKLO contains language puzzles that provides an opportunity to apply formal reasoning from STEM subjects. This online session for teachers will outline how the UKLO works. #languages

Webinar: Oracy is for everyone, by Prof Stephen Coleman. For teachers & youth workers. Oracy is about enabling every young person to leave school with the confidence to speak for themselves so they can flourish as human beings.  Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin...

The ability to improve air quality in your home depends less on personal behaviour and more on who owns the building.

BREAKING: Our research with Ricardo and @hertscc.bsky.social reveals that air pollution from burning in the home contributes to nearly 2,500 deaths across the UK each year. Check out the Guardian's coverage of our research: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We’re recruiting to the CHILI Hub project! Three year postdoc opportunity to work on net zero and health in schools using both data and qualitative approaches. Closing date 20th Nov and drop me or @douglasbooker.bsky.social a line if you have questions jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Tyne Pride at Wallsend, 1976, photo by Chris Killip. Biggest ship ever built on the Tyne, but also one of the last.

It’s only 17 days until #WorldVentil8Day 2025 on 8th Nov. What are you going to do to champion the importance of ventilation and how we can better #CollaborateToVentilate www.worldventil8day.com

Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!) An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏

Come along to the annual UK and Ireland Aerosol Society Conference in the beautiful Guildhall in York on the 28th-29th October. Lots of exciting talks and keynotes from Hugh Coe, @johnwenger9.bsky.social and @chiaragiorio.bsky.social aerosol-soc.com/events/annua...

Opportunity for UK based PhD students to spend 3 months in the Infectious Disease modelling team at UKHSA. It's a great chance to see how modelling is used in public health decision making. If your interested see below for more details: gateway.newton.ac.uk/media/news/u...

An interesting piece on how many people aren’t aware of how tides work and how to stay safe at the seaside. I’m fascinated by tides. A highlight of our year was walking the final section of St Cuthbert’s Way over to Lindisfarne. theconversation.com/misunderstan...

Clean air is a social justice issue ⤵️ That’s why City Hall is targeting £2.7m in London areas with poorer air quality and higher deprivation. By providing more than 200 schools with air filters, we’ll help tens of thousands of children breathe cleaner air.

Really good to see this House of Commons research briefing on Children, Young People & the Built Environment, by Louise Whitley, following the LUHC inquiry last year. It covers a huge of academic and policy evidence, from all sorts of angles, from the UK and beyond.

Just found the Ladybird book of the hovercraft from 1969. The level of detail is quite impressive including calculation of lift force and a full description of the electrical system.

Well we were having a sort out until we got distracted by this brick of a laptop…

The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I guess I’m not going any further down that road then…

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

'Covid-19 restrictions caused lasting harms to child development’, Leeds expert tells Covid Inquiry. Report from Prof. Catherine Davies concludes lockdowns intensified attainment gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. Read the full report: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/chil...

Great to see this review on IEQ, health, wellbeing and performance in schools from UKHSA and Eurovent www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/12...

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day. Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

“Book helps explain to children why their home is crumbling” “more than 6,000 homes - mostly in counties Clare, Donegal, Limerick, Mayo & Sligo - have been affected by defective concrete blocks” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Delighted to see Malcolm become a Fellow of @raeng.org.uk recognising his contributions for many years around ventilation for energy and health.

New Fellow: Professor Malcolm Cook FREng is an expert in indoor air quality, ventilation and low-energy building design. In the Covid-19 pandemic he played a key role in the reopening of large entertainment and sporting venues. @lborouniversity.bsky.social raeng.org.uk/about-us/fel... #RAEngFellows

“Sustainable research excellence depends on the people who make it happen. Environments that support career development, recognise diverse contributions, and foster inclusion don’t just feel better to work in – they produce better research”

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency "MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children" www.gov.uk/government/n...

Achieving World Health Organisation guidelines for air quality could help many get a better night’s sleep. “Across dozens of studies, long-term exposure to outdoor pollutants such as particle pollution, nitrogen dioxide and even carbon dioxide was linked to shorter or lower-quality sleep.”

It’s not very warm today is it? 🥶

"If you want to understand what England will look like with a Reform government, just come to our town. Racists and thugs are acting with impunity, intimidating local residents and people of colour, who are living in fear." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Policymakers, academics, clinicians and educators are discussing solutions to this & other problems facing millions of UK children growing up in poverty at the National Opportunity Summit at @universityofleeds.bsky.social today. #natoppsummit for more. #childrenfirst @cfyounglives.bsky.social

As children across England settle in to their new school life, research by @childofthenorth.bsky.social shows almost half of those on free school meals weren't 'school ready' - with big impacts for their life and education. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article... #natoppsummit #childrenfirst

This must be the #OvertonWindow, then?

Great opportunity for UK based early career researchers in fluid dynamics. Apply for funding for a short research visit to a collaborator. Deadline 4th Oct with a quick turnaround. Details at fluids.leeds.ac.uk/funding/

The four UK higher education funding bodies confirm the pause in the criteria setting and publication of final guidance for REF 2029 for a short period, as announced by the UK Science Minister Lord Vallance today at the Universities UK conference. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...