26/03/2018 Lizzie Anderson

It’s Autism Awareness Week! How much do you know about the most common group of neurodevelopmental disorders?

23/03/2018 Dr Kjersti Selstad Utaaker and Prof Lucy Robertson

Extensive rearing of goats in close contact with humans in resource-poor areas may lead to the sharing of intestinal parasites between humans and goats. Dr Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, lead author of a new article published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, explains her research on the prevalence of infections in the urban goat.

21/03/2018 Adrienne Moore

Research published in Molecular Autism identifies a possible test to identify Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in infants and toddlers through the use of geometric images.

21/03/2018 Georgii Alexandrov

The theme for International Day of Forests 2018, ’Forests and Sustainable Cities’, is a good opportunity to discuss cities’ forest cover goals. Tree planting campaigns implemented recently in many cities have certainly invigorated the urban forestry movement and engaged the public in pursuing sustainable development goals. But what was the goal of these campaigns? Were they to increase tree cover, or were they to counterbalance tree cover losses from 2000 to 2012?

19/03/2018 Dr Ernest Dalle

Research has shown the implication of stress early in life with depression, a common symptom in Parkinson’s Disease. This link may provide a role for antidepressents in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Here Dr Ernest Dalle, author of newly published research in Molecular Brain, tells us more.

15/03/2018 Alice Ridgway

Among its many roles in the body, the vagus nerve is involved in suppressing damaging inflammation. Following on from research in which they mapped this inflammatory reflex, a team of researchers have now developed a new recording method for the vagus nerve in mice to further our understanding. This method is detailed in an article published today in Bioelectronic Medicine, an open access journal published by BMC in partnership with the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Here we interviewed one the authors of paper, Dr. Harold Silverman, to find out more.

13/03/2018 Hannah Taylor Lewis

The call of the raven is famous across folklore and mythology around the world, but what does it actually mean? A study published today in Frontiers in Zoology finds that the food associated ‘haa’ calls of common ravens (Corvus corax) contain useful information about the age and sex of the caller.

09/03/2018 Victoria Hentschke

It’s Brain Awareness Week! How much do you know about the most studied organ?

09/03/2018 Penelope Austin

The World Economic Forum has a tradition of bringing together a sprinkling of academics and entrepreneurial innovators to mix with business and policy elites at their annual meeting in Davos. It is a rare opportunity for researchers to interact with such a diverse and influential audience, and all participants are encouraged to step back and consider the impact of their activities on the future state of the world. This year, with the increasing acceptance that continued economic growth depends on the health of the planet, the fragile biology of ecosystems was a prevalent theme.