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Coutts sign. Black cursive script against a cream wall.
30 September 2023

City watchdog finds no evidence for recent political ‘debanking’ – but private banks have been picky for centuries

AI-generated artwork of a ghostly skeleton draped in garments and twigs, sitting on a boat. The colour palette is greenish-grey.
27 September 2023

What is AI art? An interview with Eleanor Crook

26 September 2023

Research funding success – August–September 2023

NASA Terra MODIS satellite image of flooding across north eastern Libya
25 September 2023

Libya flood disaster: scale of the catastrophe must bring the two warring factions together

A jigsaw puzzle with some pieces missing so that the word 'Alzheimer's' is partially visible
21 September 2023

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

Man holds bank card and looks at phone outside of glass-fronted building
18 September 2023

Universities and their students are vulnerable to money laundering – new research

Close up of a hospital patient's hand being held
14 September 2023

Unlocking excellence in end-of-life care: making better memories

Radish sprouts
12 September 2023

Microgreens: the health-giving shoots explained

People wearing face masks on the London underground
4 September 2023

COVID: should we start wearing masks again?

Millets – a cereal grain – in a field
31 August 2023

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

30 August 2023

The powerful and personal ways in which landscapes matter

25 August 2023

Five bizarre historic leisure activities to try with friends – from gurning to stereoscopy

23 August 2023

Research reveals who’s been hit hardest by global warming in their lifetime – and the answer may surprise you

A woman sat alone in a dark room.
21 August 2023

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

An offshore drilling platform.
16 August 2023

Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction

flooding on a street in Whitley
14 August 2023

More severe wet and dry extremes as rapid warming of climate continues

A bowl of cooked millet.
11 August 2023

Millets – coming soon to a dinner table near you?

doctor's hand in a white medical glove holds a syringe with a yellow medicine on a blue background.
9 August 2023

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

A doctor showing a patient some information on a digital tablet
7 August 2023

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

A tractor in a large field. Farming practices have contributed to the destruction of important insect habitats over the past century.
2 August 2023

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

Vegetables: broccoli carrots, turnips, cabbage, cauliflower, swede and onion
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

26 July 2023

Research funding success – July 2023

Lúcia Nagib
26 July 2023

Lúcia Nagib elected Fellow of the British Academy

Ian Rutherford
26 July 2023

Ian Rutherford elected Fellow of the British Academy

25 July 2023

Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point

Canary Wharf, London, at night.
24 July 2023

Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf’s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the City

Teacher and pupils gathered round an open text book.
20 July 2023

What works for teaching children whose home languages are not English?

a close-up of a glass of coke with ice and lemon
14 July 2023

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

A blurry golden picture of sunset in the city to represent hot temperatures
6 July 2023

June 2023 was the hottest in England since 1846 – here’s why it was so unusual

3 July 2023

Participatory Action Research: A Toolkit

Airplane in grey sky.
28 June 2023

Aviation turbulence soared by up to 55% as the world warmed – new research

27 June 2023

Research funding success – June 2023

26 June 2023

US regulators continue crypto crackdown – but here’s why the latest charges are different

Cups of black tea in the hands of men and women. on a wooden background.
22 June 2023

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

Schematic overview on the central role of the Earth heat inventory and its linkage to anthropogenic emissions, the Earth energy imbalance, change in the Earth system, and implications for ecosystems and human systems.
19 June 2023

An inevitable climate breach?

Mum listening teenage daughter sitting on couch together
16 June 2023

How to navigate difficult conversations with your teenager

Teenagers in a large classroom. The view is of three students in the back row, paying attention to the teacher at the front.
13 June 2023

How can repetitions be used by teachers to facilitate second language vocabulary learning through listening?

8 June 2023

Understanding types of compost and soil carbon quality – and why this matters for climate change mitigation

An image of a modern library over several floors to represent the idea of a corpus.
2 June 2023

How do we talk about our beliefs? Investigating the term ‘justify’ using corpus analysis

Bee on a flower
31 May 2023

The effects of air pollution on pollinators

A book open on a page from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (chapter 45, Daisy and Demi). Flowers and a mug of coffee are also visible.
30 May 2023

Selecting my top children’s books for the BBC ‘One Hundred Top Children’s Books’ list

The river flowing under Henllan Bridge in Wales. The water level is very high.
26 May 2023

Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring – but much of Europe is parched

A blurry picture of pedestrians in a city.
25 May 2023

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

24 May 2023

Research funding success – May 2023

Colourful wildflowers including primroses growing the grass
22 May 2023

Five ways to protect and restore biodiversity in the UK

Silhouetted figure sitting on bench with face in hands. Represents school exclusion.
16 May 2023

Hear me: young people’s experiences of exclusion from school

15 May 2023

How can gardeners stop the spread of invasive species?

Focus on pregnant woman with hands on her abdomen. Married couple is putting signature on document while sitting on background. Surrogate motherhood concept
11 May 2023

Surrogacy – what’s it all about?

28 April 2023

Owning houseplants can boost your mental health – here’s how to pick the right one

25 April 2023

Research funding success – April 2023

17 April 2023

What Binance’s US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

Category-4 Hurricane Ian approaching Florida’s west coast at peak intensity on 28th September, 2022.
14 April 2023

Upward global trends in the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones

woman talking to a panel of people
12 April 2023

Why some people lose their accents but others don’t – linguistic expert

Frozen raspberries and strawberries
10 April 2023

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

The clinical simulation suite at the University of Reading
7 April 2023

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

A cardboard box filled with food donations including fruit, bottled water and tin cans.
5 April 2023

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

3 April 2023

Silicon Valley Bank: 19th-century financial crises show how today’s regulators could help repair the economy

Girl with headphones and laptop smiles at mother
31 March 2023

Music aids language-learning in autistic children

Beekeeper working with beehive
28 March 2023

Why it’s time for new approaches to environmental and health issues in the EU

Three black and white photographs of Dr Nellie B. Eales at her 90th birthday party. She is seen standing beside the cake in a smart suit, cutting the cake and handing out slices of the cake on a tray.
23 March 2023

The life and work of Zoologist Nellie B. Eales

Glass globe in nature – concept for environment and conservation and reimagining a better world
22 March 2023

Earth Day 2023 – call for poems

17 March 2023

Research funding success – March 2023

3D art rendering of the Tiktaalik, an extinct walking fish.
17 March 2023

How fish evolved to walk – and in one case, turned into humans

A woman stands outside a court building wearing an elegant dark blue suit
16 March 2023

Deciding what to wear to work isn’t getting any easier for women, even as business dress codes relax

A black and white photo of Margaret Wintringham and Nancy Astor, and an election campaign poster reading Vote for Philipson. There is a picture of Philipson wearing a flowery hat in an oval and the background colour is salmon pink.
14 March 2023

‘Piety, Sobriety and Variety’: the first three female MPs to arrive at Westminster

Dropper for a covid 19, lateral flow test. Focus is on dropper with the test cassette below.
11 March 2023

Testing, testing: think about the instructions

A nurse attends to a patient in the Intensive Care Unit
11 March 2023

How the pandemic has brought equality of access to healthcare into sharp focus

Gold Lady Justice Statue on the top of the Old Bailey in London, England, with a sunset sky in the background
10 March 2023

Why we need more women judges in the UK

Huge pile of discarded and mouldy fruit and vegetables including red and green peppers, lemons, aubergines, oranges, carrots and cabbages.
9 March 2023

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

A picture of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth. She is wearing a hat with a bow on it.
8 March 2023

Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: working-class writer, social activist and environmentalist

7 March 2023

Inspiring the next generation to dispose of food packaging sustainably

6 March 2023

Shaping sustainable food systems for future generations

Shelves of books at Daunt Books, London.
2 March 2023

Bookshops: a World Book Day appreciation

Low angle shot of plants in a field with trees on horizon visible in the distance.
28 February 2023

A common framework for Global Agricultural Sustainability Assessments

Storm seas in Scotland
27 February 2023

Why the UK has only had one named storm so far this winter – an expert explains

A laptop – showing a Zoom call with several people – next to a mug of coffee.
24 February 2023

The UK’s four-day working week pilot was a success – here’s what should happen next

21 February 2023

Research funding success – February 2023

Women pack boxes of fresh vegetables in Cape Town, South Africa.
20 February 2023

Inequalities in agriculture and implications for global change

17 February 2023

Developing a toolkit for Participatory Action Research in Reading and beyond

Broad beans in bowl and bread.
10 February 2023

How beans IN toast could revolutionise the British diet

Rain hits a rainbow coloured umbrella
8 February 2023

Five things you probably have wrong about rain

A woman and a man sit side by side on the floor and look at a lap top screen – they look astonished.
6 February 2023

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture

A watercolour painting of a landscape with a cloudy sky. The words 'Building Resilience in Breast Cancer Centre' appear in gold text alongside a medal which says 'awarded top 10 UK breast cancer blog'.
3 February 2023

Meeting the psychological needs of cancer survivors

1 February 2023

Love stories are for everyone – the Rainbow Chapter of the Romantic Novelists’ Association

Students chat beside poster boards at the showcase for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme
31 January 2023

Showcasing the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme

A selection of children's pictures with colourful covers spread out over a table. The books all have maths theme.
30 January 2023

Celebrating National Storytelling Week with mathematical stories

27 January 2023

On Holocaust Memorial Day

25 January 2023

Why forecasting snow is so difficult in the UK

23 January 2023

How workplace wellness initiatives conflict with real wellbeing – and how art challenges this

18 January 2023

Shaping places: making communities an integral part of the planning process

13 January 2023

Research funding success – January 2023

13 January 2023

Making cemeteries and crematoria more inclusive

Vietnam war memorial
11 January 2023

Vietnam war: how US involvement has influenced foreign policy decisions over 50 years

10 January 2023

Money matters: what if we told you that everything you knew about money wasn’t quite as it seems?

Field of wheat in Ukraine
9 January 2023

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

Pods on a cacao tree
5 January 2023

The history of chocolate: when money really did grow on trees

21 December 2022

Our most talked about publications of 2022

James McAvoy in his Dark Materials
20 December 2022

His Dark Materials: how the small-screen adaptation deals with the novel’s big ideas

17 December 2022

Research funding successes – December 2022

A blue butterfly on a tree branch. The branch is in blossom.
14 December 2022

Securing action for biodiversity at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity – COP15

A woman makes notes as she looks at a large book of colourful patterns in an archive
9 December 2022

Gender and the creative labour market in Australia and the UK

Photo representing a therapy session. Two people sit next to each with clasped hands. Their faces are not visible.
8 December 2022

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

7 December 2022

Changing the way transatlantic flights are routed to reduce carbon emissions

5 December 2022

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

Students using disability support services. Three young women talking to each other.
1 December 2022

On the Disability History Month theme of health and wellbeing

1 December 2022

Celebrating disabled creativity on International Day of Persons with Disabilities

1 December 2022

‘Nothing about us without us’ – a transformative approach to inclusive sensory design in museums and heritage sites

25 November 2022

Research funding success – November 2022

22 November 2022

Maternal wellbeing, infant feeding and returning to work: launch of UK-wide survey

Niger Delta gas flares
22 November 2022

Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

21 November 2022

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

The CPAR team at a showcase at event in April 2022.
18 November 2022

Tackling health inequalities in Reading: Community Participatory Action Research 2021–2022

Blister pack of pills
16 November 2022

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

14 November 2022

Cryptocurrencies: why Binance’s failed FTX rescue deal could mean ‘crypto winter’ is coming

A cup of tea – a glass cup with a teabag and hot water on a table.
11 November 2022

Why we need dietary recommendations for bioactives

9 November 2022

Protecting school children from air pollution using citizen science

Hand holding a smartphone showing the YouTube app
8 November 2022

Deepfakes are being used for good – here’s how

7 November 2022

Iran: hijab protests reflect society-wide anger at regime which trashes rule of law and human rights

7 November 2022

Transforming classroom language teaching through multimedia

A climate activist wearing a gas mask and holding a stop sign stands on top of a parked car in Trafalgar Square. Police Officers surround the vehicle.
4 November 2022

Public order bill: new law is designed to stop climate protests – but it could actually give activists a legal tool

A woman holding a beef burger
3 November 2022

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

2 November 2022

Corporate rescue: what happens when companies fail?

31 October 2022

Accommodating diversity in the workplace – first workshop on 8 December 2022

28 October 2022

The Book Society – uncovering the history of Britain’s first celebrity book club

Cover of The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire
27 October 2022

The Archaeology of Iran: the advantages of Open Access publishing

Cover of Lúcia Nagib's Open Access monograph Realist Cinema as World Cinema
25 October 2022

Realist Cinema as World Cinema: the advantages of Open Access publishing

21 October 2022

Heritage apples: the parentage of Cox’s Orange Pippin

An arial view photo taken during 2022 Pakistan floods
20 October 2022

Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

19 October 2022

Tackling the obesity and non-communicable diseases epidemic in Malaysia

18 October 2022

Research funding success – October 2022

Logo reads 18 October, World Menopause day
18 October 2022

This World Menopause Day remember to share a positive menopause story

Blister packs of pills
17 October 2022

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

Protesters hold up signs saying 'Stop Russia Stop Putin' and 'Hands Off Ukraine'
17 October 2022

Ukraine war: why the world can’t afford to let Russia get away with its land grab – lessons from history

14 October 2022

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

12 October 2022

An enslaved woman and her children: a story of maternity, infancy, and death in Northern Brazil in the era of Abolition

10 October 2022

Building resilience for women with a breast cancer diagnosis

7 October 2022

How I reunited the most important documents in English theatre history for the first time in 200 years

6 October 2022

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

A teacher in a classroom
5 October 2022

Valuing teachers: why career development opportunities must reflect the pressing issues of our time

Aerial view of housing and road in India
4 October 2022

Why housing programmes the world over must recognise migrant populations

30 September 2022

Faces of War: The Hidden Stories of Female Fighters

29 September 2022

How can we make supermarkets more accessible for autistic people?

27 September 2022

Dragomans – tourist industry experts of the nineteenth century

Pulling Down the Statue of King George III by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel. Wikimedia
26 September 2022

Soviet monuments are being toppled – this gives the spaces they occupied a new meaning

22 September 2022

Why the drought isn’t over even though it’s rained all week

21 September 2022

Research funding success (July – September 2022)

21 September 2022

The key to building lasting peace is engaging different groups of people in the process

A brain shape from puzzles as a symbol of mental health and memory problems and Alzheimer's disease.
20 September 2022

Know dementia, know Alzheimer’s, know inflammation

Packets of medication
16 September 2022

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

8 September 2022

Using satellite technology to provide reliable rainfall information for African farmers

A globe showing clouds. NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Blue Marble imagery.
6 September 2022

Monitoring climate change from space

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

24 August 2022

Drought: heavy rain now might be a serious problem for the UK’s parched landscape

22 August 2022

A wider lens on film making

17 August 2022

Britain’s notoriously wet and cold climate is changing – you won’t like what replaces it

15 August 2022

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

a bed
10 August 2022

Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

8 August 2022

Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves

5 August 2022

Why changing the law is not needed to support parents like Archie’s

1 August 2022

What is the World Climate Research Programme and why do we need it?

28 July 2022

‘Expect the unexpected’: Extreme weather is creating the perfect storm for risk contagion

25 July 2022

Heatwave Britain hits 40.3°C – here’s how scientists know when a temperature record has been broken

22 July 2022

Research funding success (July 2022)

22 July 2022

Anxiety and depression: can diet help?

19 July 2022

Heatwave: why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much

15 July 2022

Hedgehog conservation: how to make a garden nest box appealing – new research

an extinction rebellion protest
13 July 2022

Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change

11 July 2022

What science says about the best ways to cool down

flames coming off of a bonfire
8 July 2022

Northern Ireland: Paramilitary groups using cultural celebrations to assert control and challenge peace

a person sitting with their head in their hands looking stressed
1 July 2022

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

29 June 2022

Is Europe at risk from hurricanes?

22 June 2022

Crypto crash: market volatility is testing investors will but crypto-enthusiasts still see a future for the asset class

20 June 2022

Research funding success (June 2022)

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

6 June 2022

Islamic State: how western European states are failing to protect 28,000 children born to foreign fighters

1 June 2022

Technicians at the heart of what we do

1 June 2022

Is it wrong to steal from large corporations? A philosopher debates the ethics

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

26 May 2022

Research funding success (April and May 2022)

26 May 2022

Black British Women’s Theatre: Encountering intersectionality through the archives

25 May 2022

Between Unfreedoms: How caste was a major determining factor in deciding return migration of indentured workers

24 May 2022

The multi-stable and multi-scale nature of our climate

colour photograph of cobra snake on desert floor
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

books
11 May 2022

On International Legal Academia in the UK (Part II) – Navigating the Expectations Placed on ECRs

vehicle
10 May 2022

Ukraine: boosting European defence spending now won’t make up for decades of underinvestment

9 May 2022

Sport and the anti-apartheid movement: evidence from the archives

a bookshop
6 May 2022

On International Legal Academia in the UK (Part I) – Securing Your First Academic Post

A figurine of Totoro under an umbrella
2 May 2022

How Studio Ghibli films can help us rediscover the childlike wonder of our connection with nature

a bee hotel made out of old tiles and bricks
29 April 2022

How we are pioneering climate and sustainability education for teacher training programmes

flames from a gas stove
28 April 2022

Why Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply

Angela Rayner
27 April 2022

So here we are again… sex and misogyny in Parliament

ladybug
22 April 2022

How a new GCSE in natural history can help us towards a greener future

20 April 2022

Research funding success (January to March 2022)

three people hiking up a mountain
15 April 2022

How new approaches to landscape history can help democratise landscape decision-making

a soldier crouched in the snow aiming a gun
13 April 2022

Ukraine: Nato exercises a happy coincidence ‘just in case’ of escalation

Apple orchards at Brogdale Farm
12 April 2022

The National Fruit Collection: A reference source and genebank

Dr Tahani Sileet, Deputy Minister and Head of External Partnership at the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and Simon Mortimer, Head of School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading.
11 April 2022

Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

8 April 2022

Providing a space for local people to shape Reading’s future

white text on a red background which reads
7 April 2022

Solutions to planetary health reside within us

6 April 2022

Why Russia has put the rouble on a gold standard – but it’s unlikely to last

1 April 2022

Getting to net zero will require inclusive landscape decisions

a fluorescent open sign
30 March 2022

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

29 March 2022

From elite bargains to more inclusive politics?

25 March 2022

How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history

23 March 2022

Diverse cemetery and crematoria needs during Covid-19

22 March 2022

Ukraine: what might happen if the war spreads to a Nato country

21 March 2022

Safeguarding ecosystems: From sustained yield to sustainable forestry

18 March 2022

Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach

17 March 2022

Ukraine: Putin’s vision of ‘Russian Ukraine’ misunderstands how borders came about

16 March 2022

Putting quality of life at the heart of planning

a harvester in a field
15 March 2022

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

11 March 2022

Nigeria’s fuel crisis: smaller, more flexible refineries aren’t the full answer

potatoes
9 March 2022

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

7 March 2022

#BreakTheBias: Not just Numbers, but Effective Women’s Power in Corporations

4 March 2022

Ukraine: how Putin used a long proxy conflict to justify invasion

2 March 2022

Levelling up and the neighbourhood

28 February 2022

Curious Kids: why is February shorter than every other month?

25 February 2022

Sustainable and nutritious food – are these values irreconcilable?

23 February 2022

Breaking the ice: The power of networks

22 February 2022

Time for the UK to say goodbye to drive-throughs: for the sake of our environment, our health – and our culture

21 February 2022

Reimagining Social Justice in Speech and Language Therapy

18 February 2022

Storm Eunice: how forecasters predicted super-strong winds days before it even formed

18 February 2022

Ukraine: the problem with copying Finland’s strict cold war neutrality

16 February 2022

Climate change from the global to the local: celebrating the team of unsung heroes behind our award-winning research

14 February 2022

Ukraine: the economic impact of tension with Russia is part of Putin’s long-term plan

11 February 2022

CentAUR in 2021

9 February 2022

Plants are flowering a month earlier – here’s what it could mean for pollinating insects

4 February 2022

How tiny living spaces affect our wellbeing – individually and societally

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

26 January 2022

“My father was a wandering European”: Triple loyalties in Brexit Britain – British, Jewish, European?

24 January 2022

Climate education – global change through local action

20 January 2022

Time-of-use tariffs: A way to reduce electricity bills?

19 January 2022

An English Literature lecturer experiments with film, philosophy and…sniffing

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

7 January 2022

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier: how its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands

5 January 2022

Moving Cocaine from the field to the streets: the cocaine supply chain in the Americas

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

18 December 2021

Channel tragedy highlights unfair family reunion policies for transnational families

17 December 2021

More research funding success in December 2021

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

Appointments made to UBRI and UCRIPE

8 December 2021

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

3 December 2021

Ten years of financial fair play: has it been good for European football?

1 December 2021

University of Reading scientists appointed to leading roles in National Centre for Earth Observation

1 December 2021

Working from home: can emissions really be reduced and what are the broader implications for cities?

29 November 2021

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

26 November 2021

More research funding success in November 2021

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

22 November 2021

India’s terrible roads: how to build a world-class network and still reach net zero

18 November 2021

Getting to the bottom of net zero carbon

18 November 2021

EIT Food Impact Award won by University of Reading project

17 November 2021

How will we get to carbon net zero as individuals and a society?

16 November 2021

Making informed decisions in the midst of the climate crisis

15 November 2021

Working together to change climate change

12 November 2021

If we don’t learn from past climate disasters, they will claim more lives in the future

11 November 2021

Animal research to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions

10 November 2021

Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?

8 November 2021

The Maldives is threatened by rising seas – but coastal development is causing even more pressing environmental issues

5 November 2021

Slapps: the rise of lawsuits targeting investigative journalists

4 November 2021

COP26: what would the world be like at 3°C of warming and how would it be different from 1.5°C?

3 November 2021

Bitcoin: why its value has rocketed once again

3 November 2021

Marlene Kretschmer honoured by EuroGeosciences Union

3 November 2021

Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network

2 November 2021

Brexit fish wars: history explains why France and the UK get so angry about access to the seas

1 November 2021

Sorry Boris Johnson, the UK will not become the Qatar of hydrogen

29 October 2021

More research funding success in October 2021

29 October 2021

Reading researchers excel in O2RB Impact Awards

27 October 2021

“The Legacies of Stephen Dwoskin’s Personal Cinema” leading the path for archives, art and research at the Alt + Shift + Archive Symposium

27 October 2021

Exploring the The Diasporic Literary Archives Network

26 October 2021

Priorities in a changing research environment

25 October 2021

Researchers recognised at R&D 100 Awards

25 October 2021

Planning reform: an opportunity to ground the planning system in public involvement

22 October 2021

Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction Bryan Cheyette at the Cheltenham Literature Festival

20 October 2021

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

18 October 2021

New research network to explore future blood testing solutions

15 October 2021

University researcher Philip Leverhulme Prize winner

15 October 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel Literature Prize, and a Challenge to White Fragility

13 October 2021

To err is human – or is it?

6 October 2021

KTC supported projects win at KTP Best of the Best awards

5 October 2021

Talking research: the role of the University press office

4 October 2021

Have your say – Open Research Champions to launch the first ever Open Research survey

1 October 2021

Research engagement – Venomous Snakebites: Rapid Action Saves Lives

29 September 2021

Research engagement – how does your network grow?

27 September 2021

Research engagement – the importance of listening

24 September 2021

Creating space for engagement alongside research

22 September 2021

Research into action: learning from REF2021

17 September 2021

Electricity prices have reached record highs – and the time-poor could suffer most

15 September 2021

Climate change adaptation in East Africa: reflections on systemic change

13 September 2021

9/11 twenty years on: al-Qaida is defeated – but jihadism is here to stay

10 September 2021

YES! Unleashing postgraduate and postdoctoral ingenuity at Reading

27 August 2021

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4 August 2021

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age

30 July 2021

More research funding success in July 2021

30 July 2021

Climate Change Archaeology: Building resilience in the world’s coastal wetlands

28 July 2021

The future of auditing: why plans to sharpen up the industry could actually make it worse

23 July 2021

Tokyo Olympics without crowds: will the home nation’s medal chances suffer?

21 July 2021

Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means

20 July 2021

Report from Europe’s flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life

19 July 2021

Surgery and Selfhood: lessons from open humanities publishing

16 July 2021

Improving and future proofing our food: EIT Food 2021 projects

15 July 2021

How to predict the summer weather – magic, miracle and meteorology

12 July 2021

The Perks of Open data

5 July 2021

Cross-disciplinary Conversations on Caring in a Crisis

2 July 2021

House prices: the risks of a fall are higher than most people think

30 June 2021

Mispronunciation: why you should stop correcting people’s mistakes

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

More research funding success in June 2021

25 June 2021

Consumption of insect-based food products

14 June 2021

Beckett our Contemporary

11 June 2021

Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation

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?

4 June 2021

One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health

2 June 2021

One Brain, Two Tongues: Why Bilingualism Matters

28 May 2021

Severe storms from tropics reach Europe once every five years on average – new research

26 May 2021

Trouble in Headlines

21 May 2021

Are you a climate change hypocrite? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry

19 May 2021

Understanding why people behave sustainably

19 May 2021

Campus Commerce: Menus of Change research and the living lab

17 May 2021

What Can a Dog Called Margarita Teach us About Ancient Rome?

17 May 2021

Broken Futures project: podcast, walking tour and exhibition

14 May 2021

Multiple Sclerosis in a time of Covid

12 May 2021

Science art helps climate change message hit home

11 May 2021

Trips waiver: there’s more to the story than vaccine patents

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

5 May 2021

New archaeology finding shows how Muslim cuisine endured in secret despite policing by the Spanish Catholic regime

30 April 2021

Building on 2020 EIT Food Projects

30 April 2021

India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy

28 April 2021

Dragons’ Den: Funding for Early Career Researcher collaborations

26 April 2021

Shulie, and the place of the feminist past in the feminist present

23 April 2021

Navigating the industry route for successful policy engagement

21 April 2021

Global Development workshop: Conceptualising historical legacies

20 April 2021

European Super League: why punishing the breakaway 12 could backfire badly

19 April 2021

Coinbase is listing for US$100 billion on NASDAQ, but you might be better buying bitcoin instead

16 April 2021

Antarctica’s ice shelves are trembling as global temperatures rise – what happens next is up to us

14 April 2021

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12 April 2021

Boosting bee diversity can help stabilise crop production

9 April 2021

University Research Fellowships: how has the year been?

7 April 2021

Introducing our Entrepreneur in Residence

2 April 2021

The Long Read: This 400-year-old botched nose job shows how little our feelings about transplants have changed

31 March 2021

Understanding vertical motion in clouds

29 March 2021

Oil: why higher prices will complicate the energy transition

26 March 2021

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

24 March 2021

How are gender equality norms implemented in peacekeeping?

22 March 2021

What can the arts show us about climate change?

19 March 2021

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

17 March 2021

Female CFOs, leverage and the moderating role of board diversity and CEO power

15 March 2021

Sharp and Unsharp measurement in Quantum Mechanics

12 March 2021

Third How It Is Samuel Beckett Symposium

10 March 2021

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

8 March 2021

International Women’s Day 2021

5 March 2021

Prizes for early career researchers

5 March 2021

When in doubt, kick it!

3 March 2021

A tale told in timecodes

1 March 2021

COVID stamp duty holiday reveals big problems in the housing market

26 February 2021

LGBT+ History Month: Broken Futures project

24 February 2021

Impressionism’s sibling rivalry

19 February 2021

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

17 February 2021

Climate change is making extreme cold much less likely, despite the UK plummeting to -23°C

15 February 2021

The science behind why hobbies can improve our mental health

10 February 2021

Nature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?

8 February 2021

Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca

8 February 2021

The Dig on Netflix: a refreshingly accurate portrayal – according to an archaeologist

5 February 2021

Beyond COVID-19 – the importance of ‘urban futures’ thinking for our towns and cities

27 January 2021

Teaching Holocaust Testimonies

26 January 2021

Why a green electricity grid depends on weather forecasts improving

22 January 2021

Gaming for Grammar

20 January 2021

James Joyce’s Ulysses is an anti-stream of consciousness novel

18 January 2021

Four-day week: how workplaces can successfully establish it

15 January 2021

Addressing food system challenges: making interdisciplinarity work

13 January 2021

Bitcoin: why the price has exploded – and where it goes from here

11 January 2021

Connecting through Collections Histories

5 January 2021

Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020

18 December 2020

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17 December 2020

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16 December 2020

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14 December 2020

Learning to cope with uncertainty during COVID-19

10 December 2020

COVID-19 exposes the UK: Rights for All means Rights for Some

10 December 2020

Human rights around the world – here’s what we need to do.

8 December 2020

Why COVID-19 has left the UK especially vulnerable to flooding this winter

7 December 2020

How do we protect our soils?

1 December 2020

Christmas coming early: there’s never been a right time to put up the decorations

26 November 2020

Ethiopia’s troubled history provides clues to why an all-out civil war is possible

24 November 2020

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Showcase 2020

12 November 2020

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

11 November 2020

The foreign policy legacy that Donald Trump leaves Joe Biden

9 November 2020

Monsoon flooding in Bangladesh: how forecasting can help protect lives and livelihoods

29 October 2020

The different meaning of HMT Empire Windrush

27 October 2020

Decolonising the history curriculum

23 October 2020

A whole new way of doing nutrition research

22 October 2020

Black History Month: ‘A visit to the countryside is always accompanied by a feeling of unease; dread.’

20 October 2020

The ‘crazy uncle’ in the Oval Office: how Donald Trump’s social media use changed US politics

12 October 2020

Widening access to shared ownership is not enough to solve England’s housing crisis

8 October 2020

Why England’s Premier League should bail out the lower leagues

5 October 2020

How to prevent disruptions in food supply chains after COVID-19

2 October 2020

Welcome to Black History Month

1 October 2020

Biodiversity: where the world is making progress – and where it’s not

18 September 2020

Mastectomies have been performed for over 500 years – yet we still can’t talk about them

14 September 2020

Bolivia reverses years of progress with new draconian cocaine policy, supported by the EU

10 September 2020

Heatwaves are an invisible killer – and the UK is woefully unprepared

10 September 2020

Taking Publishers’ Archives Online: The Modernist Archives Publishing Project

7 September 2020

Happy Days – creating art from archives

4 September 2020

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

3 September 2020

Weathering the storm – masterclasses in Meteorology

2 September 2020

Leading entrepreneurship ecosystems research in East Europe and Central Asia

1 September 2020

Are women leaders really doing better on coronavirus? The data backs it up

26 August 2020

Cold war nuclear tests changed rainfall thousands of miles away

24 August 2020

Discovering evolution’s rules for sculpting the natural world

21 August 2020

Understanding Equality: From Distribution to Relationships

20 August 2020

In refugee camps as well as lockdown, gardening helps pass time in limbo

13 August 2020

Heatwaves often end with spectacular thunderstorms and lethal floods – but where and when they’ll strike is hard to predict

6 August 2020

‘I don’t care about Hitler’: Wiley and the rise of antisemitism

4 August 2020

How to help someone you live with who has depression

30 July 2020

Pandemic landscapes

28 July 2020

Building on the positives – the Impact of housing design and placemaking during lockdown

27 July 2020

A year in the life of the earliest Europeans

24 July 2020

How much do clouds weigh?

22 July 2020

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

16 July 2020

Why do we need to meet the #BeesNeeds?

13 July 2020

Children aren’t starting puberty younger, medieval skeletons reveal

9 July 2020

Renewable energy supply and demand during lockdown – and the best time to bake bread

7 July 2020

Going online during a global pandemic

6 July 2020

Hundreds of elephants are mysteriously dying in Botswana – Dr Vicky Boult explains what we know

2 July 2020

Archiving Youth Cultures

1 July 2020

Enabling a just transition to England’s new agri-environment scheme

30 June 2020

Combating climate change – why investors should keep their shares in fossil fuel companies

26 June 2020

COVID-19 and grappling with the uncertainties of a ‘new normal’ for researchers

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

22 June 2020

Looting of antiquities has increased under lockdown – here’s how we’re working to prevent this in Iraq

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

11 June 2020

Is racism and bigotry in our DNA?

9 June 2020

What future do airlines have?

8 June 2020

Advanced cyclone forecasting is leading to early action – and it’s saving thousands of lives

5 June 2020

Improving the effectiveness of COVID-19 Testing

4 June 2020

Tackling the economic and social challenges caused by COVID-19

2 June 2020

Peru’s war on drugs is an abject failure – here’s what it can learn from Bolivia

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

27 May 2020

COVID-19: The paradox of scientific advice which is not scientific

22 May 2020

Should there be a phased reopening of schools from 1st June? Let the teachers have their say

21 May 2020

Walking, talking and showing off – a history of Roman gardens

20 May 2020

COVID-19: addressing conspiracy theories

18 May 2020

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

15 May 2020

As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

14 May 2020

Rewilding: lessons from the medieval Baltic crusades

12 May 2020

Coronavirus: learning from the second world war’s industrial pioneers

7 May 2020

Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

6 May 2020

The whole idea of global value chains will be reconsidered after coronavirus

5 May 2020

Tiger King: why can’t we just release America’s captive tigers into the wild?

2 May 2020

How to discover the wildlife wonders of your own garden

1 May 2020

New websites to boost Collections-based research

28 April 2020

Coronavirus: the danger of latex gloves

27 April 2020

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

23 April 2020

Forget the Premier League, it’s grassroots football that we need to preserve!

22 April 2020

Business as usual post-pandemic? Reshaping relations between the state and the private sector in light of COVID-19

21 April 2020

Talk of war in COVID-19 coverage may be hiding testing failings

16 April 2020

Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading

8 April 2020

Diverse funerary needs at a time of crisis: reflections on Covid-19 in multicultural Europe​

8 April 2020

Coronavirus: just letting children play will help them, and their parents, cope

7 April 2020

A healthy partnership

6 April 2020

How reading can help with your home-schooling worries

3 April 2020

How will football return after this unplanned hiatus?

2 April 2020

The butterfly effect

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

18 March 2020

Ask me anything about climate change!

13 March 2020

Annie Ure: Trowelblazer

11 March 2020

Fighting medicines waste with smart packaging

6 March 2020

The medieval roots of modern weather forecasts

4 March 2020

What can the Black Death tell us about the global economic consequences of a pandemic?

3 March 2020

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

27 February 2020

Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control

25 February 2020

Patchwork EU Member State laws hamper free movement for ‘rainbow families’

24 February 2020

How the world’s largest Samuel Beckett collection came to Reading

20 February 2020

Anxiety in autistic children – why rates are so high

17 February 2020

Climate change means longer take-offs and fewer passengers per aeroplane – new study

10 February 2020

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

31 January 2020

Roman Catholic priests have been celibate for a thousand years – but this could change

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

28 January 2020

Daffodils and snowdrops are here – but what happens next?

23 January 2020

Climate crisis: we are not individuals fighting a faceless system – we are the system that needs to change

23 January 2020

The civil service doesn’t just need more scientists – it needs a decision-making revolution

22 January 2020

Think you’re an individual? Here are seven reasons why you’re not

21 January 2020

London just broke a 300-year-old weather record – but you probably didn’t even notice it

20 January 2020

Fish, sausage, even honey: Food fraud is hidden in plain sight

16 January 2020

Six curious facts about smell

15 January 2020

REF is coming – grab every chance to promote your research

8 January 2020

What next for Iran’s proxy network after killing of Qassem Soleimani?

7 January 2020

What can archaeology tell us about medieval medical care?

6 January 2020

Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019

20 December 2019

Climate change is hurting farmers – even seeds are under threat

20 December 2019

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16 December 2019

Uncovering the full picture of the UK’s food poverty issue

10 December 2019

How to design a forest fit to heal the planet

9 December 2019

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7 December 2019

Flash flooding is a serious threat in the UK – here’s how scientists are tackling its prediction

6 December 2019

Celebrating 100 years of women in Parliament

4 December 2019

RBS’s Bó: the fightback against Monzo and Revolut is about much more than market share

4 December 2019

Reading climate experts gather at COP25

2 December 2019

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

26 November 2019

In pictures: Pelican books by design

16 November 2019

Economics of a four-day working week: research shows it can save businesses money

14 November 2019

Why flooding is still so difficult to predict and prepare for

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

7 November 2019

How business misrepresented evidence: the South African sugar tax story

3 November 2019

Free style: the real meaning of the Springboks’ victory dance

31 October 2019

Picturing science for children: the power of Marie Neurath’s designs

29 October 2019

Going entirely organic could mean food emissions up 70% in England and Wales

22 October 2019

To fight climate change, science must be mobilised like it was in World War II

18 October 2019

Children challenging world leaders for inaction on climate change won’t win, but they will put the spotlight on climate justice

17 October 2019

Climate change: turning up the heat on our health

12 October 2019

A complex and controversial new saint

7 October 2019

Work less to save the planet? How to make sure a four-day week actually cuts emissions

5 October 2019

Nuclear powers once shared their technology openly – how Iran’s programme fell on the wrong side of history

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

26 September 2019

Who is a mother? Is a person’s gender inextricably tied to their status as a parent?

24 September 2019

Superblocks: Barcelona’s car-free zones could extend lives and boost mental health

20 September 2019

Defeating dementia

20 September 2019

#ShowYourStripes: how climate data became a cultural icon

18 September 2019

Schools are failing pupils with special needs, despite best efforts of dedicated staff

10 September 2019

Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?

9 September 2019

Finding the fires of early humans

5 September 2019

Why forecasting floods should be a global collaborative effort

3 September 2019

Bury FC: the economics of an English football club’s collapse

2 September 2019

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

28 August 2019

Seven things you probably didn’t know about life in medieval castles

15 August 2019

The Jungle Book: more than just an imperialist tale for children?

7 August 2019

Poles apart: taking UK climate science to The Arctic

31 July 2019

Doing business better: can we create a more ethical Reading?

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

11 July 2019

Ripped, Torn & Cut: new book on how fanzines shaped punk

10 July 2019

Heatwave ‘completely obliterated’ the record for Europe’s hottest ever June

8 July 2019

The Bees’ Needs: saving Britain’s pollinators

3 July 2019

In pictures: researchers at work