UNIVERSITY OF READING

The University of Reading will launch a major new scheme to support community charities and projects across the region today (Monday 15 April). The ‘University For Reading’ initiative brings together multiple community-based projects and…

Artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study has demonstrated. The research, based on an analysis of November 2023’s Storm Ciaran, suggests weather forecasts that use…

The University of Reading continues to feature among the top universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, published yesterday (10 April 2024). At broad subject level, the University’s Arts &…

Cloud ‘engineering’ could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research shows. In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers at the University of…

A new book edited by researchers at the University of Reading is the first international collection to explore the often overlooked role of women in publishing over the past 120 years. Published by Edinburgh University Press, The…

Early humans used sophisticated crafting techniques such as ‘wood splitting’ to hunt and to clean animal hides, a new study has revealed. Using new cutting-edge imaging techniques such as 3D microscopy and micro-CT scanning for the first…

Mammals and dinosaurs that lived in cooler climates were not bigger than extinct animals that lived in warmer temperatures, a new study has shown. The findings challenge a long-held ecological belief - known as Bergmann’s rule…

The winner of a research award worth £100,000 is set to be announced after hundreds of entrepreneurs submitted business ideas designed to create real global change.   Nine finalists are in line for the University of Reading’s just…

A University of Reading astronomer will use the most powerful space telescope ever created to work out what is causing Saturn’s very own northern lights. Dr James O’Donoghue and a research team led by the University of Leicester have…

A West London entrepreneur has won a global research award for his idea to develop learning tools that combine complex information with music. Felix Weaver, 36 from Brentford, was crowned the winner of the University of Reading’s just…