University of Exeter

Promoting physical activity and other behavioural support can help people wanting to reduce their smoking to quit in the short-term.However, after nine months, physical activity delivers no noticeable benefits – compared with offering no…

A new study has identified what factors give the biggest wellbeing boost when visiting nature spots near water.The research concludes that visits to coastal areas and rural rivers give the best mental wellbeing outcomes compared to other…

Experiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to major new research.The study – the largest of its kind - also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion, or traumatic…

A major boost of £1.76million will fund research designed to stop antibiotics failing, to help mitigate the rising threat of antibiotic resistance.Professor Stefano Pagliara, at the University of Exeter, has received the award to advance…

Nominating and electing more female politicians can help to diffuse polarisation and reduce levels of hostility and distrust across party lines, a study shows.Political parties that elect a greater number of women representatives are…

A European Task Force involving the University of Exeter has created an evidence-based road map for Brain Health Services, new services designed to support people in keeping their brains healthy and reducing their risk of developing…

The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant – one of three to be awarded to the University of Exeter – will fund a five-year project that will, for the first time, gather and examine the earliest known books used to teach a…

Researchers are investigating how to protect sea turtles in the Cayman Islands from the multiple threats caused by climate change.The islands’ sea turtles are recovering from over-harvesting – but climate change is causing habitat loss,…

Victorian courts disproportionally penalised poor families when they heard child neglect cases, a new study suggests.Juries treated parents – particularly mothers – more harshly if they were working class, the analysis shows. The middle…

A new project is set to shed light on the ocean’s capacity to absorb carbon and heat from the Earth’s atmosphere, by capturing movements deep beneath the ocean’s surface for the first time.Researchers at the University of Exeter and…