This thesis investigates the unintended socio-hydrological consequences of structural coastal flood protections (SCFPs) and assesses the implications for coastal flood risk management strategy in the UK. Climate change, and the continued urban development of flood exposed areas can exacerbate coastal&...

A search for signatures of a dark analog to quantum chromodynamics is performed. The analysis targets long-lived dark mesons that decay into standard-model particles, with a high branching fraction of the dark mesons decaying into muons. The dark mesons are formed by the hadronisat...

This thesis presents an experimental investigation into dual-fuel combustion strategies aimed at decarbonising heavy-duty engines through the use of low- and zero-carbon gaseous fuels. A single-cylinder research engine and its fuelling system were upgraded for dual-fuel operations with hythane and...

This Letter reports the first measurement of photonuclear 𝐷0 meson production in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions. The study is performed using lead-lead collision data, with an integrated luminosity of 1.34  nb⁻¹, collected by the CMS experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of...

One of the potential applications of 2D materials is to enhance multi-functionality of structures and components used in aerospace, automotive, civil and defense industries. These multi-functional attributes include sensing, energy storage, EMI shielding and property enhancement. In this article, we&#...

Discover how the JIDEP project evidences unlocking circular economy value through trusted and decentralised industrial data sharing. Europe’s transition to a greener and more digital economy depends on smarter, more efficient use of industrial data. The JIDEP project, completed in May 2025,&...

Modern neural networks (NNs), while effective at learning representations from given samples and handling downstream pattern recognition tasks, typically contain tens to hundreds of millions of parameters. The growth in NN size motivates ongoing research on effective network compression with the&...

The Genetic and Cytogenetic Family Trio (GCFT) Study represents the first research initiative to collect and analyse blood samples from British nuclear test veterans and their families. Its aim was to investigate whether any genetic or chromosomal changes in their children were associat...

For decades, British nuclear test veterans and their families have expressed concerns about potential health risks from radiation exposure during nuclear test operations. Specifically, they have questioned whether they may have received sufficient radiation to cause harm in themselves and whether...