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Human movement scientists at the University are seeking to reduce the risk to older people of falling, by investigating the relationship between gaze direction and walking behaviour. Coinciding with Falls Awareness Week, this research is hoping to uncover how an individual's risk of falling is related to what they are looking at, and where, as they walk. The research is funded by Age UK, organisers of Falls Awareness Week, which this year is taking place between 20-24 June 2011, and is highlighting the link between poor vision and falling through the theme, 'Watch your step'.
Date:
21/06/2011
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Resisting the urge - Understanding the psychology of snacking

Resisting the urge - Understanding the psychology of snacking
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Psychologists at the University have discovered that focussing on eating lunch and paying great attention to the food can reduce snacking in the afternoon.
Date:
19/05/2011
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

New drugs from mutant bugs

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Scientists have discovered how marine bacteria can join together two antibiotics to produce a potent chemical that can kill drug-resistant strains of the MRSA superbug.
Date:
07/04/2011
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Survey of gambling behaviours

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Professor Jim Orford from the University's School of Psychology has recently been called upon to put his expertise to use as a lead author of The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010 (BGPS 2010).
Date:
22/02/2011
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

A new solution to reduce fatal bird collisions

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Ornithologists at the University have joined forces with researchers from the University of Cape Town to come up with a new way of preventing birds from colliding with power lines.
Date:
03/11/2010
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Age of enlightenment

Age of enlightenment
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Immunologists at the University of Birmingham are shedding fresh light on the links between life stresses, such as the death of a spouse or a serious fall, and failing health in older people. Believing that old age should be enjoyed rather than endured, their work could play a key role in shaping how we enjoy our twilight years.
Date:
13/09/2010
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences
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