29th July 2015 People in the UK have little awareness of what ‘antibiotic resistance’ means and how it might affect their health, according to new research commissioned by the Wellcome Trust. By conducting a series of interviews and focus groups in London, Manchester and Birmingham, researchers found that most people, if they had heard of…
16 July 2015 A major Wellcome Trust study to assess whether mindfulness training for teenagers can improve their mental health launches today. The three-part study includes the first large randomised control trial of mindfulness training compared with ‘teaching as usual’ in 76 schools, which will involve nearly six thousand students aged 11 to 14. Other…
13th July 2015 A new study funded by the Wellcome Trust will investigate how environmental changes over the next 20-30 years may impact the way we eat, in the UK and worldwide. Environmental ‘stresses’, such as climate change, rainfall and loss of pollinators, are predicted to have major impacts on agriculture and food production over…
09 June 2015 Unemployment is being rebranded as a psychological disorder, with an increasing range of interventions being introduced to promote a ‘positive’ psychological outlook or leave claimants of welfare to face sanctions, according to a new analysis carried out by social science researchers from Hubbub and Birkbeck, University of London published today. The research,…
The Eden Project, supported by the Wellcome Trust, is to launch a new permanent exhibition entitled ‘Invisible You. The Human Microbiome,’ with accompanying programmes of live science events, web and formal education. Eden has previously explored all kinds of ecosystems but until now, one has been missing - the invisible community of the body….