Agriculture, Food & Health

30 October 2024

Understanding animal research: Promoting a culture of care in practice

21 October 2024

How the National Fruit Collection is working to save rare apple species from extinction

27 August 2024

Monsters and myths inspire young audiences

22 August 2024

Building the case for natural farming in India

20 August 2024

Transforming UK food systems for disadvantaged communities

13 August 2024

Making cocoa farming in Ghana sustainable

7 August 2024

Bigger animals don’t always have the biggest brains relative to body size – new research

2 August 2024

Is it still a good idea to take aspirin to prevent heart disease? Here’s what the evidence says

16 July 2024

Now we know why hibernating bears don’t get blood clots

19 June 2024

Inside Out 2: this fresh sequel shows teenage anxiety is not always a bad thing

14 June 2024

Platelets: The heroes of haemostasis

21 May 2024

Hedges beat garden fences as wildlife havens and flood barriers – that’s why I’m taking them to the Chelsea Flower Show

29 March 2024

What your fruit bowl reveals about climate breakdown

19 March 2024

Future health: can nutrition and lifestyle combine to make a global impact?

27 February 2024

Millions of older people don’t get enough nutrients – how to spot it and what to do about it

3 January 2024

Menopause: why psychological therapy is now being recommended for hot flushes

14 December 2023

Launch of Wellbeing Hub to help autistic children and their families thrive

22 November 2023

Self-compassion and wellbeing in family carers of older adults

24 October 2023

Forests v farmland: what the world would look like if we allocated all our land in the optimal way

6 October 2023

How air pollution is making life tougher for bugs

21 September 2023

2023 has been a significant year for Alzheimer’s research but there is still much to do

12 September 2023

Microgreens: the health-giving shoots explained

4 September 2023

COVID: should we start wearing masks again?

31 August 2023

How we are raising awareness about the importance of millets for health, heritage and food security

21 August 2023

Depression isn’t just sadness – it’s often a loss of pleasure

11 August 2023

Millets – coming soon to a dinner table near you?

9 August 2023

Stem cell therapies: why they’re expensive, unproven and often dangerous

7 August 2023

Young-onset Alzheimer’s can be diagnosed from as early as 30 – and the symptoms are often different

2 August 2023

Why there are fewer insects on UK farms than there were a century ago – and how to restore them

31 July 2023

From food consumer to food citizen – how the FoodSEqual project is developing choice and agency in the face of the cost of living crisis

14 July 2023

Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there’s no cause for panic

22 June 2023

Flavanols are linked to better memory and heart health – here’s what foods you can eat to get these benefits

16 June 2023

How to navigate difficult conversations with your teenager

31 May 2023

The effects of air pollution on pollinators

25 May 2023

Voter ID: most people are terrible at matching faces to photos, making polling checks unreliable

10 April 2023

Frozen and tinned foods can be just as nutritious as fresh produce – here’s how

7 April 2023

Health Innovation Partnership: Building a sustainable, inclusive, and innovative healthcare community in Berkshire and beyond

5 April 2023

Food aid supply chains rely on a surplus – here’s what happens during a shortage

31 March 2023

Music aids language-learning in autistic children

9 March 2023

Win. Don’t Bin: WRAP’s Food Waste Action Week

7 March 2023

Inspiring the next generation to dispose of food packaging sustainably

6 March 2023

Shaping sustainable food systems for future generations

28 February 2023

A common framework for Global Agricultural Sustainability Assessments

20 February 2023

Inequalities in agriculture and implications for global change

10 February 2023

How beans IN toast could revolutionise the British diet

3 February 2023

Meeting the psychological needs of cancer survivors

31 January 2023

Showcasing the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme

9 January 2023

Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead

21 December 2022

Our most talked about publications of 2022

8 December 2022

Binge-eating disorder is more common than many realise, yet it’s rarely discussed – here’s what you need to know

5 December 2022

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

21 November 2022

Developing a rapid test to help select effective antibiotic treatments – and prevent antimicrobial resistance

16 November 2022

Menopause: HRT linked to depression – here’s what the evidence actually says

11 November 2022

Why we need dietary recommendations for bioactives

3 November 2022

Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don’t know enough about how consumption is changing

21 October 2022

Heritage apples: the parentage of Cox’s Orange Pippin

19 October 2022

Tackling the obesity and non-communicable diseases epidemic in Malaysia

17 October 2022

Pharmacists handing out antibiotics will not solve the GP crisis or antimicrobial resistance

14 October 2022

World Food Day 2022: acting on the promise to leave no one behind

10 October 2022

Building resilience for women with a breast cancer diagnosis

6 October 2022

Liz Truss’s ‘destructive’ plans have angered environmental groups – here’s why

29 September 2022

How can we make supermarkets more accessible for autistic people?

20 September 2022

Know dementia, know Alzheimer’s, know inflammation

16 September 2022

Medication Without Harm – tackling modern medication-related risks to patient safety

5 September 2022

UTIs are still diagnosed using a 140-year-old method – here’s why

30 August 2022

Alzheimer’s theory undermined by accusations of manipulated data – but does not bring dementia research to its knees

15 August 2022

Monkeypox: demand for vaccines is outstripping supply – this is what’s causing the shortages

22 July 2022

Anxiety and depression: can diet help?

1 July 2022

Four ways to stop thinking the worst will happen when you’re stressed

10 June 2022

Dragons’ Den: Funding for Early Career Researcher collaborations

8 June 2022

Plant-based milk products: what you need to know before making the switch

30 May 2022

Why you shouldn’t trust research which claims that a single foodstuff has amazing health benefits

27 May 2022

Monkeypox: we have vaccines and drugs to treat it

23 May 2022

A new biomarker to guide the early treatment for snakebite-induced kidney damage

20 May 2022

Beyond the Numbers: Reflections on REF 2021

12 April 2022

The National Fruit Collection: A reference source and genebank

11 April 2022

Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

7 April 2022

Solutions to planetary health reside within us

30 March 2022

Accessible research for all: what UKRI’s new Open Access policy means for us

15 March 2022

Ukraine: how the global fertiliser shortage is going to affect food

9 March 2022

We’re recycling potato skins to make prebiotics: here’s why that’s good for your gut – and the planet

25 February 2022

Sustainable and nutritious food – are these values irreconcilable?

23 February 2022

Breaking the ice: The power of networks

11 February 2022

CentAUR in 2021

2 February 2022

Mapping the Open Research landscape at the University of Reading

28 January 2022

Four surprising ways climate change is affecting people’s health in England and Wales

12 January 2022

COVID fallout hit farmers hard – they need better mental health support

10 January 2022

Beautiful brains: Bringing the wonders of neuroscience to schoolchildren

27 December 2021

Hydroelectric dams take toll on endangered big cats, study shows

24 December 2021

Our most popular papers of 2021

23 December 2021

The twelve months of Walker: 2021 highlights from the University’s Interdisciplinary Climate Research Centre

22 December 2021

Coffee’s health benefits aren’t as straightforward as they seem – here’s why

20 December 2021

Research Endowment Trust Fund: an early career researcher’s perspective

16 December 2021

Elephants on the Move

15 December 2021

Risk factors that determine whether you’re more or less likely to develop cognitive decline

8 December 2021

Collaborating with Industry: A Knowledge Transfer Partnership could be the answer

29 November 2021

How moving dots are helping us learn more about dyslexia in children

26 November 2021

Merck v Pfizer: here’s how the two new COVID antiviral drugs work and will be used

24 November 2021

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2021

11 November 2021

Animal research to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions

10 November 2021

Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?

20 October 2021

Biodiversity: world leaders are negotiating new targets to protect nature by 2030 – the story so far

1 October 2021

Research engagement – Venomous Snakebites: Rapid Action Saves Lives

24 September 2021

Creating space for engagement alongside research

22 September 2021

Research into action: learning from REF2021

16 July 2021

Improving and future proofing our food: EIT Food 2021 projects

28 June 2021

The Knowledge Transfer Centre, knowledge exchange and intellectual property

28 June 2021

eNutri, web-based app testing project

25 June 2021

Robot farmers could improve jobs and help fight climate change – if they’re developed responsibly

25 June 2021

Consumption of insect-based food products

9 June 2021

The MindWalk Challenge and student-staff reflections on wellbeing research in Covid times

7 June 2021

How do you like them apples? Seriously, what’s your problem?

2 June 2021

One Brain, Two Tongues: Why Bilingualism Matters

19 May 2021

Campus Commerce: Menus of Change research and the living lab

14 May 2021

Multiple Sclerosis in a time of Covid

10 May 2021

HortQFLNet: Ensuring continuity of research in horticultural crop quality and postharvest food loss

7 May 2021

Why we can still recognise people in face masks

30 April 2021

Building on 2020 EIT Food Projects

28 April 2021

Dragons’ Den: Funding for Early Career Researcher collaborations

12 April 2021

Boosting bee diversity can help stabilise crop production

7 April 2021

Introducing our Entrepreneur in Residence

26 March 2021

Developing skills to face future challenges: the new IFNH Education and Professional Training Hub

19 March 2021

How can we minimise side effects but keep the benefits of drugs?

10 March 2021

Alzheimer’s: mouse study may have uncovered drug that can prevent the disease

19 February 2021

Coronavirus: is the Kent variant responsible for the rise in cases among young people in Israel and Italy?

15 February 2021

The science behind why hobbies can improve our mental health

15 January 2021

Addressing food system challenges: making interdisciplinarity work

18 December 2020

Our most popular papers of 2020

16 December 2020

Partnerships for global development

14 December 2020

Learning to cope with uncertainty during COVID-19

24 November 2020

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2020

12 November 2020

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming – but who will really benefit?

23 October 2020

A whole new way of doing nutrition research

4 September 2020

How to reset your relationship with your body if lockdown worsened an eating problem

4 August 2020

How to help someone you live with who has depression

22 July 2020

The ten factors linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

7 July 2020

Going online during a global pandemic

24 June 2020

Coronavirus: scientists uncover why some people lose their sense of smell

23 June 2020

New, low-cost technologies to tackle global challenges – Early Career Researchers at Reading are helping to #shapetheworld

19 June 2020

Rocket, arugula, rucola: how genetics determines the health benefits and whether you like this leafy green

18 June 2020

Coronavirus: why we’re using llamas to help fight the pandemic

17 June 2020

The untapped value in upcycled food by-products

5 June 2020

Improving the effectiveness of COVID-19 Testing

29 May 2020

New Life Sciences Building – a guided tour

29 May 2020

Why children need to play with their friends as soon as they can

28 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is our chance to learn how to reuse old medicines

18 May 2020

Sudden loss of smell – why it is a reason to self-isolate

28 April 2020

Coronavirus: the danger of latex gloves

27 April 2020

Fuller for longer? How appetite research is used – and misused

7 April 2020

A healthy partnership

30 March 2020

Coronavirus: are people with blood group A really at higher risk of catching COVID-19?

27 March 2020

Why coronavirus lockdown rules will not be obeyed by everyone

26 March 2020

COVID-19 tests: how they work and what’s in development

24 March 2020

COVID-19 Q&A: should I be worried if I take ACE inhibitor drugs for high blood pressure?

19 March 2020

Ibuprofen and COVID-19 symptoms – here’s what you need to know

18 March 2020

Prizes for outstanding early career research

11 March 2020

Fighting medicines waste with smart packaging

3 March 2020

Is pain in your body or mind? How the answer can help guide your treatment

20 February 2020

Anxiety in autistic children – why rates are so high

10 February 2020

Brain cells long thought of as passive play key role in memory – study in mice

30 January 2020

Autism: stem cell clinics are offering treatments despite lack of evidence it works

29 January 2020

Malnutrition is on the rise in older adults – how to spot the signs

16 January 2020

Six curious facts about smell

15 January 2020

REF is coming – grab every chance to promote your research

20 December 2019

Climate change is hurting farmers – even seeds are under threat

20 December 2019

Our most popular papers of 2019

2 December 2019

Dopamine fasting: an expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley

11 November 2019

10 years in the making: drug discovered by Reading scientists reaches UK children with severe epilepsy

7 November 2019

Improving health, curbing climate change – a win-win situation

17 October 2019

Climate change: turning up the heat on our health

1 October 2019

My summer of science: could Viagra be used to restore visual memory in Alzheimer’s?

27 September 2019

In pictures: stimulating senses at the Berkshire show

20 September 2019

Defeating dementia

2 September 2019

Secrets of the perfect seed – and its vulnerability to future climate change

22 July 2019

How our animal research is working on the biggest problems – from heart disease to climate change

15 July 2019

Our brain-computer interfacing technology uses music to make people happy

8 July 2019

The Bees’ Needs: saving Britain’s pollinators

3 July 2019

In pictures: researchers at work

27 June 2019

Moving away from the ‘autism’ label

9 May 2019

How will technology shape the future of humanity?

26 April 2019

Parkinson’s: four unusual signs you may be at risk

11 April 2019

Electric bikes can boost older people’s mental performance and their well-being

19 March 2019

Prizes awarded to outstanding early career researchers

8 March 2019

British Science Week round-up

19 February 2019

How speaking another language is good for your brain

29 January 2019

Spreading the word about snakebite

24 January 2019

Q fever: a former soldier is suing the government over it, but what is this mysterious disease?

28 December 2018

Our most popular papers of 2018

12 December 2018

Better cancer drug prescribing to help patients and doctors

23 November 2018

Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

20 November 2018

How to get rid of head lice without spending loads of money

19 October 2018

Opening up new opportunities with Open Access

19 October 2018

Diagnostic labels for mental health conditions are not always useful

16 October 2018

A ‘polluter pays’ food tax would hit poor households hardest

16 October 2018

Five tips to reduce your food waste

10 October 2018

Tackling teenage depression

8 October 2018

We want your views on public engagement with research

27 September 2018

Design competition helps local pharmacy spread the word about superbugs

20 September 2018

Robotic trousers could help disabled people walk again

18 September 2018

Boosting word skills in children with Down Syndrome

17 September 2018

Present your research in Parliament: apply for STEM for Britain 2019

7 September 2018

A simple way to inform parliamentary debate – submit your research to POST now!

6 September 2018

Sharing the benefits of research

29 August 2018

Alzheimer’s researcher invited to the Captains’ table in San Marino

25 August 2018

DRC may provide model for containing future Ebola outbreaks

3 August 2018

Sight loss research in focus as national campaign launches

20 July 2018

Medicines: is it time to challenge the throw away culture?

12 July 2018

Discovering dopamine’s role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson’s important legacy

26 June 2018

Cannabis oil for epilepsy – what you need to know

14 June 2018

Life-changing research: shortlist announced for Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2018

13 June 2018

Sharing the benefits of healthy hay (Sainfoin)

11 June 2018

Global projects win funding among latest research awards

6 June 2018

Emotions shape the language we use, but second languages reveal a shortcut around them

4 June 2018

When soil and swing collide: science at the Big Band Big Lunch

22 May 2018

Jogging memories with sounds and pictures

15 May 2018

How Big Oil distorts climate change reality with tweaks in language

10 May 2018

There will be another Alfie Evans. Experts need to engage

1 May 2018

‘Engage openly’ during elections, academics urged

24 April 2018

DNA 65 years on: light switch molecules to diagnose disease

11 April 2018

Smart sensors to see off falls

9 April 2018

Decolonise science

22 March 2018

Have your say on Open Research: the future, or fool’s charter?

21 March 2018

Global warming, light switch molecules and malaria – early career researchers net prizes

15 March 2018

Reading research near you: British Science Week

8 March 2018

On International Women’s Day, female academics are among research funding winners

28 February 2018

Brain Glue- Sticking it to dementia

14 February 2018

Improving anxiety for people with Autism

5 February 2018

People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it

29 January 2018

Does using a special font help children with dyslexia to read more fluently?

21 December 2017

Earn £100 for volunteering on food/cognition study

21 December 2017

Bees, climate and food: the Reading research listed among world’s elite

23 November 2017

Talking with voices – sharing best practice on auditory hallucinations

13 November 2017

Give 45 minutes, some blood, and help save lives

6 November 2017

Volunteers wanted for grape seed trial

2 November 2017

James Parkinson, Theresa May and me

2 November 2017

Volunteers needed for diet and housing study

19 October 2017

Study on facial perceptions

9 October 2017

Volunteers required for research on extracellular vesicles

9 October 2017

Dog food study

28 September 2017

Watchers on the wall: Microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease

18 September 2017

What do we know about the fat in our food?

20 June 2017

Does bacon really cause cancer?

25 May 2017

Agriculture … would be very difficult, if not wholly impossible, without earthworms #gsw17

25 May 2017

We’re running out of one of the essentials for all life on earth #GSW17

9 May 2017

The four Alternative Food Network trends, and how they are changing the way we eat

28 April 2017

Talking about Open Research at the University of Reading

25 April 2017

Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2017: Enter now!

28 March 2017

Prizes awarded for outstanding research outputs

16 March 2017

Nutrition and Hydration Week: The importance of Hydration HEALTH

15 March 2017

Body of evidence: exploring Reading’s health research for British Science Week

15 March 2017

Closing the loop between technology and people

15 March 2017

Reading wins £3.3m in research grants in January

9 March 2017

How Reading research helped the BBC uncover ‘The Secrets of Your Food’

9 March 2017

Weather forecasters face storm of criticism – so is it time for a new look?

28 February 2017

What reproducibility crisis? Open research may have the answers

22 February 2017

Reading research showcased at Food Matters Live

21 February 2017

Feeling blue? Berries may help boost mood

6 February 2017

Reading secures £3.9m in research awards in December

1 February 2017

How the brain’s ‘biological hoovers’ could help us understand Alzheimer’s Disease

23 January 2017

Reading research behind the headlines: Can burnt toast and roast potatoes cause cancer?

5 June 2013

Food security report’s meat recommendations ‘oversimplify the issue’

20 March 2013

Is a minimum price for alcohol the best way to stop Britain boozing?

18 December 2012

Do they know it’s Christmas?

23 October 2012

How family trees can help predict which plants could provide new cures

16 October 2012

Combining the old with the new is the recipe for global food security

4 July 2012

Can diet affect memory and learning?

21 June 2012

What have insects ever done for us?

8 June 2012

Delays in food research investment make meeting demand that much harder

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