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This is the first time anyone has shown these findings several years before diagnosis, and these results were made possible by the largest study to date on retinal imaging in Parkinson’s disease.The study, published today in Neurology®,…

The REIMAGINE study, published in BMJ Oncology, is the first study to use MRI scans with prostate specific antigen (PSA) density to assess the need for further standard NHS tests. Of the 29 participants found to have serious prostate…

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of…

The research, published in Frontiers in Public Health, is the first data linkage study to explore vaccination coverage in children under social care services in Wales.The UK has a robust childhood immunisation programme that ensures…

The study, published in Nature Electronics, describes how the new telecommunications technology, called frequency referenced multiplexing, could provide more than 20 times the capacity of the best full fibre broadband networks available…

The study, which was based on test results and other information from all pupils in England, challenges the common belief that high achievers do better in more academic schools.Findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Educational…

The seven-year grant will support AHRI’s pioneering scientific research, focusing on understanding and responding to diseases that are the major causes of illness and death in South Africa. These include: HIV; tuberculosis (TB); emerging…

The winners are announced each summer and celebrated throughout the year at the Royal Society. This year 25 medals and awards were presented, marking excellence across a wide range of scientific research areas and roles. Several of the…

The research, published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, found that people’s attention levels and how engrossed they are in on-screen activities can be detected from their eye movements.The findings suggest a new way to…

The findings, published in the British Journal of Educational Studies, were based on more than 170,000 students aged 15 and show that one in five from low-income families or deprived areas could fall victim to phishing.This is much higher…