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FBS academic £250,000 award from research council
Dr Alex O'Neil has been featured as an award winner in the Times Higher Education publication for his research into silent antibiotic resistance genes.
Bats wake up and smell the coffee
Intensive agriculture is taking a toll on bats in the Western Ghats of India, but shade-grown coffee, remnant rainforest patches and riverine vegetation strips may help struggling species hang on.
Food production shocks "will happen more often because of extreme weather"
Professor Tim Benton (biology), from University of Leeds has conducted research that suggests climate change and a rising demand in food from a high population could cause a frightening situation.
“Brainy” mice raise hope of better treatments for cognitive disorders
Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene and as a result the mice were also less likely to feel anxiety or recall fear.
Study finds non-genetic cancer mechanisms
Cancer can be caused solely by protein imbalances within cells, a study of ovarian cancer has found.