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CDS Seminar Series : Professor Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz Teixeira | Challenges and Possibilities of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder in Brazil: An Overview 10Oct
Prof Alan Kingstone | From controlled environments to complex realities: Exploring the interplay between perceived minds and attention 12Oct
Birmingham spinout to develop 20-minute test following surge in sexually transmitted infections 08 June 2023 Funds awarded to Linear Diagnostics for rapid point-of-care test for gonorrhoea and Chlamydia in men who have sex with men, and women who have sex with women.
University of Birmingham involved in new Mission for mental health research 26 May 2023 The University of Birmingham is part of the Government’s new Mental Health Mission, designed to develop radical new treatments for mental health conditions.
Shining a spotlight on suicide prevention: time to push for innovation 25 May 2023 Suicide is the biggest killer of young lives in the UK - how can we slow this threat?
Thinktank visitors challenged to escape the forest 25 May 2023 Visitors to Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum will be invited to uncover clues and solve puzzles in a virtual trip to a huge outdoor forest experiment.
University of Birmingham researchers elected to Academy of Medical Sciences 18 May 2023 Two University of Birmingham academics have been elected to the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences in its 2023 cohort.
University of Birmingham welcomes new Head of Sustainability & Director of Sustainability Education 17 May 2023 The University of Birmingham has appointed Charmaine Morrell as Head of Sustainability and Dr Julia Myatt as Director of Sustainability Education.
Putting phones in lockup: is this the new ‘trend’ for managing student smartphone use in schools? 17 May 2023 With restrictive approaches to students’ uses of smartphones in schools, it is important to ask: how do school actually manage these restrictions in practice?
Invading insect could transform Antarctic soils 09 May 2023 A tiny flightless midge which has colonised Antarctica’s Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island’s soil ecosystem, a study shows.
How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought 26 April 2023 A new study has identified regions in the Amazon rainforest which are most at risk from drier conditions
Research identifies suicide risk factors for domestic abuse survivors 26 April 2023 Survivors of domestic abuse are more likely to consider suicide if they have been sexually assaulted or subject to multiple forms of abuse, new research shows.