Here Comes Good Health!
'Here Comes Good Health!', a new display at Wellcome Collection, explores Bermondsey Borough Council's innovative public health work through leaflets, photos and the pioneering educational films they produced.
22 Feb 2012
Scientists identify link between size of brain region and conformity
Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow their peers. Now, a new study has found a link between the amount of grey matter in one brain region and an individual's likelihood of conforming.
21 Feb 2012
Computer programs may be able to identify individuals most at risk of anxiety and mood disorders
Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.
16 Feb 2012
Ultrasound study provides first direct evidence of effect of malaria on fetal growth
A study of almost 3800 pregnancies has provided the most accurate and direct evidence to date that malaria infection reduces early fetal growth. The research highlights the importance of preventing malaria in pregnancy.
10 Feb 2012
Wellcome Trust "creates science legacy" from London 2012
From today, pupils at every school and college across the UK will get the opportunity to learn how their bodies work during exercise, movement and rest with free experiment kits from the Wellcome Trust's In the Zone initiative.
09 Feb 2012
Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric
Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, recent research has found. The findings may have implications for how group decisions are affected by dominant individuals.
01 Feb 2012
Genetics study reveals how bacteria behind serious childhood diseases evolve to evade vaccines
Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective.
30 Jan 2012
New malaria maps to guide battle against the disease
A new suite of malaria maps has revealed the current global pattern of the disease in unprecedented detail, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over several years.
24 Jan 2012
Ways to prevent mitochondrial diseases to be assessed in new £5.8 million Wellcome Trust centre
Research that could pave the way for IVF treatment to prevent mitochondrial diseases will take place at the new Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University thanks to a £5.8m funding boost.
19 Jan 2012
Counterfeit and substandard antimalaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa
Hopes of controlling malaria in Africa could be dashed by the emergence of poor-quality and fraudulent antimalarial medicines, warn experts. Unless urgent action is taken, millions of lives could be put at risk.
16 Jan 2012
Scientists find link between gene and sensitivity to emotional environment
Researchers at the University of Essex have shown that a genetic variant could make some people more sensitive to their emotional environment - and more susceptible to anxiety disorders - than others.
13 Jan 2012
Artist collects false memories at free event
Have you ever remembered something a certain way, only to find that it never happened? Artist Alasdair Hopwood is inviting you to contribute your false memories to a new project called the False Memory Archive.
12 Jan 2012
Spasticity gene finding provides clues to causes of nerve cell degeneration
The discovery of a gene that causes a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia may provide an important insight into what causes axons, the stems of our nerve cells, to degenerate in conditions such as multiple sclerosis.
10 Jan 2012
New guide to boost science media relations in African institutions
A new guide for media relations practitioners working in African institutions aims to encourage better practice and to help the media officers position African research in the global arena.
09 Jan 2012
Wellcome Trust initiative links science to the Olympic and Paralympic Games for everyone in 2012
As the world focuses on the feats of human performance that will take place in London next summer, the Wellcome Trust is leading an initiative to engage the public with the science of how their own body works.
06 Jan 2012