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Projects

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Disability technology

The Disability Technology report explores the potential for data-driven digital technologies to reduce barriers that disabled people encounter in…

23 June 2025

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Environmental DNA

This Royal Society programme of work aims to raise awareness of the breadth of current and…

11 March 2025
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COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions

The Royal Society has launched a new report investigating the evidence of the impact of…

24 August 2023

A healthy future – tackling climate change mitigation and human health together

A report from the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and the Royal Society summarises the evidence…

14 October 2021
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iHuman perspective: Neural interfaces

Read this report on neural and brain computer interfaces being used in 2019, the potential…

10 September 2019
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Future ocean resources: metal-rich minerals and genetics

Discover our "Future of Oceans" project which holds various marine resources from deep sea mining,…

08 May 2017
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Data for emergencies

The Royal Society commissioned a public dialogue to explore the public’s views on data systems…

SET-C (Science in Emergencies Tasking – COVID)

The Royal Society has established SET-C (Science in Emergencies Tasking – COVID-19) to draw on the…

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