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New research show that large parts of the tropics and subtropics, encompassing 70 percent of current population, are expected to experience strong joint rates of change in temperature and precipitation extremes combined over the next 20 years…

2 months ago reading.ac.uk environment

'New El Nino' discovered south of equator

4 months ago reading.ac.uk environment

The largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains - with humans bucking this trend

4 months ago reading.ac.uk biology

England-size pixels help astronomers find new Jupiter shape

4 months ago reading.ac.uk astronomy

Eating a poor quality diet might lead to brain changes that are associated with depression and anxiety

5 months ago reading.ac.uk brain health

Calling all amateur UK astronomers - Help the University of Reading improve forecasts of space weather.

9 months ago reading.ac.uk astronomy

Weather data from several ships bombed by Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor has been recovered in a rescue mission that will help scientists understand how the global climate is changing.

13 months ago reading.ac.uk environment japan

Adding banana to a berry smoothy reduces the flavanols taken in by the consumer by 84%.

14 months ago reading.ac.uk health

New research shows that aviation turbulence has increased in various regions around the world due to the effects of climate change: warmer air from CO2 emissions is increasing windshear in the jet streams, strengthening clear-air turbulence in the North Atlantic and globally

15 months ago reading.ac.uk environment

Epistemological Relativism

16 months ago reading.ac.uk

App helps identify autistic children

16 months ago reading.ac.uk autism neuroscience

Low-flavanol diet linked to age-related memory loss

17 months ago reading.ac.uk health

Researchers have found that the equivalent of a handful of wild blueberries in the morning helped people improve their memory and lower their blood pressure, in a new study.

19 months ago reading.ac.uk health

A single injection of modified Botox could give long term pain relief to people with chronic nerve injury pain, according to new preclinical research in mice.

19 months ago reading.ac.uk health

Scientific advances that could enable weather predictions up to a month ahead are set to benefit vulnerable communities, global industries and government bodies following the launch of a £30 million partnership involving leading meteorological institutions.

21 months ago reading.ac.uk environment

First ever dietary bioactive guideline recommends consuming 400-600mg of flavan-3-ols (found in tea, apples and berries) per day to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and improve blood pressure.

24 months ago reading.ac.uk disease

Researchers have discovered the secret of why coffee (and certain food, drinks) smell, and likely taste, disgusting to people: they are affected by parosmia, or distorted sense of smell, something related to nerves and receptors because that’s how odor and aroma molecules are detected

2 years ago reading.ac.uk

Climate change ‘double whammy’ could kill off fish species

3 years ago reading.ac.uk

Feelings that others are dismissive or blame parents commonly cited as reasons for not accessing help for children and young people with mental health concerns, according to a new study.

7 years ago reading.ac.uk

Society remains convinced rewards work, despite evidence they decrease motivation