In both Europe and the US, people spend up to 90% of their time indoors. But spending so much time inside can have consequences for your mental health. The World Health Organization estimates that 5%…Read More >
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Frozen and tinned foods can be just as nutritious as fresh produce – here’s how
The ongoing cost of living crisis and fruit and vegetable shortages have left many people worrying about how they’re going to get these important foods in their diet. Yet in spite of...Read More >
Health Innovation Partnership: Building a sustainable, inclusive, and innovative healthcare community in Berkshire and beyond
In 2021, we launched the Health Innovation Partnership, a joint venture between the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Reading, building on the solid foundations of the...Read More >
Food aid supply chains rely on a surplus – here’s what happens during a shortage
Many households in Britain have felt the impact of recent food shortages or, at the very least, noticed sparse shelves in the fresh produce aisle of their local shop. For...Read More >
Silicon Valley Bank: 19th-century financial crises show how today’s regulators could help repair the economy
A bank failure wipes out the money available to its customers and freezes any capital that’s already in circulation. Depositors, borrowers and owners or shareholders all suffer as a result,...Read More >
Music aids language-learning in autistic children
For World Autism Awareness Day, Dr Fang Liu, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences writes about how researchers at the University of Reading designed an…Read More >
Why it’s time for new approaches to environmental and health issues in the EU
An article recently published in Environmental Science & Policy suggests that current economic approaches to addressing environmental and health issues in the European Union suffer from a lack of imagination,…Read More >
The life and work of Zoologist Nellie B. Eales
In this blog for Women’s History Month, Claire Clough, University Museums and Special Collections Services Librarian, shares her research on the life and work of Nellie B. Eales (1889–1989). Eales…Read More >
How fish evolved to walk – and in one case, turned into humans
When you think about human evolution, there’s a good chance you’re imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along…Read More >
