#UniForReading:our role as a civic university RDG Today reports that the University is inviting two local residents to join its Community Engagement Steering Group to strengthen ties with the local ...

Warzones, microplastics and light pollution pose serious new risks to bees and other pollinators over the next decade, according to a landmark report on today’s World Bee Day. The report from Bee:wild ...

Cardinals will begin voting to elect a new pope in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, 7 May. Professor Rebecca Rist, papal expert at the University of Reading, provides insights into how the conclave ...

Stark temperature shifts from the oceans to the atmosphere have been revealed using the colours of the climate stripes. The new visualisations reveal consistent warming patterns in both the upper ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88, The Vatican has announced. Professor Rebecca Rist, expert on the Papacy, comments below on Pope Francis’s legacy and what comes next following the Pope’s death. Read ...

Global warming has led to a threefold increase in the number of days each year that the ocean experiences extreme heat at the surface, a new study has found. Averaged across the globe, in the 1940s, ...

The UK government should extend its sugar tax beyond soft drinks to cover all types of foods, according to a major new report published today (Monday, 17 March). The Transforming UK Food Systems ...

Prepare for your MSc Dietetics interview at the University of Reading. Interviews will be conducted remotely using Microsoft Teams.

Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a new study has shown, overturning a 45-year-old belief about cancer in the ...

Eating walnuts for breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day for young adults, a new study has shown. Researchers at the University of Reading found that eating 50g of walnuts (a ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

FE News reports on a new report co-authored by Henley Business School highlighting the systematic barriers hindering the progression of Black academics in the UK. From our story: Action needed to ...