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Collegiate Recovery Programs for Addiction 22 July 2021 Higher education institutions are paying increasing attention to the health needs and well-being of students as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may mean that this process needs to be accelerated.
Older people are worse at learning to help themselves, but just as good at learning to help others 22 July 2021 Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviours that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviours that benefit others.
Huge Jurassic seabed uncovered in Cotswolds quarry 22 July 2021 One of the largest and most important finds of exquisitely preserved Jurassic echinoderms – spiny-skinned marine animals such as starfish and sea urchins has been excavated at a secret site in the Cotswolds.
'A fellowship of abstinent friends' to be created in University campus addiction recovery programme 19 July 2021 A pilot programme designed to work with students in recovery from addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling or other behavioural addiction could provide a template approach to supporting student recovery nationwide.
New £2.9 million project to develop rehabilitation programmes for people with multiple conditions 14 July 2021 Researchers at the University of Birmingham are supporting a new programme designed to provide exercise-based rehabilitation for long-term health conditions.
Professor Gurdyal Besra FMedSci FRS to be new Microbiology Society President 14 July 2021 The Microbiology Society has announced that its new President will be Professor Gurdyal Besra FMedSci FRS from the University of Birmingham.
Rapid evolution in waterfleas yields new conservation insights 14 July 2021 The extraordinary ability of animals to rapidly evolve in response to predators has been demonstrated via genetic sequencing of a water flea population across nearly two decades.
Getting a grip on the UKs plastic recycling crisis – alternatives to shipping the problem overseas 09 July 2021 More needs to be done to reduce UKs plastic recycling crisis as alternatives need to be find other than shipping the problem
Interactive police line-ups improve eyewitness accuracy – study 09 July 2021 Eyewitnesses can identify perpetrators more accurately when they are able to manipulate 3D images of suspects, according to a new study.
Open-source software to help cities plant in pursuit of clean air 08 July 2021 Software to help towns and cities use street-planting to reduce citizens' exposure to air pollution has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Breathing life into bone 07 July 2021 An international team of scientists has used high-powered X-rays to show how an extinct dinosaur breathed.
New approach will help identify drugs that can 'glue' proteins together 07 July 2021 A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to 'glue' proteins together in the body has been developed at the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester.