The Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology

Read the latest research from POST here: https://post.parliament.uk/

Recent topics include:

• Technology transfer and productivity growth in the UK
• The health impacts of airports on local residents
• Conspiracy theories: What they are and how to spot them
• Nature-based flood and drought resilience
• Evidence for nature recovery
• Leasehold retirement living: How it works, challenges and reforms
• Research and development (R&D) for UK defence
• Mental health during and after pregnancy
• Contracts for Difference and the economics of renewable energy deployment.
• Public engagement with the energy transition
• Astronaut health: is going into space bad for your health?
• Diagnosis and treatment of rare genetic diseases
• UK investment screening: Balancing national security and economic growth
• What are data centres and how sustainable are they?