Life and Environmental Sciences News Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' Boys do more exercise than girls, research finds DescriptionProfessor Joan Duda, gave her thoughts to The Guardian on a recent research piece in The GuardianDate:14/06/2018 Twenty-five years since Jurassic Park Description"Have palaeontologists actually come any closer to reviving dinosaurs today?" The answer is a clear "No" and also a clear "Yes".Date:13/06/2018 Nano-childhoods - assessing the exposure of children to tiny man-made materials, including plastics, from infancy to adulthood DescriptionYou are what you eat' has long been an adage and call to eat fresh, home-made rather than processed foods, but with recent reports of microplastics contamination of global sea salt, bottled waters and even household dust, this can now be extended to what you eat, drink, touch and breathe, or simply 'you are what you are exposed to!Date:08/06/2018 Dr Goodyear wins Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Early Career Researcher Award DescriptionDr Victoria Goodyear is the recipient of the Inaugural Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Early Career Researcher Award.Date:29/05/2018 Scientists in China and UK work to help tackle global health epidemics DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham scientists are working with partners in Guangzhou to develop new drugs that could help to tackle global health epidemics that also have an impact on China's rural communities.Date:25/05/2018 Using cutting-edge technology to protect rivers against climate change DescriptionDr Stephen Dugdale and Professor David Hannah discuss how cutting-edge technology can be used to help preserve the UK's valuable rivers for future generations.Date:25/05/2018 British Science Association announces Professor Pritchard as Section President DescriptionThe British Science Association (BSA) has announced that the University of Birmingham's Professor Jeremy Pritchard will become the Biological Sciences Section President for 2018.Date:23/05/2018 New research sheds light on first of five major mass extinctions DescriptionDr James Wheeley, along with US and Canadian colleagues, has published findings of a project researching the state of global-ocean oxygenation 445 million years ago at the end of the Ordovician period when ~85% of marine species went extinct.Date:23/05/2018 Weight loss maintainers have different responses to food DescriptionAccording to new research by the University of Birmingham and the University of Amsterdam, successful weight successful weight loss maintainers have responses to food than people with obesity and their lean counterparts.Date:23/05/2018 Dr Roskell wins Outstanding Teacher Award DescriptionDr Roskell, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, has been selected as the winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award 2018 for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.Date:23/05/2018 Displaying 1 to 10 of 294 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next