Ecology, climate and food science have helped to put the University of Reading in a group of the world’s elite research institutions in a new analysis of the most cited…Read More >
Brexit and Big Social Data
By Dr Marina Della Giusta, Associate Professor of Economics Brexit continues to dominate public discourses, the news and our lives, and yet the majority of us, regardless of how we…Read More >
Beckett Creative Fellowship – Eimear McBride blog Part 1
Multi-award-winning author Eimear McBride is the inaugural Creative Fellow at the University of Reading’s Samuel Beckett Research Centre. This role allows her exclusive access to the University’s Beckett Archive and…Read More >
Poems about places and pasts: an extract from ‘On Magnetism’
Steven Matthews is professor of English Literature, University of Reading. His latest book of poetry, On Magnetism, was launched this week. It features poems about loss and remembrance, about the relation…Read More >
Bali volcanic eruption: Research to help reduce flight disruption caused by future ash clouds
By Dr Helen Dacre and Dr Andrew Prata, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading The volcanic ash being spewed out by Mount Agung in Bali has brought back memories of…Read More >
Talking with voices – sharing best practice on auditory hallucinations
By Dr Craig Steel, Deputy Director of the Charlie Waller Institute for Evidence Based Psychological Treatments Last weekend (17-21 November 2017), Dr Dirk Corstens (a psychiatrist from the Netherlands and chair…Read More >
Self-assembly Inside Atmospheric Droplets?
By Christian Pfrang, Department of Chemistry, University of Reading Our new study found surprisingly complex arrangements of molecules inside droplets mimicking atmospheric aerosols. These types of aerosols are typical…Read More >
The First World War in Biscuits, and advising the BBC
By Dr Teresa Murjas, Department of Film, Theatre and Television, University of Reading Over the last couple of months, I have been working with Reading Museum and The MERL to…Read More >
How research is creating a sustainable built environment for tomorrow’s world
By Professor Tim Dixon, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading As the world’s urban population continues to grow, it will be increasingly important for the built environment sector…Read More >
Give 45 minutes, some blood, and help save lives
Doctors often prescribe drugs to treat people who are at risk of heart attacks or strokes. But as every patient is slightly different, which drugs are likely to work best?…Read More >