Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' Lone musicians to play with virtual 'timing-sensitive' colleagues in a new immersive rehearsal platform DescriptionA system that will enable musicians to play alone, but as if part of a live ensemble, is being developed at the University of Birmingham.Date:23/03/2021 Quick to smile – study shows speed of expression offers vital visual cues DescriptionThe speed at which we produce facial expressions plays an important role in our ability to recognise emotions in others, according to new research at the University of BirminghamDate:04/03/2021 Increased green space in prisons can reduce self-harm and violence DescriptionPrisons with more green space have lower levels of violence and self-harm, according to new research at the University of Birmingham and Utrecht University.Date:24/02/2021 Counterintuitive approach may improve eyewitness identification DescriptionExperts have devised a novel approach to selecting photos for police line-ups that helps witnesses identify culprits more reliably.Date:16/02/2021 Recognition for Adriane Esquivel Muelbert DescriptionAdriane Esquivel Muelbert has been named one of the 2020 Forests Young Investigators.Date:11/02/2021 'Sleep hygiene' should be integrated into epilepsy diagnosis and management - study DescriptionChildren with epilepsy sleep poorly compared to healthy children, and are more likely to experience disruptions such as night terrors, sleep walking or sleep disordered breathing, according to a new study.Date:10/02/2021 Fellowship Success for Dr Maria Michail DescriptionDr Maria Michail, lead of the suicide and self-harm research group at the Institute for Mental Health has been awarded a three-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellowship.Date:09/02/2021 Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses DescriptionA way of using machine learning to more accurately identify patients with a mix of psychotic and depressive symptoms has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.Date:08/02/2021 Jonathan Drori CBE Named Honorary Professor at Birmingham Institute of Forest Research DescriptionJonathan Drori has joined the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research as Honorary Professor.Date:25/01/2021 Teenagers catch moods and negative moods are more contagious DescriptionNew research from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford reveals that teenagers catch moods from friends and bad moods are more contagious than good ones.Date:21/01/2021 Displaying 1 to 10 of 494 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next