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CDS Seminar Series : Dr Shalini Gautam | Counterfactual choices and social judgements in children 23Apr
CDS Seminar Series : Professor Rhodri Cusack | Using Neuroimaging and Deep Learning to Understand Brain Development in Helpless Young Infants 25Apr
Dr Sarah Williams - Techniques to improve stress optimisation for better mental health and wellbeing 29Apr
Tailored group exercise benefits over-65s with mobility limitations 22 March 2022 A landmark study has demonstrated long-term positive impacts and cost effectiveness of tailored group exercise for over-65s with mobility limitations.
Staying alive: how ‘self-pollen’ can cheat death 21 March 2022 A new gene that controls self-fertilization has been identified in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, in an international collaboration.
Research sheds light on mysterious messenger RNA modifications 09 March 2022 Researchers have come a step closer to uncovering the purpose of a distinctive set of modifications found at the beginning of messenger RNA.
Tackling barriers to physical activity in deprived and minority groups 08 March 2022 New research to identify and tackle the barriers to a healthy active lifestyle among deprived and minority groups has been launched as part of a network of research institutions.
Common houseplants can improve air quality indoors 07 March 2022 Ordinary potted house plants can potentially make a significant contribution to reducing air pollution in homes and offices, according to new research.
An urban conflict perspective on the war in Ukraine 03 March 2022 In Ukrainian cities, close-quarter fighting is more likely to take place than in open rural spaces which will have a greater impact on people's everyday lives.
CARKing, HARKing and Salami Slicing – researchers illuminate Open Scholarship terminology 22 February 2022 Confusing terms coined or adopted by the Open Scholarship movement have been clarified by scientists in a new glossary aimed at keeping the movement accessible to all.
Free teaching resources to put sustainable fashion centre stage 18 February 2022 Education experts have created free educational resources to put sustainable fashion centre stage in the classroom.
Fossils excavated in the 1960s add missing link to crocodile evolution 09 February 2022 A set of Triassic archosaur fossils, excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania, have been formally recognised as a distinct species, representing one of the earliest-known members of the crocodile evolutionary lineage.
Golfing cockatoos reveal ability to use combined tools 08 February 2022 Cockatoos have shown an extraordinary ability to complete a task by combining simple tools, demonstrating that this cognitive ability is not found only in primates.