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Dr Sarah Williams - Techniques to improve stress optimisation for better mental health and wellbeing 29Apr
Dr Paul Stokes: Cognitive impairment, co-morbidity and treatment resistance: Taming the Chimera of Mood Disorders 9May
Monkeypox research to benefit from genetic coding lessons taken from Covid-19 20 October 2022 Lessons from the genetic mutations which led to Covid-19 variants such as Alpha and Omicron could help scientists tackle similar changes in Monkeypox.
Brain and mental health research gets £35.4 million funding boost 14 October 2022 The University of Birmingham is part of a significant programme to deliver innovative treatments and therapies in brain health thanks to a £35.4 million award.
Therapeutic games and brain stimulation mitigates cognitive decline in older adults 12 October 2022 Older people may be able to boost working memory with a new approach that couples online therapeutic games with a non-invasive brain stimulation technique.
Triassic specimen found to be early relative of pterosaurs a century after its discovery 05 October 2022 A new study of a tiny Triassic fossil reptile has revealed it to be a close relative of the species that would become pterosaurs.
University experts address the clean air challenge 04 October 2022 Policy proposals addressing our global clean air challenge have been set out by University of Birmingham experts during the Conservative Party Conference.
Water fleas as ‘canaries in a coal mine’ offer key to managing chemical pollution 29 September 2022 Water fleas, or Daphnia, could provide an important ‘early warning system’ for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers.
Ancient 'sharks' appeared much earlier than previously thought 29 September 2022 The first appearance of shark-like ‘jawed fish’ may have happened some 15 million years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence.
Seeing the unseen: birth and death of tree roots under a future atmosphere 22 September 2022 Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes trees to put more resource into developing root systems below ground.
First UK study of synthetic chemicals found in food 21 September 2022 The first comprehensive assessment of common synthetic chemicals found in UK foods has been completed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Grimy windows could be harbouring toxic pollutants 21 September 2022 Dirty windows can harbour potentially harmful pollutants under films of fatty acids from cooking emissions – and these can hang around over long periods.