Ruying Yang

While not actually a flu, freshers’ flu can still spread (and feel!) like the plague. Characterised by headaches, fevers, coughs and a blocked or runny nose, this bad cold is the dampener of many a student’s first experiences of university and (talking from experience) can turn Freshers’ week into a hallucination-filled hell, even without entering Revs. So, can we do anything to avoid this? First of all, it’s important to consider the scientific basis of the cold.

Ah, hedgehogs. A seemingly common fixture in the British backyard, these snuffling spiny critters are seeing declines in their population sizes with common reasons being habitat loss and pesticide use, and are currently on the IUCN Red List for British Mammals as being vulnerable to extinction. Presently, conservation efforts are being conducted to preserve their numbers, one such effort being the Hedgehog Hospital in Shepreth run by the Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity (SWCC).

Recovery of crystalline silicon from waste solar cells by green deep eutectic solvent-hydrogen peroxide system As the rise of installed capacity of photovoltaic systems, the growing quantity of waste crystalline silicon solar cells becomes an important issue of concern. Silicon is one of the most valuable materials from cells, whose recyclable treatment by green techniques still need to be developed.