Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' 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 Award success for Patricia Lockwood DescriptionPatricia Lockwood, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Brain Health and Institute for Mental Health, has recently been named recipient of the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship.Date:14/01/2021 Bedside EEG test can aid prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients DescriptionAssessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being said to them could yield important insights into how they might recover, according to new research.Date:05/01/2021 New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes DescriptionA new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to less than five and delivers accurate results has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.Date:05/01/2021 Developing low cost water level sensor networks for mountainous regions DescriptionThe World Meteorological Organization has funded a project involving the University of Birmingham to develop network of sensors in the Himalayan headwaters of the River Ganges.Date:04/01/2021 Getting into shape pre-surgery to aid recovery for older patients – study DescriptionOlder adults about to undergo elective surgery should undertake a sustained programme of targeted exercise beforehand to counteract the muscle-wasting effects of bedrest, new research suggests.Date:21/12/2020 New research highlights impacts of weedkiller on wildlife DescriptionProlonged exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of the weedkiller Roundup causes significant harm to keystone species according to new research at the University of Birmingham.Date:16/12/2020 Can drinking cocoa make you smarter? DescriptionIncreased consumption of flavanols – a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruit and vegetables – can increase your mental agility, according to new research.Date:24/11/2020 International network to investigate the 'long shadow' of humanitarian conflict DescriptionA grant of £2.1M has been awarded to the University of Birmingham to develop an international network that will commission research on humanitarian protection law and policy.Date:20/11/2020 New project examines the impact of counterterrorism measures on residents' everyday experience in European cities DescriptionA new research project starting in January 2021 aims to provide an unprecedented international comparison of how counterterrorism and urban security change the everyday experiences of residents in European cities.Date:12/11/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 485 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next