Angharad Brewer Gillham

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54 news posts

Featured news

09 Dec 2024

Sugary drinks significantly raise cardiovascular disease risk, but occasional sweet treats don’t, scientists find

A large-scale study in Sweden suggests that drinking sweetened drinks significantly increases your risk of serious cardiovascular disease, but limited consumption of treats doesn’t.

Featured news

05 Dec 2024

Gene editing and plant domestication essential to protect food supplies in a worsening climate, scientists say

To continue producing enough food for the world, we need to adapt our crops by changing their genetic code or by domesticating their more resilient ancestors

Featured news

03 Dec 2024

Experts reveal how revolutionary technological advances could use the sun to source hydrogen fuel

Crucial advances in technology could allow us to harness the power of the sun to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and siphon off renewable fuel

Featured news

26 Nov 2024

Social fish with low status are so stressed out it impacts their brains

Scientists show that low-status male cichlid fish have higher levels of oxidative stress in their brain, which is linked to poorer mental and neurological health in humans.

Featured news

18 Nov 2024

Migrating birds have stowaway passengers: invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world

Ticks have always travelled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive at their destination, and so could the pathogens they carry.

Featured news

04 Nov 2024

Scientists create a world-first 3D cell model to help develop treatments for devastating lip injuries

Scientists have successfully immortalized lip cells, allowing new treatments for injuries and infections to be trialed on a clinically relevant lab-based model.

Featured news

21 Oct 2024

Male flies with shorter eyestalks make up for being less attractive by fighting more fiercely

Male stalk-eyed flies with longer eyestalks are more attractive to females and more intimidating to males — but males with a genetic variant that causes shorter eyestalks are fiercer fighters.

Featured news

15 Oct 2024

How ‘vaccinating’ plants could reduce pesticide use and secure global food supplies

Induced resistance, where plants’ immune systems are activated in a controlled way that prepares them to fight pests and disease, could help build a sustainable and resilient agricultural system

Featured news

11 Oct 2024

Different types of teenage friendships critical to wellbeing as we age, scientists find

Scientists find that peer acceptance in young teenagers, and close friendships in older teenagers, predict low social anxiety and high life satisfaction in young adults.

Featured news

04 Oct 2024

How future heatwaves at sea could devastate UK marine ecosystems and fisheries

Around the world, marine heatwaves have devastated fisheries, coral reefs, and kelp forests, damaging economies and stripping countries’ natural capital. So far, the UK has largely escaped a serious marine heatwave – but a short-lived, intense June 2023 heatwave shows what could happen.

Featured news

01 Oct 2024

Understanding regional climate change is essential for guiding effective climate adaptation policy, study finds

From intensified monsoons and storm tracks to polar precipitation shifts, a new synthesis of regional climate data emphasizes the need for climate adaptation policy based on the latest regional climate science.

Environment

26 Sep 2024

Mysterious orca group near Chile tracked down, revealing newly discovered hunting skills

Dramatic new images of orcas in the Humboldt Current system hunting and eating dusky dolphins could help scientists learn more about all southern hemisphere orcas.

Life sciences

24 Sep 2024

New indoor vertical farming research could help future-proof food demand for a changing planet

Scientists explore how dynamic environmental control in indoor farms could help us feed a growing population with nutritious, high-quality, locally grown fruit and veg