Killer whale mothers ‘pay high price’ for raising sons, say researchers - - old Each living son cut a mother’s annual likelihood of successful breeding by about half, a new study suggested. The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
Beetroot juice and muscles: The ingredient that lifts performance Using a trace isotope, scientists have proven that nitrates from beetroot are quickly taken up by muscles in heavy exercise. The New Daily · Jan 29, 2023
‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action Small interventions on electric cars and plant-based meat could unlock rapid emissions cuts, say experts The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023
Loopholes let ex-advisers 'fly under the radar' as most get jobs as 'shadow lobbyists' More than half of the 521 Special Advisers who left Whitehall between 1997 and 2017 got jobs in advocacy or lobbying for corporate firms or interest groups Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023
Undergraduates to be catch-up tutors for disadvantaged pupils in England Student volunteers will be trained to teach groups of up to three children who fell behind during pandemic The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023
Plastic ‘nurdles’ stop sea urchins developing properly, study finds Chemicals that leach out of plastic shown to cause fatal abnormalities, including gut developing outside body The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022
Alcoholics to be given ketamine to see if it reduces drinking The study will look at whether ketamine and therapy package reduces harmful drinking. Liverpool Echo · Dec 13, 2022
Alcoholics to be given ketamine in £2.4million trial Ketamine is a licensed medical drug, widely used as an anaesthetic and in pain relief Wales Online · Dec 13, 2022
Alcoholics to be given ketamine to see if it reduces alcohol use Researchers will look at whether the ketamine and therapy package reduces harmful drinking. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Patients Should Be Allowed To Choose Their Type 2 Diabetes Medication: Study During the study, researchers monitored the effect of each drug on the 448 patients' glucose levels, weight and recorded the side effects.Read on for details: Dynamite News · Dec 8, 2022
Sharks spotted 'walking' on sea floor as underwater cameras reveal fascinating behaviour A study carried out by the University of Exeter and NGO Beneath the Waves reveals an impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when eating, including 'pectoral positioning' Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022
Study Shows Effect On Mental Health Of Children During And After Covid-19 Pandemic The first comprehensive study to examine research on the mental health of children and young people using evidence by University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge. Read full story on Dynamite News Dynamite News · Nov 25, 2022
Man educated in UK who volunteered to fight for Vladimir Putin killed in Ukraine Alexander Tomarev was the son of a former Russian official now running a private security company and had studied in Britain for eight years at school and universities Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022
University slammed for ignoring student's cry for help weeks before he took his own life Harry Armstrong Evans, 21, a third year physics and astrophysics student at the University of Exeter, died in June 2021 from asphyxiation at his home in Launceston, Cornwall Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022 Coroner criticises university over student’s ‘cry for help’ before death Harry Armstrong Evans, 21, a third year physics and astrophysics student at the University of Exeter, died in June 2021 at his home in Cornwall.
Daily Mirror · Oct 28, 2022 Major UK insect invasion FINALLY explained by scientists - with warning of more to come Cornwall was plagued by thousands and thousands of hoverflies earlier this year and now experts at the University of Exeter, Devon, say there could be more to come
Birmingham Post · Oct 18, 2022 Nine in 100 working in Exeter are employed at the University, new report shows Report details how the the university creates employment, helps business through research and helps graduates get higher paid jobs
The New Daily · Oct 14, 2022 How days at the beach might bless you with better mental health Adults with better mental health were more likely to have spent time playing in and around coastal and inland waters as children.
Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022 'Measuring blood pressure in BOTH arms will benefit at-risk patients' Dr Miriam Stoppard reveals that new blood pressure testing rules will improve hypertension diagnosis
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 University student died after mental health declined, inquest hears Harry Armstrong Evans, 21, a third year physics and astrophysics student at the University of Exeter, died in June 2021.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022 Exeter University failed to make student who died feel wanted, says mother Harry Armstrong Evans, who is thought to have killed himself, told tutor about mental health concerns, inquest hears
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 Parents urge UK universities to reveal student suicide rates Inquest to be held into death of Harry Armstrong Evans, who was at University of Exeter
Axios · Sep 12, 2022 Climate change tipping points report offers clearest warning yet The study strongly argues for limiting warming to lowest-possible level of Paris targets.
Dynamite News · Sep 9, 2022 Study: Risk of climate tipping points escalates at 1.5°C warming New study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany reveals the risk of passing multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warmings. Read more on Dynamite News:
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022 World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change